Drake Maye has a fan in Jon Gruden.

At this time last season, with the Patriots having won three of their first 10 games and a then-rookie Maye just five starts into his career, Gruden said Maye was going to be a "superstar." The third overall pick will be everything Patriots fans are looking for, Gruden said on his first day with Barstool Sports.

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The second-year signal-caller, a front-runner for 2025 NFL MVP , is cementing Gruden's opinion as fact one year later. And Gruden got to see it up close when Maye's Patriots beat the Buccaneers on Sunday.

"To be honest with you, I was really eager to see Drake Maye play and, man, was I impressed," Gruden said on The Quick Snap podcast with co-hosts Brian Hoyer

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