Drake Metcalf

AWARDS & HONORS
2022 (at Stanford) – Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll. 2021 (at Stanford) – Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.

AT VIRGINIA
2024 – Missed season due to injury.

PRIOR TO VIRGINIA
2023 (at UCF) – Started four games at center and played in six total games … UCF ranked seventh in FBS in total offense and featured the country’s No. 4 rushing attack (233.2 ypg) … According to Pro Football Focus, only allowed one sack and one hurry in 90 opportunities … Graded out (81.4) as the 16th-best center in the country according to PFF.

2020-22 (at Stanford) – Played for current UVA offensive line Coach Terry Heffernan while he was in the same role at Stanford (2021-2022) … Played in three games as a junior in 2022 … Appeared in all 12 games as sophomore in 2021 … Did not see action as a true freshman in 2020, retaining his ability to redshirt … Squared off against former UVA teammate Chris Tyree while he was at Notre Dame twice (2021 & 2022) … Heffernan and Metcalf won the 2022 meeting at Notre Dame, 16-14.

PREP & PERSONAL
Pursuing his master’s degree from UVA’s Frank Batten School of Leadership & Public Policy … Earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from Stanford in just three years … Completed an internship with Stanford’s Hoover Institution under Condoleezza Rice, the Institution’s director and former U.S. Secretary of State​ … Played at St. John Bosco High School for head coach Jason Negro … Four-star recruit by both Rivals and PrepStar, where he’s ranked No. 324 nationally … Consensus top 40 player from California – ranked No. 32 by Rivals, No. 37 by PrepStar and No. 39 by 247Sports … Ranked as a top 10 center by Rivals (No. 5), PrepStar (No. 5) and 247Sports (No. 8) … Played in the 2020 Polynesian Bowl with fellow UVA transfer Chris Tyree … Two-time MaxPreps All-American (2018-19) … All-state first team (2019) … Team captain (2019) … All-CIFSS first team and All-Area (2018) … Led team to 2019 CIF Open Division State Championship and No. 1 national ranking … Helped team to 2018 Trinity League Championship … Member of 2016 D1 State Champions and CIFSS Champions … Four-time recipient of the Scholar-Athlete Award and also earned a spot on the Principal’s Honor Roll all four years … Was named Student of the Year for AP U.S. History as a junior and also Freshman Entrepreneur of the Year … Son of Weslie and Robyn Metcalf … Father played football at UNLV … Has one brother, Connor … Learned to play the Scottish Highland Bagpipes after seeing them played at grandfather’s funeral … Can also play the guitar.