| UCF Knights–No. 10 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
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| Personal information | |
| Born: | Delray Beach, Florida |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) |
Dylan Rizk is an American football quarterback for the UCF Knights.
Rizk attended Cardinal Gibbons High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was rated as a three-star recruit and committed to play college football for the UCF Knights over offers from schools such as Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan State, and Northwestern. [1]
As a freshman in 2023, Rizk appeared in just one game, where he went four for five passing for 28 yards, while also rushing twice for two yards. [2] In week 9 of the 2024 season, he entered the game late into the fourth quarter and he completed six of his ten pass attempts for 102 yards and a touchdown, while also adding 31 yards on the ground versus BYU. [3] Heading into week 10, Rizk was named the team's starting quarterback. [4] In his first career start, he completed 20 of 25 passes for 294 yards and three touchdowns and rushed nine times for 55 yards in a blowout win over Arizona. [5]
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | ||
| UCF Knights | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0–0 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 28 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 127.0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 4 | 1–3 | 72 | 117 | 61.5 | 904 | 7.7 | 5 | 2 | 137.1 | 29 | 43 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| Career [2] | 7 | 4 | 1–3 | 76 | 122 | 62.3 | 932 | 7.6 | 5 | 2 | 136.7 | 31 | 45 | 1.5 | 0 | |
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