Kyle McCord

Height:
6-3
Weight:
215
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Mt. Laurel, NJ
High School:
St. Joseph's Prep
Prev School:
Ohio State

Career Overview: Spent three seasons at Ohio State before transferring to Syracuse for the spring of 2024 ... Despite playing just one season at Syracuse finished his Orange career in the top-10 of numerous career record lists, including most total offense yards per game (362.6) and passing yards per game (367.6), second in passing efficiency (148.8), second in completion percentage (66.0), , third in yards per attempt (8.73), seventh in touchdown passes (34), seventh in completions (391), eighth in passing yards (4,779), 10th in attempts (592) and 11th in touchdowns responsible for (37) ... Concludes his collegiate career with a 22-4 mark as a starting quarterback and 33-4 record in games he's appeared ... .76.9 winning percentage is the second-best career winning percentage by a quarterback in school history ... Has the most 300-yard passing games in program history (12) and his streaks of seven and five consecutive 300-yard passing games are both school records ... Ended his career with the longest streak of consecutive passes without an interception (234) in program history ... Between the two schools combined, Completed 661-of-998 passes (66.2 pct.) for 8,555 yards, 61 passing touchdowns and just 20 interceptions.

Senior Year (2024): Set the Atlantic Coast Conference's all-time passing record (4,779), while rewriting the Syracuse offensive record books ... Finished 10th in the Heisman Trophy voting, the highest finish by a Syracuse player since 2001 ... Manning Award Finalist ... Second Team All-ACC ... Davey O'Brien QB Class of 2024 ... Completed 391-of-592 passes for 4,779 yards and 34 touchdowns ... Set new program records for completions (391), attempts (592), passing yards (4,779), touchdown passes (34), total offense (4,714), total offense per game (362.6) and touchdowns responsible for (37) ... Had the most 300-yard passing games in a season in program history (12) and the two longest streaks of consecutive 300-yard passing games (7, 5) in school history ... Two 400-yard passing games ties the program's single-season record ... Completed 27-of-39 passes for 354 yards and four touchdowns in the season opener against Ohio (8/31), The four touchdown passes ties for the fourth-most in a single game in school history, which he did two other times on the season. Davey O'Brien Great 8 Performer for his play in the opener ... Threw four touchdown passes the following week in the win over Georgia Tech (9/7) as part of a 32-of-46 day for 381 yards. Also added 10 yards on the ground. The 32 completions were the 10th-most in school history in a single game. Named ACC Quarterback of the Week, Manning Award Star of the Week, East-West Shrine Bowl Monday Morning Quarterback and Davey O'Brien Great 8 Performer for his game against the Yellow Jackets ... Completed 27-of-42 passes with two touchdowns and two interceptions, while passing for 339 yards against Stanford (9/20). Also notched his first collegiate rushing touchdown vs. the Cardinal ... Completed 28-of-50 passes for 385 yards and four touchdowns against Holy Cross (9/28) ... Completed the third-most passes in program history (40) on 63 attempts with three touchdowns against UNLV (10/4). Threw for 385 yards and ran for 22 more in the win. Davey O'Brien Great 8 Performer for the UNLV game ... Connected on 31-of-42 passes for 346 yards and two scores at NC State (10/12) ... Threw 64 times, the second-most in school history, completing 35 for 321 yards against Pitt (10/24). Threw five interceptions in the contest, only threw one more the rest of the season ... Completed 24-of-35 passes for 280 yards and two touchdowns in the OT win over Virginia Tech (11/2) ... Completed 31-of-48 passes for 392 yards and two scores at Boston College (11/9) ... Threw for 323 yards on 29-of-46 passing and ran for 16 yards at Cal (11/16) .... Passed for the second-most yards in a single game (470) and the fourth-most completions (37) for two touchdowns on 47 attempts against UConn (11/23) ... Engineered the largest comeback in program history in the upset of then No. 6 Miami (11/30) by completing 26-of-36 passes for 380 yards and three touchdowns while rallying from 21 points down ... Named Associated Press, Maxwell Award and Davey O'Brien Award player of the Week after his game against the Hurricanes ... Finished his career by tying the single-game touchdown passes record (5) and setting new bowl records for passing yards (453) and touchdown passes (5) in the DIRECTV Holiday Bowl win over Washington State (12/27). Was named Offensive MVP after completing 24-of-34 passes for 453 yards and five scores in the win ... Maexwell Award, Senior Bowl, East-West Shrine Bowl and Davey O'Brien Award Watch List.

Ohio State Career: Appeared in 24 games with 13 starts in (12 of which in 2023) at quarterback for the Buckeyes ... Completed 270-of-406 passes in his three seasons at Ohio State, for 3,776 yards, 27 touchdowns and just eight interceptions ... Two-time Academic All-Big Ten ... Two-time OSU Scholar-Athlete ... Member of the All-Big Ten team in 2023 ... Through just three seasons and one year as the starter, concluded his Ohio State career 15th in passing yards in program history, fourth in career completion percentage (66.5) and fifth in passing yards per game (264.0) ... Has a 23-1 record in games he's appeared in at Quarterback, including a 12-1 mark as a starter.

