Drew Pyne
| Missouri Tigers – No. 6 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class | Graduate Student |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | December 5, 2000 New Canaan, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 196 lb (89 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| Bowl games | |
| High school | New Canaan (New Canaan, Connecticut) |
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Andrew Pyne (born December 5, 2000) is an American college football quarterback for the Missouri Tigers. He previously played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Arizona State Sun Devils.
Early life
[edit]Pyne was born on December 5, 2000, in New Canaan, Connecticut. He attended and played high school football for New Canaan High School in New Canaan. As a senior, he completed 161 of 252 passes for 2,107 yards and 24 touchdowns.[1] He was selected to play in the 2020 Under Armour All-American Game.[2] Pyne committed to the University of Notre Dame to play college football.[3][4][5]
College career
[edit]Notre Dame
[edit]Pyne played in four games as a backup to Ian Book in his first year at Notre Dame in 2020. He completed two of three passes for 12 yards. As a sophomore in 2021, he played in two games as a backup to Jack Coan, completing 15 of 30 passes for 224 yards with two touchdowns. Pyne competed with Tyler Buchner to take over as the team's starting quarterback in 2022.[6][7] Buchner won the job; however, Pyne took over as the starter after Buchner suffered a season-ending injury during the team's second game of the season.[8][9][10] On December 2, 2022, Pyne entered the transfer portal.[11]
Arizona State
[edit]On December 19, 2022, Pyne announced he would transfer to Arizona State.[12] Pyne would only play in 2 games at Arizona State due to injuries. Pyne left Arizona State and returned to Notre Dame to finish his degree.
Missouri
[edit]On March 10, 2024, Pyne announced that he would transfer to Missouri after the completion of his academic degree from Notre Dame in the spring semester of 2024, with the expectation that he would compete to be the backup quarterback to Brady Cook for the Tigers' 2024 football season. Pyne has 3 years of eligibility remaining.
Statistics
[edit]| Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD |
| 2020 | Notre Dame | 4 | 0 | − | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 100.3 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Notre Dame | 2 | 0 | − | 15 | 30 | 50.0 | 224 | 7.5 | 2 | 0 | 134.7 | 6 | −6 | −1.0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Notre Dame | 11 | 10 | 8–2 | 164 | 254 | 64.6 | 2,021 | 8.0 | 22 | 6 | 155.3 | 47 | 108 | 2.3 | 2 |
| 2023 | Arizona State | 2 | 1 | 0–1 | 26 | 49 | 53.1 | 273 | 5.6 | 2 | 3 | 101.1 | 14 | −49 | −3.5 | 0 |
| 2024 | Missouri | 4 | 0 | – | 29 | 43 | 67.4 | 206 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 107.7 | 6 | −4 | −0.7 | 0 |
| Career | 23 | 11 | 8–3 | 236 | 379 | 62.3 | 2,736 | 7.2 | 26 | 9 | 140.8 | 75 | 70 | 0.9 | 2 | |
References
[edit]- ^ Jacobs, Jeff (December 10, 2019). "Jeff Jacobs: For Pyne, New Canaan seniors, painful end to memorable era". CT Insider. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
- ^ Karels, Carter (January 3, 2020). "Notre Dame QB signee Drew Pyne shines in Under Armour All-America Game". South Bend Tribune. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
- ^ Ericson, Scott (May 11, 2019). "Drew Pyne, New Canaan QB headed to Notre Dame, is all about football and family". Stamford Advocate. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
- ^ Smith, Cam (April 17, 2018). "Notre Dame has its future quarterback in Drew Pyne, but he's still two years away". USA TODAY High School Sports. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
- ^ Parelli, Anthony E. (April 16, 2018). "Football: New Canaan's Drew Pyne commits to Notre Dame". CT Insider. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
- ^ "The Washington Post – Breaking news and latest headlines, U.S. news, world news, and video". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
- ^ Hough, Austin (August 7, 2022). "ND's Pyne, Buchner battling for starting QB role". News and Tribune. Jeffersonville, Indiana. Archived from the original on August 10, 2022. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
- ^ Butterfield, Christine (September 12, 2022). "New Canaan's Drew Pyne will be Notre Dame's starting quarterback". GreenwichTime. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
- ^ Jeyarajah, Shehan (September 12, 2022). "Notre Dame elevates Drew Pyne to starting QB, Tyler Buchner to miss significant time with shoulder sprain". CBSSports.com. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
- ^ Berardino, Mike (September 12, 2022). "Notre Dame football readies itself for Pyne time at quarterback in Tyler Buchner's absence". South Bend Tribune. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
- ^ Thamel, Pete (December 2, 2022). "Sources: Irish QB Pyne intends to enter portal". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
- ^ Thamel, Pete (December 19, 2022). "Ex-Notre Dame QB Drew Pyne transferring to Arizona State". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 20, 2022.