| No. 1 – Virginia Tech Hokies | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class |  Senior |
| Personal information | |
| Born | July 24, 2003 |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 231 lb (105 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Shadow Creek (Pearland, Texas) |
| College |
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| Stats at ESPN | |
Kyron Drones (born July 24, 2003) is an American college football quarterback for the Virginia Tech Hokies. He previously played for the Baylor Bears.
Early life
[edit]Drones was born on July 24, 2003.[citation needed] 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.[1] Drones committed to play college football at the Baylor University over other schools such as Auburn, Ole Miss, TCU, and Pittsburgh.[2]
College career
[edit]Baylor
[edit]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.[3] After the season, Drones entered the NCAA transfer portal.[3]
Virginia Tech
[edit]Drones transferred to Virginia Tech before the 2023 season.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]
College statistics
[edit]| Season | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | |||
| 2021 | Baylor | 2 | 0 | 0−0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Baylor | 5 | 0 | 0−0 | 14 | 23 | 60.9 | 219 | 9.5 | 1 | 1 | 146.5 | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 2 | |
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 11 | 6−5 | 166 | 285 | 58.2 | 2,085 | 7.3 | 17 | 3 | 137.3 | 166 | 818 | 4.9 | 5 | |
| 2024 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 9 | 5−4 | 136 | 224 | 60.7 | 1,562 | 7.0 | 10 | 6 | 128.7 | 98 | 336 | 3.4 | 6 | |
| 2025 | Virginia Tech | 12 | 12 | 3−9 | 178 | 315 | 56.5 | 1,919 | 6.1 | 17 | 9 | 119.8 | 170 | 644 | 3.8 | 9 | |
| Career | 41 | 32 | 14−18 | 494 | 847 | 58.3 | 5,785 | 6.8 | 45 | 19 | 128.7 | 442 | 1,847 | 4.2 | 22 | ||
Personal life
[edit]Drones' older maternal cousin is quarterback Cam Ward, who was selected with the first overall pick of the 2025 NFL draft.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "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.