Kyron Drones

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Kyron Drones
Virginia Tech Hokies–No. 1
Position Quarterback
Class Redshirt.svg Junior
Major Pre-Business
Personal information
Born: (2003-07-24) July 24, 2003 (age 21) [1]
Pearland, Texas, U.S.
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight231 lb (105 kg)
Career history
College
Bowl games
High school Shadow Creek (Pearland, Texas)
Career highlights and awards

•2023 Military Bowl MVP

•ACC Quarterback Of The Week (2023)

Kyron Drones (born July 24, 2003) [1] is an American football quarterback who plays for the Virginia Tech Hokies. He previously played for the Baylor Bears.

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Early life and high school

Drones was born in Pearland, Texas and attended Shadow Creek High School. In his high school career, Drones completed 314 of his 559 pass attempts for 5,257 yards and 71 touchdowns with 17 interceptions. Drones also rushed for 1,300 yards and 23 touchdowns. [3] Drones committed to play college football at the Baylor University over other schools such as Auburn, Ole Miss, TCU, and Pittsburgh. [4] [5]

College career

Baylor

In his first season with Baylor, Drones was redshirted and saw no in-game action. In Drones's second season with Baylor in 2022, he threw for 219 yards and a touchdown with an interception while also rushing for 49 yards and 2 touchdowns. [6] At the conclusion of the 2022 season, Drones decided to enter the NCAA transfer portal. [7] [8]

Virginia Tech

Drones transferred to Virginia Tech before the 2023 season. [9] [10] Drones started the first game of his career in week three of the season, completing 19 of his 32 passes for 190 yards and a touchdown with an interception while also rushing 22 times for 74 yards as the Hokies fell to Rutgers. [11] In the following week, Drones again got the start, and he went on to complete 19 of his 35 passing attempts for 160 yards while also rushing for 75 yards and two touchdowns in Virginia Tech's loss to Marshall. [12]

College statistics

SeasonGamesPassingRushing
GPGSRecordCompAttPctYardsAvgTDIntRateAttYardsAvgTD
Baylor Bears
2021 200−0000.000.0000.0000.00
2022 500−0142360.92199.511146.58496.12
Virginia Tech Hokies
2023 13116−516628558.22,0857.3173137.31668184.95
2024 552−38314059.39546.864125.0612614.32
Career 25168−826344858.73,2577.3248133.92351,1284.89

Personal life

His cousin is current Miami QB, Cam Ward. [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Kyron Drones, QB Virginia Tech". dynastyleaguefootball.com. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  2. ↑ @MatejS247 (December 27, 2023). "QB Kyron Drones. MVP. #Hokies" (Tweet). Retrieved December 27, 2023– via Twitter.
  3. ↑ "Kyron Drones Football Stats". MaxPreps.com. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  4. ↑ Coleman, Adam (April 29, 2020). "Shadow Creek quarterback Kyron Drones commits to Baylor". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  5. ↑ Vital, Ahmard. "Baylor QB Commit Kyron Drones Leads with Selfless Attitude". Dave Campbell's Texas Football. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  6. ↑ Haag, Michael (November 30, 2022). "Baylor backup QB Kyron Drones to enter transfer portal, leaves door open to return". Dallas News. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Baylor football's backup QB Drones to enter transfer portal, weigh options". The Baylor Lariat. November 30, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  8. ↑ Werner, John (December 2022). "Baylor QB Drones enters transfer portal". Waco Tribune-Herald. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  9. ↑ Bitter, Andy. "Virginia Tech makes transfer portal splash in adding Kyron Drones, Ali Jennings". The Athletic. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  10. ↑ Haag, Michael (December 13, 2022). "Baylor backup quarterback Kyron Drones announces plan to transfer to Virginia Tech". Dallas News. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  11. ↑ Hemphill, Steve (September 21, 2023). "Virginia Tech's Kyron Drones showed positives in first start. But is the Baylor transfer QB1?". The Virginian-Pilot. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Marshall tops Virginia Tech for the first time in 83 years". The Virginian-Pilot. Associated Press. September 23, 2023. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  13. ↑ Adelson, Andrea (September 27, 2024). "Cam Ward and Kyron Drones are cousins and training partners. And now they're opponents". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 27, 2024.
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