Junior Year (2023 at Ohio State): Third Team All-Big Ten selection ... Big Ten All-Academic Team ... Started all-12 games at quarterback, posting an 11-1 mark at quarterback, and leading Ohio State to an invitation to the Goodyear Cotton Bowl ... Completed 229 of his 348 passing attempts (65.8 pct.) for 3,170 yards, 24 touchdowns and just six interceptions ... Second in the Big Ten in passing yards (3,170), which is the seventh-highest single season mark in Ohio State history ... Second in the Big Ten in touchdown passes (24) ... Seventh-best single-season completion percentage (65.8) in school history ... Completed 20-of-33 passes (60.6 pct.) for 239 yards in the season opener at Indiana (9/2), also ran twice for eight yards ... Connected on 14-of-20 passes (70 pct.) for 258 yards and a career-high three touchdowns against Youngstown State (9/9) ... Notched a career-best completion percentage (82.6 pct.) on 19-of-23 passing against Western Kentucky (9/16) and tied his career-high with three touchdowns ... Led Ohio State on a game-winning, 15-play drive in the final 85 seconds at then No. 9 Notre Dame (9/23), including completed passes on 3rd and 10, 4th and 7 and 3rd and 19 to keep the Buckeyes alive. Finished with 240 passing yards on 21-of-37 attempts ... Completed 19-of-29 passes (65.5 pct.) for 320 yards and two touchdowns against Maryland (10/7) ... Threw for three touchdowns on 16-of-28 passing (57.1 pct.) and 276 yards at Purdue (10/14) ... Led Ohio State to its second top-10 win of the season, completing 22-of-35 passes (62.9 pct.) for 286 yards and a touchdown against then No. 7 Penn State (10/21) ... Threw for two touchdowns on 17-of-26 passing (65.4 pct) in the win at Wisconsin (10/28) ... Completed 19-of-26 passes (73.1 pct.) and tied his career high with three touchdowns at Rutgers (11/4) ... Tallied his second-straight three touchdown game at Michigan State (11/11), while throwing for a career-high 335 yards on 24-of-31 passing (77.4 pct.) ... Connected on 20-of-30 passing attempts (66.7 pct.) for 212 yards and two touchdowns against Minnesota (11/18) ... Threw for 271 yards and two touchdowns on 18-of-30 passing attempts (60.0 pct.) during the Buckeye's lone loss of the season on the road at No. 1 and eventual National Champion Michigan (11/25) ... Entered the transfer portal at the conclusion of the regular season.

Sophomore Year (2022 at Ohio State): Academic All-Big Ten ... OSU Scholar-Athlete ... Appeared in seven games as the primary backup to No. 2 overall pick C.J. Stroud on a team that reached the College Football Playoff ... Completed 16-of-20 passes on the season for 190 yards and a touchdown. Had zero interceptions ... Ran three times for a total of four yards ... Made his season debut by completing 3-of-4 passes for 19 yards against Arkansas State (9/10) ... Completed 5-of-7 passes (71.4 pct.) for 115 yards and a touchdown ... Had one carry for three yards against Wisconsin (9/24) ... Completed 2-of-3 passing attempts for seven yards against Rutgers (10/1) ... Completed both passing attempts for 16 yards at Michigan State (10/8) ... Went 2-for-2 passing for eight yards against Iowa (10/22) ... Made his final appearance of the season against Indiana (11/12), completing both pass attempts for 25 yards.

Freshman Year (2021 at Ohio State): OSU Scholar-Athlete ... Appeared in five games with one start as a true freshman on a team that finished 11-2 with a Rose Bowl victory ... Completed 25-of-38 passes for 416 yards and two touchdowns on the season ... Made his first collegiate start in his collegiate debut, throwing for 319 yards on 13-of-18 passing (72.2 pct.), with two touchdowns against Akron (9/25) ... Completed one of his three attempts for three yards against Rutgers (10/2) ... Threw for 26 yards on 2-of-3 passing against Maryland (10/9) ... Completed 5-of-6 passes (83.3 pct.) for 51 yards in the win at Indiana (10/23) ... Completed 4-of-8 passes for 17 yards against Michigan State (11/20).

High School: Was the nation's No. 25 ranked played regardless of position in the Class of 2021, the No. 3 quarterback and a five-star prospect by the 247Sports Composite rankings ... Helped St. Joseph's Prep win its third-straight state championship ... Thre for six touchdowns in the Pennsylvania State 6A Semifinal and followed it up with four passing touchdowns in the title game.

Personal: Son of Stacy and Derek McCord... His father played quarterback at Rutgers from 1988-1992.