Drake Maye speaks fluent competition.
It’s a language he fully understood growing up while battling his older brothers, Luke, Cole and Beau, over everything from 2-on-2 basketball, to ping-pong, to who could bring home the best grades on their report cards.
It’s also why, after being locked in a battle with Jacolby Criswell to become North Carolina’s next starting quarterback after three years of Sam Howell, his reaction to getting the start Saturday in the season opener against Florida A&M was so muted.