Kyle Vantrease
American football quarterback (born 1998)
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Kyle Vantrease (born August 20, 1998) is an American professional football quarterback.
Stow, Ohio, U.S.
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 20, 1998[1] Stow, Ohio, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Stow–Munroe Falls (OH) |
| College | Buffalo (2017–2021) Georgia Southern (2022) |
| NFL draft | 2023: undrafted |
| Career history | |
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
| Awards and highlights | |
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Early life
Vantrease attended Stow–Munroe Falls High School in Stow, Ohio.[2][3]
College career
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 | ||||||||||||
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| 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 | |