Patriots Football Daily: Drake Maye Coming to New England

The New England Patriots will be hosting North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye on his official Top 30 visit today. Each NFL teams are allowed to invite up to 30 draft prospects to come to their facilities and meet with the members of the organization. Visitors are not always high-draft picks like Maye. Last year’s visitors to Foxboro included first-round pick Christian Gonzalez and undrafted free agent T.J. Luther.

Drake Maye is the No. 1 quarterback on the Patriots Football Now rankings. He was selected by the Patriots at No. 3 overall in the seven-round mock draft posted here earlier this week.

Patriots Football Now will begin doing a spotlight on all known Top 30 visitors to New England. In addition to Maye, LSU QB Jayden Daniels is expected for a visit on Monday. Previously reported players (who will also receive a spotlight) include BYU OT Kingsley Suamataia, UCF WR Javon Baker, Tulsa OL Darrell Simpson, Mississippi State LB Nathaniel Watson. and Mississippi State CB Decamerion Richardson. Michigan QB J.J. McCarthy is expected in for a visit as well.

Stay turned for spotlights on all of these players, as well as others as they become known.

Also in today’s Patriots Football Daily:

New England Patriots

Patriots Football Now – Report: Eliot Wolf loves Michigan QB J.J. McCarthy

Patriots Football Now – Patriots Roster Breakdown: Ja’Whaun Bentley continues tradition

NFL Draft

Patriots Football Now – Dan Kelley’s Seven-Round 2024 NFL Mock Draft

Patriots Football Now – Ranking the Top 20 Quarterbacks in the 2024 NFL Draft

AFC East News

Buffalo Rumblings – What’s next for Josh Allen and Buffalo’s offense after Stefon Diggs trade

Phin Phonetic – Miami has zero reason not to win the AFC East

Yardbarker – Jets hosted Notre Dame OT Joe Alt for a visit

NFL News

NFL.com – Texans adjusted Stefon Diggs contract; set to hit free agency in 2025

Yardbarker – NFL exec suggests deep draft class could prompt 49ers to trade Brandon Aiyuk

ESPN – NC State’s DJ Burns has ‘zero’ interest in playing football

CBS Sports – Vernon Davis shares theory of the death of his brother Vontae Davis

Patriots Football Now – Introducing the Back Kicker to the NFL

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Football Fun Fact of the Day

Today former Boston Patriots center Jon Morris turns 82. He is a member of the Patriots Hall of Fmae. When the AFL named their All-Time Team in 1970, Morris was voted the second-team All-Time AFL center. He was the Patriots only offensive representative on the first or second team.

Post of the Day

Today’s post is from Football Insights. Although it highlights 2024 NFL Draft prospect Byron Murphy II, it also showcases the dominance of former Alabama Crimson Tide DL Christian Barmore, currently with the New England Patriots…

Notable DI prospects career run stop and pass rush win rates. Hello Byron Murphy pic.twitter.com/VxO6GryBvC

— Football Insights 📊 (@fball_insights) April 4, 2024