Kyle Vantrease

American football quarterback (born 1998)
American football player
Kyle Vantrease
No. 6
Position:Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1998-08-20) August 20, 1998 (age 25)[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
  • Indianapolis Colts (2023)*
  • Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2023)*
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
  • Third-team All-Sun Belt (2022)

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

  1. ^ Williams, Jimmy (December 19, 2022). "2023 NFL Draft Diamonds Scouting Report: Kyle Vantrease, QB, Georgia Southern". nfldraftdiamonds.com. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Jack Goods (October 18, 2017). "UB may have to start true freshman at QB". The Buffalo News – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Kyle Vantrease". UB Bulls. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "UB quarterback Kyle Vantrease to enter transfer portal". The Buffalo News. December 30, 2021.
  9. ^ "Vantrease confident, aggressive, just like Georgia Southern". Savannah Morning News. September 26, 2022.
  10. ^ "Vantrease Honored by Sun Belt Conference, Manning Award". Georgia Southern. September 12, 2022.
  11. ^ "Kyle Vantrease leads Ga. Southern to upset over No. 25 JMU". Reuters.com. October 15, 2022.
  12. ^ "College Football Player Passing Stats 2022". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 13, 2022.

External links

  • Buffalo Bulls football bio
  • Georgia Southern Eagles bio
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Buffalo Bulls starting quarterbacks
  • E. Johnson (1894)
  • Cowper (1895–1897)
  • Vorhees (1897)
  • Robert E. DeCue (1898–1900)
  • Duncan (1899–1901)
  • Charles Rice (1901)
  • DeCeu (1902)
  • Lane (1903)
  • Frank McCollum (1919–1920)
  • Joe Oliverio (1958)
  • Gordon Bukaty (1959)
  • John Stofa (1962–1963)
  • Don Gilbert (1964)
  • Mark Taylor (1996)
  • Erik Rusin (1996)
  • Chad Salisbury (1997–1998)
  • Billy Feldmier (1998)
  • Joe Freedy (1999–2001)
  • Randall Secky (2002–2004)
  • P.J. Piskorik (2003–2004)
  • Stewart Sampsel (2005–2006)
  • Drew Willy (2005–2008)
  • Tony Paoli (2006)
  • Zach Maynard (2009)
  • Jerry Davis (2010)
  • Alex Zordich (2010, 2012)
  • Chazz Anderson (2011)
  • Joe Licata (2012–2015)
  • Grant Rohach (2016)
  • Tyree Jackson (2016–2018)
  • Drew Anderson (2017)
  • Kyle Vantrease (2017, 2019–2021)
  • Matt Myers (2019, 2021)
  • Cole Snyder (2022–2023)
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Georgia Southern Eagles starting quarterbacks
  • Rob Allen (1982)
  • Tracy Ham (1983–1986)
  • Ken Bullock (1987)
  • Ken Burnette (1987)
  • Raymond Gross (1987–1990)
  • Charles Bostick (1991–1993, 1995)
  • Derrick McGrady (1991)
  • Joe Dupree (1992–1994)
  • Kenny Robinson (1994–1997)
  • Greg Hill (1997–1999)
  • J.R. Revere (2000–2001)
  • Melvin Cox (2001)
  • Chaz Williams (2002–2004)
  • Trey Hunter (2003)
  • Jayson Foster (2005, 2007)
  • Darius Smiley (2005)
  • Travis Clark (2006)
  • Lee Chapple (2008–2009)
  • Antonio Henton (2008)
  • Kyle Collins (2009)
  • Jaybo Shaw (2010–2011)
  • Jerick McKinnon (2010, 2012–2013)
  • Ezayi Youyoute (2012)
  • Kevin Ellison (2013–2016)
  • Favian Upshaw (2015–2016)
  • Seth Shuman (2016)
  • Shai Werts (2017–2020)
  • Kado Brown (2017)
  • L.A. Ramsby (2017)
  • Justin Tomlin (2019–2021)
  • Amare Jones (2021)
  • Cam Ransom (2021)
  • Connor Cigelske (2021)
  • Kyle Vantrease (2022)
  • Davis Brin (2023)