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Drake Maye's parents cleared up rumors the QB would leave UNC for more NIL money.
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Drake Maye's parents cleared up rumors the QB would leave UNC for more NIL money.
ENOUGH ANYMORE. KEENAN, WILLARD, WRAL NEWS. >> UNC IS GETTING SET TO TAKE ON OREGON TONIGHT IN THE HOLIDAY BOWL IN SAN DIEGO WITH THE TAR HEELS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE WITHOUT SEVERAL KEY PLAYERS AND COACHES. BUT PAT WELTER JOINS US LIVE FROM PETCO PARK TO TALK ABOUT THE ONE WHO STAYED UP AT WHAT'S THE LATEST? >> CHRIS, WE CAN FINALLY PUT THOSE DRAKE MAYE TRANSFER RUMORS TO REST. HE IS STAYING WITH UNC AND A FEW YEARS AGO. THIS PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN BEEN A STORY. BUT IN THE NEW WORLD AND I YELL ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. AND I JUST AS PARENTS TOLD ME LAST NIGHT, IT'S THE WILD WILD WEST OUT THERE. BUT FOR THEM AND FOR DRAKE, LEAVING JUST NEVER FELT RIGHT. >> THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL WORLD WHERE EVERYONE SEEMS TO LEAVE DRAKE MAYE IS ONE OR STAYED, YOU TO MEAN SOMETHING WHEN THE CAR BLEW TO UNDERSTAND WHY ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK AT THE CROWD. I KNOW PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THEIR SCHOOLS LIKE A FAMILY LIKE THEIR PROGRAMS LIKE A FAMILY, BUT IT REALLY ISN'T. CAROLINA DRINKS. PARENTS, MEDIC, CAROLINA, HIS DAD MARK WAS THE TAR HEEL STARTING QUARTERBACK IN 1986. 87. HIS MAY WAS A STAR BASKETBALL PLAYER IN HIGH SCHOOL IS VERY JUST THE HEAT IN. >> YOU KNOW, I COULD LOVE MUCH TO GET MORE OF YEAH. THEN THERE'S HIS OLDER BROTHERS. LUKE. I THINK YOUR TOWER HAS BURNED. >> YOU KNOW? SURE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY IN 100 DAYS MENTOR YEARS. LOOK, MAY WANT A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. A CAROLINA 2017. >> BO WAS ON THE TEAM NOW. COLE IS THE OUTLIER. A FORMER PITCHER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA DRAKE WHEN HE'S PROBABLY 4. >> HE WOULD HANG AROUND WHEN THESE OLDER BROTHERS HAD FRIENDS. THEY WERE WANT TO GET IN THE GAME AND PLAY AS SOON AS HE DID. HE WOULD ACT LIKE HE BELONGED THERE. PRESSURE >> BUT WITH ALL THE SUCCESS COMES SUITORS. >> DRE GOT OFFERED A LOT OF MONEY TO TO GO TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS THAT SITS TAMPERING. DRAKE TOLD ESPN THAT REPORTS OF 5 MILLION DOLLAR NIL OFFERS TO TRANSFER RUMORS. >> AND THEN NOTHING WAS DIRECTLY OFFERED TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY. HIS PARENTS ECHO THE SAME. >> AND REMEMBER, THE PORTAL IS WE DON'T REALLY EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW WHAT WAS OUT THERE, THE OFFICER THAT THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY RUMORS. BUT WE ALL WE HEARD WAS LIKE FROM FRIENDS OF OURS. I HEARD THIS. IT WAS NEVER ANY CONCRETE THING FROM ANY SPECIFIC SOURCE. THIS CAROLINA KID IS STAYING IN CAROLINA BLUE. >> HE'S A SPECIAL YOUNG GUY LOVES HIS SCHOOL. >> AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH COLLEGE FOOTBALL HAS CHANGED, MACK BROWN CONSULTED DRAKE MAYE ON THEIR OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, HIRE CHIP LINDSEY AND MARK TOLD ME THAT LAST NIGHT HE GOT TO MEET WITH CHIP AT THE TEAM HOTEL. HE SAID THE DRAKE IS REALLY