| No. 6 | |
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| Position: | Quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | August 20, 1998
[1] Stow, Ohio, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Stow–Munroe (OH) |
| College: |
Buffalo (2017–2021) Georgia Southern (2022) |
| Undrafted: | 2023 |
| Career history | |
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Kyle Vantrease (born August 20, 1998) is an American football quarterback.
Early years
Vantrease attended Stow–Munroe Falls High School in Stow, Ohio. [2] [3]
College football
Buffalo
Vantreaase began his college career at the University at Buffalo, [4] [5] playing for the Bulls football team from 2017 to 2021. [3] He passed for 1,193 yards in 2019, 1,325 yards in 2020, and 1,861 yards in 2021. [6] In addition to playing quarterback, Vantrease served as Buffalo's primary punter for three games in the 2019 season after Buffalo's starting punter suffered a season-ending injury in the second game of the season. [7] [3] In December 2021, he entered the NCAA transfer portal. [8]
Georgia Southern
In 2022, Vantrease transferred to Georgia Southern. [9] In his second game for Georgia Southern, he won Sunbelt Conference player of the week honors after passing for 409 yards and leading the team to a 45–42 upset victory over Nebraska. [10] On October 15, he completed 38 of 64 passes for a school-record 578 yards against James Madison. [11] He ranked fifth among Division I FBS leaders with 4,254 passing yards during the 2022 season. [12]
Statistics
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | ||
| Buffalo Bulls | |||||||||||||||
| 2017 | 2 | 0–1 | 25 | 57 | 43.9 | 355 | 6.2 | 2 | 2 | 100.7 | 8 | −26 | −3.3 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0–0 | 4 | 9 | 44.4 | 20 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 63.1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 13 | 6–2 | 101 | 172 | 58.7 | 1,193 | 6.9 | 8 | 2 | 130.0 | 25 | 64 | 2.6 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 7 | 6–1 | 96 | 154 | 62.3 | 1,326 | 8.6 | 7 | 3 | 145.8 | 11 | 38 | 3.5 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 10 | 4–5 | 161 | 262 | 61.5 | 1,861 | 7.1 | 8 | 6 | 126.6 | 31 | 115 | 3.7 | 3 | |
| Georgia Southern Eagles | |||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 13 | 6–7 | 370 | 630 | 61.4 | 4,247 | 7.0 | 27 | 16 | 130.0 | 33 | 34 | 1.0 | 3 | |
| Career | 48 | 22–16 | 757 | 1,257 | 60.2 | 9,002 | 7.2 | 52 | 29 | 129.4 | 109 | 229 | 2.1 | 16 | |
References
- ^ Williams, Jimmy (December 19, 2022). "2023 NFL Draft Diamonds Scouting Report: Kyle Vantrease, QB, Georgia Southern". nfldraftdiamonds.com. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
- ^ Jimmy Miller (August 26, 2016). "Expectations high for top recruits: Coach Nori says Kyle Vantrease, Michael Miranda lead by example". The Akron Beacon Journal. p. D6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c Lenzi, Rachel (December 20, 2019). "'Courage and conviction': How Kyle Vantrease went to work to become UB's quarterback". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on December 19, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
- ^ Jack Goods (October 18, 2017). "UB may have to start true freshman at QB". The Buffalo News – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ George M. Thomas (October 28, 2017). "Buffalo's quarterback is one poised freshman: Stow's Kyle Vantrease returns to play Akron, where he was recruited". The Akkron Beacon Journal – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kyle Vantrease". UB Bulls. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
- ^ Lenzi, Rachel (September 13, 2019). "UB's Kyle Vantrease makes quick change from quarterback to punter". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on October 24, 2022. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
- ^ "UB quarterback Kyle Vantrease to enter transfer portal". The Buffalo News. December 30, 2021.
- ^ "Vantrease confident, aggressive, just like Georgia Southern". Savannah Morning News. September 26, 2022.
- ^ "Vantrease Honored by Sun Belt Conference, Manning Award". Georgia Southern. September 12, 2022.
- ^ "Kyle Vantrease leads Ga. Southern to upset over No. 25 JMU". Reuters.com. October 15, 2022.
- ^ "College Football Player Passing Stats 2022". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 13, 2022.