CFB Zeitgeist Score
40
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by pass tds at the 68th percentile.
Kyron Drones
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
1,919 PASS YDS · 17 PASS TD · 644 RUSH YDS
2026 Outlook
Returning to Virginia Tech for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Quarterback · Virginia Tech
Returning around him
- 50% of 2024 offensive production back (Moderate turnover)
- Transfer portal: +0 net (27 in / 27 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Virginia Tech · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #40 · 2026 recruiting class #39
QB · VIRGINIA TECH · ACC
Kyron Drones
- 4
- #1
- 6-2 | 235 lb
- Pearland, TX
Heisman Heat
#896
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP QB AWARD
Davey O'Brien
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
In Their Words
96 windows · 2025 fan posts
nine×432.3kyron×648.5seven×69.5virginia×19.1
Development Trajectory · passing yards
2022–2025+776%
Up 776% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4-star | 0.9087 | No. 263 recruit | HighSchool | Baylor |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Baylor -> Virginia Tech | 3-star | 0.8800 | Immediate |
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
Achievements
- Program Benchmark 5.5% Program Benchmark Season leader for the program at the player's position across the headline volume metric (passing yards / rushing yards / receiving yards). Held by 5.5% of the 2025 pool. Team leader in rushing yards (644).
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★★☆
to Baylor
Composite
0.9087
#263 national
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Kyron Drones
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
70
Grounded Optimism
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=8
- Rivals · n=1
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Kyron Drones
Only 1 rival mention(s) — below the 4-mention floor for a defensible read.
2025 Signature · 2025 season
QB rushing weighted-EPA
+0.340
EPA
P4 + Notre Dame QBs, min 50 carries
National rank #20 of 46
Percentile vs P4 + Notre Dame QBs, min 50 carries 58th
Why it matters
#20 of 46 P4 + Notre Dame QBs among scrambling QBs by rushing weighted-EPA — +0.340 EPA per run on 137 carries.
Vs cohort
This player +0.340 (58th)
HIGH · n=137 cohort 46
- Also strong
- TD : INT ratio#48 / 72
- Combined WEPA per play (pass + rush)#49 / 57
- Passing yards (total)#55 / 72
Signature Moment
No signature moment on the ledger yet.
Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the passing totals stand
Through 12g
1,919Pass yards
17Pass TDs
9INT
Per game
159.9Pass yards
1Pass TDs
1INT
Projected (13g)
2,079Pass yards
18Pass TDs
10INT
To hit 3,000-yard season (currently 1,919): needs 1,081/game over remaining 1.
To hit 4,000-yard season (currently 1,919): needs 2,081/game over remaining 1.
To hit 25 passing TDs (currently 17): needs 8/game over remaining 1.
To hit 30 passing TDs (currently 17): needs 13/game over remaining 1.
To hit 35 passing TDs (currently 17): needs 18/game over remaining 1.
Why this is a two-channel quarterback case
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
The unusual part of Kyron Drones's case is that the production comes in two channels, not one. For Virginia Tech, he has 1,919 passing yards and 17 touchdown passes, but he also adds 644 rushing yards and 9 rushing scores. That kind of dual-threat load tends to create a more resilient Heisman case because the offense can tilt the game in multiple ways.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
QB season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Steady volume | Dual-threat against FBS QB peers. The quickest read is whether the profile wins on volume, efficiency, explosiveness, or rushing value.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Passing Efficiency
CMP
178 77th
ATT
315 82nd
CMP%
56.5% 31st
Y/A
6.1 34th
Passing Production
YDS
1,919 75th
TD
17 86th
INT
9 12th
Rushing
CAR
170 98th
YDS
644 95th
YPC
3.8 63rd
TD
9 95th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 11-24@ South Carolina | 15/35 | 221 | 0 | 2 | 6.3 | 44.0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-44vs Vanderbilt | 17/29 | 134 | 1 | 0 | 4.6 | 62.7 | |
| Wk 3 | L 26-45vs Old Dominion | 26/39 | 266 | 3 | 1 | 6.8 | 32.6 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 4 | W 38-6vs Wofford | 27/32 | 307 | 2 | 0 | 9.6 | 70.5 | Season-high 307 yds |
| Wk 5 | W 23-21@ NC State | 20/34 | 177 | 2 | 0 | 5.2 | 53.3 | |
| Wk 6 | L 23-30vs Wake Forest | 14/28 | 111 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 27.0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-35@ Georgia Tech | 13/21 | 181 | 2 | 1 | 8.6 | 67.7 | |
| Wk 9 | W 42-34vs California | 9/18 | 119 | 3 | 1 | 6.6 | 86.7 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 10 | L 16-28vs Louisville | 11/24 | 76 | 1 | 0 | 3.2 | 45.0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-34@ Florida State | 10/18 | 125 | 1 | 1 | 6.9 | 61.5 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-34vs Miami | 12/21 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 43.5 | |
| Wk 14 | L 7-27@ Virginia | 4/16 | 78 | 1 | 2 | 4.9 | 10.6 | |
| Total | 178/315 | 1919 | 17 | 9 | 6.1 | 50.4 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2022Baylor6-7HC: Dave Aranda · Run-leaning
2023Virginia Tech7-6HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning
2025Virginia Tech3-9HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning
| Season | Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Virginia Tech | 178 | 315 | 56.5% | 1,919 | 6.1 | 17 | 9 | 119.8 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | 166 | 285 | 58.2% | 2,084 | 7.3 | 17 | 3 | 137.2 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Baylor | 14 | 23 | 60.9% | 219 | 9.5 | 1 | 1 | 146.5 | -- | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 358 | 623 | 57.5% | 4,222 | 6.8 | 35 | 13 | 128.8 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Virginia Tech | 170 | 644 | 3.8 | 9 | -- |
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | 166 | 818 | 4.9 | 5 | -- |
| 2022 | Baylor | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 344 | 1,511 | 4.4 | 16 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted passing value. Positive numbers mean the quarterback is adding more value through the air than a neutral peer would in the same environment.
