Drew Pyne

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Drew Pyne
Missouri TigersNo. 6
Position Quarterback
ClassGraduate Student
Personal information
Born: (2000-12-05) December 5, 2000 (age 24)
New Canaan, Connecticut, U.S.
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight196 lb (89 kg)
Career history
College
Bowl games
High school New Canaan
(New Canaan, Connecticut)

Andrew Pyne (born December 5, 2000) is an American college football quarterback for the Missouri Tigers. He previously played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Arizona State Sun Devils.

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Early life

Pyne was born on December 5, 2000, in New Canaan, Connecticut. He attended and played high school football for New Canaan High School in New Canaan. As a senior, he completed 161 of 252 passes for 2,107 yards and 24 touchdowns. [1] He was selected to play in the 2020 Under Armour All-American Game. [2] Pyne committed to the University of Notre Dame to play college football. [3] [4] [5]

College career

Notre Dame

Pyne played in four games as a backup to Ian Book in his first year at Notre Dame in 2020. He completed two of three passes for 12 yards. As a sophomore in 2021, he played in two games as a backup to Jack Coan, completing 15 of 30 passes for 224 yards with two touchdowns. Pyne competed with Tyler Buchner to take over as the team's starting quarterback in 2022. [6] [7] Buchner won the job; however, Pyne took over as the starter after Buchner suffered a season-ending injury during the team's second game of the season. [8] [9] [10] On December 2, 2022, Pyne entered the transfer portal. [11]

Arizona State

On December 19, 2022, Pyne announced he would transfer to Arizona State. [12] Pyne would only play in 2 games at Arizona State due to injuries. Pyne left Arizona State and returned to Notre Dame to finish his degree.

Missouri

On March 10, 2024, Pyne announced that he would transfer to Missouri after the completion of his academic degree from Notre Dame in the spring semester of 2024, with the expectation that he would compete to be the backup quarterback to Brady Cook for the Tigers' 2024 football season. Pyne has 3 years of eligibility remaining.

Statistics

GamesPassingRushing
YearTeamGPGSRecordCmpAttPctYdsAvgTDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTD
2020 Notre Dame 402366.7124.000100.3144.00
2021 Notre Dame 20153050.02247.520134.76−6−1.00
2022 Notre Dame 11108–216425464.62,0218.0226155.3471082.32
2023 Arizona State 210–1264953.12735.623101.114−49−3.50
2024 Missouri 611–0498259.83914.833104.615211.40
Career 25129–325641861.22,9217.02912137.183780.92

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