Missouri QB Drew Pyne re-enters NCAA Transfer Portal

Missouri quarterback and former Notre Dame and Arizona State transfer Drew Pyne has re-entered the NCAA Transfer Portal, according to On3’s Pete Nakos. Pyne has one more season of collegiate eligibility after redshirting during his lone season with the Sun Devils in 2023.

Pyne enters the transfer portal while being in the midst of a quarterback competition at Missouri, where head coach Eli Drinkwitz has opened the starting QB battle between Pyne, Sam Horn and Penn State transfer Beau Pribula. Now, with Pyne in the portal, the Tigers’ QB1 competition appears down to Horn and Pribula.

Pyne appeared in six games last season at Missouri, including going 1-0 with an epic comeback effort in his lone start against Oklahoma on Nov. 9, throwing for 391 yards and three touchdowns to three interceptions on 61.2-percent passing during the 2024 season.

Pyne had his best career season in 2022, where he went 8-2 in 10 games as the Fighting Irish’s starting QB, throwing for 2,021 yards and 22 touchdowns to six interceptions on 64.6-percent passing in his final season at Notre Dame. He’d transfer to Arizona State that offseason but never re-established himself as a starting quarterback.

Pyne played high school football at New Canaan (CT) where he was a four-star prospect and the No. 238 overall recruit in the 2020 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3’s Transfer Portal wire.

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Eli Drinkwitz blasts media with full-throated defense of QB Drew Pyne

Following last season’s Oklahoma game, Drinkwitz gave a passionate and full-throated defense of Pyne, blasting the media and other outside noise for how they’ve handled his play. In particular, he made sure to praise Pyne for his play in the win over the Sooners.

“I just can’t say how proud I am of Drew Pyne for all the crap he’s taken,” Eli Drinkwitz said. “You know, I feel like I’m up here all the time having to defend my quarterback, which is not great, but for all the crap he’s taken on Twitter and X, for him to come out here, ignore the noise, some of it from y’all in this room, he goes out there and y’all can raise up at me and look like it’s not, but it is. He goes out there and delivers in the keyest moments in the fourth quarter after fans have been booing. He just goes out there and delivers.”

Drew Pyne, a transfer who played at Notre Dame and Arizona State, was forced into action because of the injury to Brady Cook. After Pyne struggled in relief of Cook against Auburn and Alabama, there were some vocal concerns about his play going into the game.

— On3’s Dan Morrison contributed to this report.