How much of the offense runs through the quarterback once passing and rushing responsibility are blended together.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passing | Passing yards | 1,919 | #97/382 | 75th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Pass TD | 17 | #57/407 | 86th pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completions | 178 | #91/383 | 77th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Completion % | 56.5% | #266/383 | 31st pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Passing | Yards / attempt | 6.1 | #254/382 | 34th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 644 | #20/408 | 95th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Value | Passing WEPA | +0.22 | #130/200 | 36th pct | Opponent-adjusted passing value | 310 weighted playsvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Role share | 62.8% | #7/428 | 99th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Attempts | 315 | #75/407 | 82nd pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Passing | Interceptions | 9 | #359/407 | 12th pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Carries | 170 | #11/408 | 98th pct | Volumevs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 33 | #99/391 | 75th pct | Metricvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 9 | #23/408 | 95th pct | Scoringvs FBS QB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 3.8 | #153/407 | 63rd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Pass share | 97.5% | #5/428 | 99th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 83.8% | #3/428 | 100th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 77.9% | #10/428 | 98th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 61.9% | #15/428 | 97th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 55.3% | #12/428 | 97th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS QB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 50.7% | #29/428 | 93rd pct | Early-down loadvs FBS QB |
| Usage | Rush share | 33.8% | #9/428 | 98th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS QB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.34 | #28/140 | 81st pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 137 weighted playsvs FBS QB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 4 | #237/258 | 9th pct | Turnoversvs FBS QB |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16
Why he’s here
Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.
What moves him up
What moves him down
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 162 | 1.6 | 5.8 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 156 | 1.2 | 6.4 | 1.2 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins3g | 201 | 2.3 | 7.1 | 0.3 |
| Losses9g | 146 | 1.1 | 5.7 | 0.9 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 200 | 1.6 | 6.4 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 104 | 1.2 | 5.5 | 0.8 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
40Mid-pack
Elite: rush yards (89th). Strength: rush tds (86th). Concern: fumbles lost (8th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Pass Profile · Completion depth (PBP)
Where the throws are landing
Short
0–9 yds58%of completions
70 comp5.2 yds avg5 TD
Middle
10–19 yds23%of completions
28 comp13.7 yds avg4 TD
Deep
20+ yds18%of completions
22 comp29.2 yds avg2 TD
Overall 58.8% completion on 204 attempts · 22 deep completions averaging 29.2 yds.
Advanced Savant · QB · 2024
Percentile Card
Concerns: EPA / dropback.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
wepa_passing0.22Below (<p25) (n=94)
wepa_rushing0.34Mid (p50–p75) (n=72)
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Kyron DronesVirginia TechMalik WashingtonMaryland· 81% simRyan BrownePurdue· 80% simNoah KimEastern Michigan· 78% sim
Rush yards
Rush TDs
Pass TDs
Pass yards
Interceptions
Yards / att
Completion %
Fumbles lost
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Scrambler
Makes plays with feet when the pocket collapses. Efficiency still on the rise.
QB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Braylon Braxton’s 2022 season.
Braylon Braxton
70%match
#2
Mark Gronowski
67%
#3
Brendan Sorsby
66%
#4
Grant Wilson
64%
#5
Lunch Winfield
63%
Matches Braylon on
Weight
Rush yards / carry
Differs from Braylon on
INT rate (higher)
Recruiting rating (higher)
Rush usage (higher)
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Logan Smothers’s path through Jacksonville State.
Logan Smothers
88%match
#2
TJ Lateef
86%
#3
Lunch Winfield
85%
#4
Bryson Barnes
All-Mountain West
85%
#5
Jason Brown
84%
Matches Logan on
Height
Completion %
Recruiting rating
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Brennan Armstrong's senior season at NC State (2023).
Brennan Armstrong
60%match
All-ACC
#2
Robby Ashford
58%
#3
Ashton Daniels
All-ACC
54%
#4
Emory Jones
53%
#5
Payton Thorne
50%
Matches Brennan on
Yards / attempt
Total pass EPA (college ability)
Differs from Brennan on
Weight (higher)
TD rate (higher)
Completion % (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Pry
Pass share
42.0%
319 pass / 441 run
Plays / game
63.3
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
9.5%
296 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
1 coach2022
Brent Pry
Virginia Tech
2023
Brent Pry
Virginia Tech
2025
Brent Pry
Virginia Tech
Played his entire career under Brent Pry.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownPearland, TX
Height6'2"
Weight235 lb
Class4
PositionQB
Jersey1
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamVirginia Tech
ConferenceACC
Joined2025
Career arc5 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
No formal honors on the ledger yet
All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned. | ||||
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Virginia Tech | QB4 | #896 | #845 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | ACC |
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | QB4 | #72 | #104 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | ACC |
| 2022 | Baylor | QB4 | #309 | #318 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big 12 |
| 2021 | Baylor | QB4 | #912 | #584 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W20 snapshot | Big 12 |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Virginia Tech | ACC | QB | 4 | No. 1 | 6-2 | 235 lb | Pearland, TX |
| 2024 | Virginia Tech | ACC | QB | 4 | No. 1 | 6-2 | 235 lb | Pearland, TX |
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | ACC | QB | 4 | No. 1 | 6-2 | 235 lb | Pearland, TX |
| 2022 | Baylor | Big 12 | QB | 4 | No. 1 | 6-2 | 235 lb | Pearland, TX |
| 2021 | Baylor | Big 12 | QB | 4 | No. 1 | 6-2 | 235 lb | Pearland, TX |