Alabama quarterback commit Drake Maye made the move up to No. 32 overall in the country in 247Sports’ latest update to the Top247 Rankings.

This after the Charlotte (N.C.) Myers Park product threw for 3,512 yards and 50 touchdowns to just two interceptions as a junior, while carrying the ball 37 times for 201 yards and six additional scores.

The 2021 crop of quarterbacks is as elite a group overall as we’ve seen in some time, and 247Sports’ National Director of Scouting Barton Simmons and the 247Sports Rankings Council are high on Maye:

“Drake Maye’s trended up a little bit," Simmons said. "He was a kid that a lot of our national guys were excited about. Charles Power is really excited about him. Steve Wiltfong is really excited about him. I think one thing that really caught our attention from the national group is the productivity and efficiency. I wanna say he threw 50, 51 touchdowns, something like that, only two interceptions. That’s sort of what you’re looking for out of these elite quarterbacks, and he was a high priority for a lot of these major programs as well. So Drake Maye had the kind of junior season that we felt sort of put him in that elite tier.”

Maye committed to Alabama over North Carolina, among others, last July. He was one of three Tide commits currently on board in UA's 2021 class which currently ranks No. 16 in the country, per the industry-generated 247Sports Composite Team Recruiting Rankings.

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