Oct 19, 2024; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets quarterback Zach Pyron (5) is hit while throwing by Notre Dame Fighting Irish defensive end Joshua Burnham (40) at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Dale Zanine-Imagn Images

Former Georgia Tech Quarterback Zach Pyron Reveals New Transfer Destination

Originally posted on Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on SI
By Jackson Caudell | Last updated Apr 18, 2025 12:46 PM ET

Former Georgia Tech quarterback Zach Pyron re-entered the transfer portal yesterday after a brief stop at Minnesota and he did not take long to find his new destination. According to 247Sports Matt Zenitz, Pyron is transferring to South Alabama. Pyron is from Alabama and with the Jaguars losing their starting quarterback to North Carolina in the transfer portal, this landing spot made plenty of sense and Pyron is going to have a chance to make some noise in the Sun Belt.

Minnesota QB transfer Zach Pyron has signed with South Alabama, @chris_hummer and I have learned for @CBSSports/@247Sports.

The former four-star recruit had transferred to Minnesota from Georgia Tech earlier this offseason before re-entering the portal. pic.twitter.com/NQM1KZ7F4V
— Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) April 18, 2025

Pyron had been at Georgia Tech since 2022 and started two games this season when Haynes King went down with an injury. He started the game against Notre Dame, going 20-36 for 269 yards, one touchdown, and two interceptions. He went on to start the next weekend at Virginia Tech, but was benched in favor of true freshman Aaron Philo in the third quarter. Pyron went 10-22 for 76 yards in that game. The Yellow Jackets played both King and Philo in wins over Miami and NC and Pyron played in one snap on Friday vs Georgia. He finished this season with 409 yards, two touchdowns, and three interceptions

Pyron started two games for Georgia Tech in 2022 as a true freshman, a road win vs Virginia Tech, and then a loss vs Miami the next week. Pyron played a lot in a road loss against Florida State, though he did not start the game (Zach Gibson did). Pyron got injured in the loss against Miami late in the third quarter and did not play the rest of the season. He was in a quarterback battle with King leading up to the 2023 season, but lost the battle in fall camp and spent the 2023 season as the backup. He was used a lot this season as a short-yardage runner near the goal line and finished this season with four rushing touchdowns. He finished his career at Georgia Tech with 995 yards passing, five touchdowns, and seven interceptions.

He played with a lot of heart over the past couple of seasons and was one of the hardest-working players on the team and was known for his competitiveness. After his first bit of playing time against Florida State in 2022, then interim head coach Brent Key had this to say about the way that Pyron competed:

"I recruited Zach and there is a special quality in a quarterback when you recruit them and they are a state champion in high school. Not just one state championship and not just two but when you have somebody that is a three-time state champion at two different high schools, running two different types of offenses, ones a kind of single wing under center offense then goes to a spread offense and still be able to do it, you can always say it is the system or it is this or it is that but at the end of the day, he went to two different systems at two different places and won state championships, there is a competitive drive in him and that showed up today."