Kyron Drones
| No. 1 – Virginia Tech Hokies | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class | Redshirt 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) |
| College |
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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 | edit source]Drones was born on July 24, 2003, in Pearland, Texas.[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 | edit source]Baylor
[edit | edit source]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 | edit source]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 | edit source]| Season | Team | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
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| 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 | 9 | 9 | 3−6 | 152 | 260 | 58.5 | 1,592 | 6.1 | 15 | 6 | 124.3 | 127 | 409 | 3.9 | 8 | |
| Career | 38 | 29 | 14−15 | 468 | 792 | 59.1 | 5,457 | 6.9 | 43 | 16 | 130.8 | 399 | 1,702 | 4.3 | 21 | ||
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Drones' older maternal cousin is quarterback Cam Ward, who was selected with the first overall pick of the 2025 NFL draft.[7]
References
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