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Notre Dame 45, UNC 32: Position Grades

Ugh. What else is there, really, to say? I’ll dispense with the preamble and just get to the grades.

Quarterback: B+

On a day where not much else was working, Drake Maye absolutely carried his team to a respectable final score. He didn’t hit as many of his passes as we’re used to, going just 17/32 including a really rough stretch in the middle of the game, but he ended up with 301 yards and 5 touchdowns through the air. You could see him learning on the job, as well — after an early pass on 3rd and long was broken up because he’d flighted the ball a little too much to his target, he fixed the issue and just let it rip, generating enough velocity on multiple passes to fit them into tight windows and not letting defenders get their hands on balls going over their heads while dropping them in.