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UNC Football: Maye earns more national preseason honors

By Jordan Falls

Nov 12, 2022; Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels quarterback Drake Maye (10) runs around end looking for a receiver during the second half against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Truist Field. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 12, 2022; Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA; North Carolina Tar Heels quarterback Drake Maye (10) runs around end looking for a receiver during the second half against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons at Truist Field. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports /
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UNC Football quarterback Drake Maye has been named to the preseason Walter Camp Player of the Year Award watchlist for the 2023 season.

What a time it is for UNC football fans to have a generational talent quarterback in Chapel Hill.

Drake Maye is expected to leave Carolina after next season and will likely go down as the greatest quarterback in the program’s history… assuming he lives up to the hype and expectations that are surrounding him this preseason.

Maye has already earned preseason Heisman favorite nominations, been voted preseason ACC Player of the Year, along with being named to other national awards watchlists. Now, Maye has been named to the Walter Camp Player of the Year Watchlist.

Maye joins forty-five other players from across the country named to the preseason watchlist. The Walter Camp Award is voted on by head coaches and athletic directors at the NCAA level and awarded to the best player in college football.

Top quarterback, and expected to be Maye’s competitor for the Heisman Trophy this year (and potentially the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft), Caleb Williams from USC won the award in 2022. The list will be narrowed to 10 candidates in mid-November before being voted on, and awarded, in early 2024.

To view the entire list of players named to the 2023 Player of the Year watchlist, please click here. To learn more about the Walter Camp Award and what it means to college football, please click here.

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