Kyron Drones
| Virginia Tech Hokies – No. 1 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class | Senior |
| Major | Pre-Business |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | July 24, 2003 |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 231 lb (105 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Shadow Creek (Pearland) |
Kyron Drones (born July 24, 2003) is an American football quarterback for the Virginia Tech Hokies. He previously played for the Baylor Bears.
Early life
Drones was born on July 24, 2003, in Pearland, Texas. He attended and played football at Shadow Creek High School, where he passed for 5,257 yards and 71 touchdowns with 17 interceptions and rushed for 1,300 yards and 23 touchdowns.[2] Drones committed to play college football at the Baylor University over other schools such as Auburn, Ole Miss, TCU, and Pittsburgh.[3]
College career
Baylor
As a freshman in 2021, Drones was redshirted and saw no in-game action. In 2022, he threw for 219 yards and a touchdown with an interception while also rushing for 49 yards and two touchdowns.[4] After the season, Drones entered the NCAA transfer portal.[4]
Virginia Tech
Drones transferred to Virginia Tech before the 2023 season.[5] He started the first game of his career in week 3 of the season, completing 19 of 32 passes for 190 yards and a touchdown with an interception while also rushing 22 times for 74 yards in a loss to Rutgers.[6] The following week, Drones again got the start, and completed 19 of 35 passing attempts for 160 yards and rushed for 75 yards and two touchdowns in a loss to Marshall.[7]
College statistics
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | ||
| Baylor Bears | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0−0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 0−0 | 14 | 23 | 60.9 | 219 | 9.5 | 1 | 1 | 146.5 | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 2 | |
| Virginia Tech Hokies | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 13 | 11 | 6−5 | 166 | 285 | 58.2 | 2,085 | 7.3 | 17 | 3 | 137.3 | 166 | 818 | 4.9 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 9 | 9 | 5−4 | 136 | 224 | 60.7 | 1,562 | 7.0 | 10 | 6 | 128.7 | 98 | 336 | 3.4 | 6 | |
| Career | 29 | 20 | 11−9 | 316 | 532 | 59.4 | 3,866 | 7.3 | 28 | 10 | 134.0 | 272 | 1,203 | 4.4 | 13 | |
Personal life
Drones' older maternal cousin is quarterback Cam Ward, who was selected with the first overall pick of the 2025 NFL draft.[8]
References
- ^ @MatejS247 (December 27, 2023). "QB Kyron Drones. MVP. #Hokies" (Tweet). Retrieved December 27, 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Kyron Drones Football Stats". MaxPreps.com. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
- ^ Coleman, Adam (April 29, 2020). "Shadow Creek quarterback Kyron Drones commits to Baylor". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Bitter, Andy (December 13, 2022). "Virginia Tech makes transfer portal splash in adding Kyron Drones, Ali Jennings". The Athletic. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Marshall tops Virginia Tech for the first time in 83 years". The Virginian-Pilot. Associated Press. September 23, 2023. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
- ^ 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.