FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Drake Maye scored a five-yard rushing touchdown against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday afternoon in Foxborough and after he did, he gave a special shoutout to his former favorite player.
Maye, a North Carolina native, grew up rooting for the Panthers and, more specifically, quarterback Cam Newton. As such, after he crossed the goal line to give the Patriots a second-quarter lead, the 23-year-old hit Newton's signature "SuperCam" celebration as a tribute to the former star.
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Drake Maye just hit Cam Newton’s Superman celly 🔥
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Maye spoke about Newton this week when recalling his favorite memories as a Panthers fan.
"I went to the Super Bowl when they lost to Peyton Manning, and that was tough," he explained. "But yeah, just that season. I think they were 15-1. I was at that NFC championship game at home, big time win. Just being a fan of Cam [Newton] was probably the biggest memory, him coming out here, doing the airplane and hitting ‘The Cam.’ So, just little things like that, and getting to know him later on and playing him. He coached the 7-on-7 team and playing against him and seeing stuff like that. So, just getting to know some of the players around has been pretty cool."
A pretty awesome, full-circle moment for Maye, who has New England's offense rolling early against Carolina on Sunday.
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