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Virginia Tech announces Kyron Drones, Pop Watson III will return in 2025

by:Alex Byington•12/13/24•

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Kyron Drones (Peter Casey-USA TODAY Sports)

The present and future of Virginia Tech‘s quarterback room are running it back.

Hokies quarterbacks Kyron Drones and Pop Watson III will return to Virginia Tech for the 2025 season, the program announced Friday morning on social media.

Drones, a redshirt junior who missed three of the Hokies’ final four games with a foot injury, completed 60.7-percent of his passes for 1,562 yards and 10 touchdowns with six interceptions as Virginia Tech’s starting QB this season. Drones also added 336 rushing yards and six touchdowns, both of which ranked second on the team. Watson, meanwhile, appeared in just four games as a redshirt freshman in 2024, completing 26-of-46 passes for 400 yards and one touchdown over the final two games of the season.

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With a season-finale win over cross-state rival Virginia, the Hokies (6-6) secured a bowl bid to play Minnesota in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl on Jan. 3.

This news comes less than 24 hours after Virginia Tech head coach Brent Pry announced a massive staffing overhaul. The team formally parted ways with defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Chris Marve, offensive line coach Ron Crook, and senior director of strength and conditioning Dwight Galt IV in a press release issued on Thursday evening from the school.

“I appreciate the work Coach Marve, Coach Crook and Coach Galt have put into Virginia Tech football,” Pry said in the release. “They are great men who, alongside their families, have poured into our university and our student-athletes. However, our on-field results have not met our standards. As head coach, it is my responsibility to make the necessary changes to restore this program to its rightful place among college football’s best and deliver the success Hokie Nation deserves.”

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How to watch Virginia Tech vs. Minnesota

Duke’s Mayo Bowl

Time: Jan. 3, 7:30 p.m. ET
Channel: ESPN, FuboTV (streaming)
Location: Charlotte, N.C.