Kyle Vantrease
No. 6
Position:Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1998-08-20) August 20, 1998[1]
Stow, Ohio
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
  • 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
GPRecordCompAttPctYardsAvgTDIntRateAttYardsAvgTD
Buffalo Bulls
2017 20–1255743.93556.222100.78−26−3.30
2018 30–04944.4202.20063.1144.00
2019 136–210117258.71,1936.982130.025642.66
2020 76–19615462.31,3268.673145.811383.54
2021 104–516126261.51,8617.186126.6311153.73
Georgia Southern Eagles
2022 136–737063061.44,2477.02716130.033341.03
Career4822–167571,25760.29,0027.25229129.41092292.116

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. 1 2 3 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.
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