The Patriots are keeping one of Drake Maye’s most important coaches in Foxborough.

Ashton Grant has taken his name out of the running for the Las Vegas Raiders vacancy at offensive coordinator, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The Patriots quarterbacks coach will remain in New England for the 2026 season.

A fast-rising coach who graduated from Assumption College in 2018, Grant spent five seasons with the Browns, jumping from a fellowship role to an offensive assistant with the quarterbacks.

During Mike Vrabel’s year as a consultant in Cleveland, Grant made a strong impression on him, and the Patriots coach brought him to Foxborough when he landed the head coaching gig.

“I got to evaluate him every day and what he did in Cleveland,” Vrabel said. “I think it’s a good balance between him and Josh (McDaniels). And Josh was really excited for us to be able to add Ashton. Was in on those interview processes that we had for the quarterbacks coach, and I think Ashton really fit his vision that he had. First year in the system, it’s going to be – Josh is going to have a heavy role in that, but also, I’ll go in there and Ashton will be meeting with these guys situationally. I think it is a good balance between him and Josh and how long Josh has done it. And maybe the newness and the youngness of Ashton is a nice little balance.”

For Maye, who spent his rookie year in an offense that Alex Van Pelt brought from Cleveland, Grant served as a valuable translator as he learned McDaniels’ system.

“Ashton’s been awesome,” Maye said last month. “He’s been awesome for me just because the offense I came from last year, he was running it in Cleveland. So, we’ve had a cool experience translating the offense into what we started with, trying to get the old terminology out and get the new Coach McDaniels terminology in. He’s been great. He’s been great earlier in the week, kind of giving us an intro. The quarterbacks sit in there with him, and he gives us an intro. We watch some stuff on tape that helps me a lot.

“He’s just good about staying positive. He’s in the box during the game, comes down at halftime, always has something good to say, always something positive to say, and he’s fun. He’s funny. He’s one of my number-one hype (men), and I appreciate that about him. He’s always in a good mood, and he keeps it real. I think that’s the biggest thing I appreciate. He tells me when I need to do something that I need to work on, and he pumps me up a lot, which I appreciate.”