Drake Maye’s wife is Ann Michael Maye, née Hudson. The New England Patriots quarterback married her on June 22, 2025, after a relationship that began in middle school in North Carolina.
Her own career is the more substantial half of the story. She declined a return offer from Deloitte Consulting, baked something new on TikTok every day of December 2025, and turned that series into a show on NBC10 Boston while the Patriots were still in the playoffs.
Ann Michael is her first name, both words of it, and that alone has thrown some Patriots fans:
“Drake Maye’s wife is named Ann Michael. Unusual”
– r/NFLgossips, January 2026 (50 upvotes)
Before the wedding she was Ann Michael Hudson, the name Drake used when he announced their engagement in January 2025.
What does Drake Maye’s wife do for work?
Ann Michael Maye is a baker and social media creator with her own series, Beyond Bakemas, on NBC10 Boston. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2025 with a degree in business administration, according to her Wikipedia biography.
The degree pointed toward consulting. In the summer of 2024 she interned in Deloitte Consulting’s Government and Public Services practice through its Summer Scholar program, and the firm offered her a full-time return. She turned it down.
Bakemas started that December. The idea was simple: one new baked item for every day of the month, posted to TikTok. The series spread quickly among Patriots players and fans, and by January 2026 NBC10 Boston had given her a follow-up show where she bakes with New England sports names, including Barstool founder Dave Portnoy and longtime Patriots offensive lineman David Andrews. After she and Portnoy reviewed a pizza place in Needham, NBC Boston reported that business there was booming.
Her cookies also ended up on airplanes. JetBlue partnered with her in January 2026 to hand them out on Boston-to-Denver flights before the AFC Championship Game, then again on select Boston-to-San Francisco flights ahead of the Patriots’ Super Bowl LX matchup with the Seattle Seahawks.
Put the dates side by side and the arc is short. She had a consulting job on the table in 2024, declined it, and about a year and a half later her baking had a television slot in Boston.
How long have Drake Maye and Ann Michael been together?
Drake Maye and Ann Michael Hudson started dating in middle school and stayed together through high school, college at UNC, and his rookie NFL season. They announced their engagement in January 2025 and married on June 22, 2025, about fourteen months after the Patriots drafted him.
Both were born in Huntersville, just north of Charlotte, yet they did not share a high school. Drake played at Myers Park High School in Charlotte, per his Wikipedia profile. Ann Michael went to William A. Hough High School in nearby Cornelius, where she played softball and field hockey and served as president of the school’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter.
Football runs through her side of the family too. Her younger brother, Tad Hudson, was Drake’s backup quarterback at North Carolina in 2023 before transferring to Coastal Carolina.
New England took Drake third overall in the 2024 NFL Draft, and that pick is what moved both of them out of North Carolina for the first time.
The hardest part of their first year married
Ann Michael told Us Weekly that distance from home was the toughest adjustment. “Moving to somewhere so completely different, being away from all of our friends and family is probably the most challenging part,” she said. The two families had always been close by: their parents live in the same neighborhood.
What filled the gap, in her telling, was the team. She has become friends with the wives of Drake’s teammates, a group she called “one big community where we can all spend time together.”
Her college friends see the other side of it. “They think I’m, like, 30 or something,” she said. “I just turned 23.”
FAQ
How old is Drake Maye’s wife?
Ann Michael Maye was born on August 11, 2003, which makes her 23. Drake Maye was born on August 30, 2002, so he is 24 and just under a year older than his wife.
Where did Drake Maye meet his wife?
Drake Maye and Ann Michael Hudson both grew up in Huntersville, North Carolina, and began dating in middle school. They went on to different high schools, Myers Park in Charlotte and Hough in Cornelius, then were together again as students at UNC.
Does Drake Maye have a child?
No. Drake Maye and Ann Michael Maye have not announced any children. They married in June 2025 and spent their first year as a couple settling into New England.
Is Ann Michael Maye on Instagram?
Yes. Ann Michael Maye posts on Instagram as @annmichaelhmaye. Bakemas, the series that made her known outside Patriots circles, began on TikTok in December 2025.
