Having a nickname cited in quotation marks is nothing new, especially in sports.
There’s Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in wrestling. There’s “Broadway Joe” Namath, “Mean Joe” Greene, and “Prime Time” Deion Sanders in pro football, to name a few.
However, Patriots quarterback Drake Maye has recently been a part of a new twist on the phenomenon. He only has one nickname listed on his Pro Football Reference page, and it’s his own first and last name.
There’s no Tom Terrific or TB12-style nickname for the second-year quarterback yet. He’s Drake “Drake Maye” Maye.