Andrew Pyne (born December 5, 2000) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wit ...

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for the

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. He previously played for the

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Early life high school career

Pyne was born on December 5, 2000, in

New Canaan, Connecticut New Canaan () is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 20,622 according to the 2020 census. About an hour from Manhattan by train, the town is considered part of Connecticut's Gold Coast. The town is bounde ...

. He attended and played

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for

New Canaan High School New Canaan High School is the only public high school in New Canaan, Connecticut. In 2017, it was ranked the best public high school in Connecticut, and one of the top 200 in the nation. New Canaan High School was ranked the 74th best STEM high s ...

in New Canaan. As a senior, he completed 161 of 252 passes for 2,107 yards and 24

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. He was selected to play in the 2020 Under Armour All-American Game. Pyne committed to the

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to play college football.

College career

Notre Dame

Pyne played in four games as a backup to Ian Book in his first year at Notre Dame in 2020. He completed two of three passes for 12 yards. As a sophomore in 2021, he played in two games as a backup to Jack Coan, completing 15 of 30 passes for 224 yards with two touchdowns. Pyne competed with

Tyler Buchner Tyler Buchner (born November 7, 2002) is an American football quarterback for the Alabama Crimson Tide. He previously played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. High school career Buchner attended The Bishop's School in La Jolla, California b ...

to take over as the team's starting quarterback in 2022. Buchner won the job; however, Pyne took over as the starter after Buchner suffered a season-ending injury during the team's second game of the season. On December 2, 2022, Pyne entered the

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Arizona State

On December 19, Pyne announced he would transfer to Arizona State.

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External links

Notre Dame Fighting Irish bioArizona State Sun Devils bio
Living people Players of American football from Fairfield County, Connecticut American football quarterbacks Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players 2000 births Arizona State Sun Devils football players {{quarterback-stub