American football quarterback (born 2003)
Kyron Drones Virginia Tech Hokies – No. 1 Position Quarterback Class Major Pre-Business Personal information Born: (2003-07-24 ) July 24, 2003 (age 21) Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight 231 lb (105 kg) Career history College Bowl games High school Shadow Creek (Pearland)
Kyron Drones (born July 24, 2003) is anAmerican football quarterback for theVirginia Tech Hokies . He previously played for theBaylor Bears .
Drones was born on July 24, 2003, inPearland, Texas .[citation needed He attended and played football atShadow 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] college football at theBaylor University over other schools such asAuburn ,Ole Miss ,TCU , andPittsburgh .[ 3]
As a freshman in 2021, Drones wasredshirted 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] NCAA transfer portal .[ 4]
Drones transferred toVirginia Tech before the 2023 season.[ 5] Rutgers .[ 6] Marshall .[ 7]
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
His cousin is currentMiami QB,Cam Ward .[ 8]
^ @MatejS247 (December 27, 2023)."QB Kyron Drones. MVP. #Hokies" (Tweet ). RetrievedDecember 27, 2023 – viaTwitter . ^ "Kyron Drones Football Stats" .MaxPreps.com . RetrievedSeptember 28, 2023 .^ Coleman, Adam (April 29, 2020)."Shadow Creek quarterback Kyron Drones commits to Baylor" .Houston Chronicle . RetrievedSeptember 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 . RetrievedSeptember 28, 2023 . ^ Bitter, Andy."Virginia Tech makes transfer portal splash in adding Kyron Drones, Ali Jennings" .The Athletic . RetrievedSeptember 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 . RetrievedSeptember 28, 2023 . ^ "Marshall tops Virginia Tech for the first time in 83 years" .The Virginian-Pilot . Associated Press. September 23, 2023. RetrievedSeptember 28, 2023 .^ Adelson, Andrea (September 27, 2024)."Cam Ward and Kyron Drones are cousins and training partners. And now they're opponents" .ESPN.com . RetrievedSeptember 27, 2024 .
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