Drake Maye was widely considered to be a top-five pick entering the 2024 NFL Draft.
However, NBC analyst and former QB Chris Simms was not too impressed with the UNC product in the months leading up to the draft.
While every young QB prospect has his fair share of flaws and mechanical issues that have to be addressed at the next level, Simms believed that Maye’s shortcomings were so severe that he tabbed him as the sixth-best QB in his draft class — placing him three tiers below eventual No. 1 pick Caleb Williams.
Williams and LSU’s Jayden Daniels (the No.