CONWAY — Camden Bailey has been a lifelong New England Patriots fan, but now he has a good reason to cheer a little bit louder. Drake Maye, his University of North Carolina teammate and friend, hopefully, will be the face of the franchise for the next decade or longer.
The two caught up at Patriot’s training camp in Foxborough, Mass., on Aug. 15 on Bailey’s return to college. Bailey and Maye were featured in an article on the team’s website on Aug. 20.
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