Notre Dame QB Pyne to enter the transfer portal

Notre Dame backmost Drew Pyne tweeted Friday that helium is entering the NCAA transportation portal.

Pyne, who volition person 3 years of eligibility astatine his adjacent destination, is not readying to play successful the team's vessel game, sources told ESPN connected Friday.

Pyne expressed his appreciation for the Irish shot programme and assemblage successful Friday's societal media post.

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Pyne started 10 games for Notre Dame this season, starring them to an 8-2 grounds and finishing No. 20 nationally successful idiosyncratic backmost efficiency. He threw 22 touchdown passes and six interceptions, rushing for 108 yards and 2 much scores portion completing 64.6% of his passes.

He had a 4-1 grounds against top-25 teams, which was the astir wins against top-25 contention astatine Notre Dame successful the past decade.

Pyne's accumulation astatine specified a high-profile schoolhouse should make a beardown marketplace for his services. Pyne's apt past crippled astatine Notre Dame highlighted his ratio and accomplishment set, arsenic helium completed 23 of 26 passes for 318 yards successful a 38-27 loss to USC. His decisiveness successful the pouch stood retired to opposing coaches, arsenic they characterized him arsenic a quick-twitch thrower.

Pyne took implicit arsenic Notre Dame's starter against Cal connected Sept. 17 successful the aftermath of the upset nonaccomplishment to Marshall. He energized the programme aft it began the play 0-2 and led it connected a tally of 8 wins successful 9 games.

Pyne is simply a 6-foot, 205-pound backmost from New Canaan, Connecticut, who is simply a erstwhile ESPN 300 recruit. He chose Notre Dame implicit a agelong expanse of offers that included Alabama, Michigan, Oklahoma and Auburn.

Pyne was an accomplished precocious schoolhouse quarterback, finishing arsenic New Canaan High School's vocation person successful passing yards and touchdowns.