Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I muri i tana tohu i te Fairfield College Preparatory School, i tohua a Drury e nga Quebec Nordiques 72nd katoa i te rauna tuatoru o te
Ko te 1994 NHL Entry Draft. I te wa i whakauruhia ai ia, ka tiimata tana mahi mo te wha tau i te Whare Wananga o Boston (BU). I tana tau tuatahi i te tau 1995, i wikitoria ia i te toa a motu me te BU. I te 1997 me te 1998 i whakaingoatia ia hei kaitakaro o te tau o Hockey East, a i whakaingoatia hoki ia hei kaiwawao pai rawa atu i te tau 1998. I tana tau whakamutunga, i wini ia i te Tohu Hobey Baker hei kaitakaro hockey hukapapa nui o te National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) i muri i tana mutunga hei kaihauturu i te wa o mua. Ko Drury te kaitakaro BU tuatahi ki te eke ki te 100 whaainga mahi me te awhina, ka mutu me te 113 me te 100, i runga ake nei. I wikitoria a BU i te whakataetae Beanpot i nga tau e wha i takaro ai ia mō rātou. I te Hanuere 15, 2009, i te wa o tana mahi NHL, i whakaingoatia a Drury hei Hockey East's Best Defensive Forward, hei waahanga o te whakanui i te 25th Anniversary o te riiki. I whiriwhiria a Drury i roto i te pooti a nga kaiwhaiwhai Hockey East me nga mema o te Komiti 25th Anniversary o te riiki.