Drew Pyne

Position:
Quarterback
Height:
6-0
Weight:
200
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
New Canaan, Conn.
High School:
New Canaan HS
Prev School:
Missouri

Bowling Green

2025 | Graduate Junior
• Joins BGSU for the 2025 season with two years of eligibility
• Was elected one of four team captains for the season
• Appeared in and started six games
• Totaled 94 completions on 151 attempts (.623) for 882 yards and five touchdowns on the season
• Was 12-of-18 for 109 yards in season-opening win against Lafayette
• Threw for 274 yards against Cincinnati, going 29-36 (80.6% completion percentage) and a touchdown
• Tossed a touchdown and totaled 146 yards in win against Liberty, also rushing five times for 25 yards
• Passed for 131 yards against Louisville, including a 46-yard touchdown
• Was 19 for 29 for 170 yards and a touchdown at Ohio
• Went seven of 16 for 52 yards against Buffalo

Missouri

Columbia, Mo.

• Appeared in six games during the 2024 with one start
• In his lone start he passed for 143 yards and three touchdowns to beat Oklahoma
• Completed 49-of-82 (.598) pass attempts for 391 yards with three TDs in his lone season with Mizzou
• Finished with 412 years of total offense

Arizona State

Tempe, Ariz.

• Spent the 2023 season at Arizona State where he played in two games before an injury kept him out of the rest of the season
• Connected with All-American RB Cam Skattebo, who’s older brother Leonard played at Bowling Green (2016-17), on a career-long 52-yard completion against Southern California in 2023
• Finished lone season at ASU with 273 yards on 26-of-49 passing and two touchdowns

Notre Dame

Notre Dame, Ind.

• Appeared in 17 games for the Fighting Irish between 2020-2022, including starting 10 games in 2022
• Went 8-2 record as the starter in 2022 and finished the year ranked No. 20 nationally in individual quarterback efficiency in the regular season
• His 8-2 record in 2022 included a 4-1 record against top 25 teams
• Completed 22 touchdown passes and 64.6 percent of his passes overall in 2022
• Had three touchdown passes at North Carolina were the most by a Notre Dame quarterback in their first road start since 1994
• Responsible for five touchdowns against Navy, including four first half passing TDs
• Completed his first 15 passes of against USC, en route to going 23-for-26
• The .884 completion percentage against USC is second in a single game in program history, trailing just Steve Buerlein’s .909 (10-for-11) in 1984
• Was a perfect-8-for-8 in the first half
• Set a career best with 318 yards passing, his first 300-yard passing game of his career
• Graduated from Notre Dame with an American studies degree and a minor in business economics

New Canaan High School

New Canaan, Conn.

• Played quarterback at New Canaan High School for head coach Lou Marinelli
• In 2019, completed 161 of 252 passes for 2,107 yards and 24 touchdowns with just seven interceptions
• Also ran 57 times for 259 yards and eight touchdowns
• Ended his career as New Canaan’s career leader in passing yards and touchdowns, throwing his 100th career touchdown pass on Nov. 15, 2019
• Two-time Connecticut state champion, as well as New England Regional Champion
• Named an Under Armour All-American
• A four-star recruit by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN.com
• No. 118 overall player nationally, No. 7 pro-style quarterback nationally and No. 1 player from Connecticut by Rivals
• No. 193 overall player nationally, No. 7 pro-style quarterback nationally and No. 1 player from Connecticut by 247Sports.com
• No. 166 overall player nationally, No. 26 overall player regionally, No. 9 pocket-passer quarterback nationally and No. 2 player from Connecticut by ESPN.com (83 Scout Grade)

Personal

• Son of Helene and George Pyne
• Has one brother, Brendan, and two sisters, Shannon and Rachel
• Father, George, played football at Brown
• Brother, Brendan, played football at Brown
• Grandfather, George Pyne III, played for the Boston Patriots
• Great grandfather, George Pyne II, played for the Providence Steam Roller of the NFL in 1931
• Uncle, Jim Pyne, played in the NFL from 1994-2001 (Buccaneers, Lions, Browns, Eagles), making his family the first to play three generations of professional football
• Maternal grandfather, Paul Harney, was a professional golf who won six PGA Tournament events, finished in the top eight at the Masters four times and was inducted into the PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame
• Father, George, founded Bruin Capital, a company that focuses on sports investments and advisory services and is currently the CEO. He also previously served as president of IMG as well as CEO of NASCAR