Kyle Vantrease

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Kyle Vantrease
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Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1998-08-20) August 20, 1998 (age 26) [1]
Stow, Ohio, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school: Stow–Munroe Falls (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 professional football quarterback.

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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

SeasonGamesPassingRushing
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
Career 4822–167571,25760.29,0027.25229129.41092292.116

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References

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