Kyle Vantrease Explained

Kyle Vantrease
Number:6
Position:Quarterback
Birth Date:20 August 1998[1]
Birth Place:Stow, Ohio, U.S.
Height Ft:6
Height In:2
Weight Lbs:225
High School:Stow–Munroe (OH)
College:Buffalo (2017–2021)
Georgia Southern (2022)
Highlights:
  • Third-team All-Sun Belt (2022)
Undraftedyear:2023
Pastteams:

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

SeasonGamesPassingRushing
GP Record Comp Att Pct Yards Avg TD Int Rate Att Yards Avg TD
Buffalo Bulls
20172 0–1 25 57 43.9 355 6.2 2 2 100.7 8 −26 −3.3 0
20183 0–0 4 9 44.4 20 2.2 0 0 63.1 1 4 4.0 0
2019136–2 101 172 58.7 1,193 6.9 8 2130.0 25 64 2.6 6
20207 6–196 154 62.31,326 8.67 3 145.811 38 3.5 4
202110 4–5 161 262 61.5 1,861 7.1 8 6 126.6 31 1153.73
Georgia Southern Eagles
2022136–7 37063061.4 4,2477.0 2716 130.0 3334 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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 NFL Draft Diamonds Scouting Report: Kyle Vantrease, QB, Georgia Southern. nfldraftdiamonds.com. Jimmy. Williams. December 19, 2022. July 20, 2023.
  2. News: Expectations high for top recruits: Coach Nori says Kyle Vantrease, Michael Miranda lead by example. The Akron Beacon Journal. Jimmy Miller. August 26, 2016. D6. Newspapers.com.
  3. News: 'Courage and conviction': How Kyle Vantrease went to work to become UB's quarterback. December 20, 2019. The Buffalo News. Lenzi, Rachel. October 24, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20201219014225/https://buffalonews.com/sports/college/courage-and-conviction-how-kyle-vantrease-went-to-work-to-become-ubs-quarterback/article_d4cfdb66-636d-5e27-be76-63072a81ebc6.html. December 19, 2020.
  4. News: UB may have to start true freshman at QB. The Buffalo News. Jack Goods. October 18, 2017. Newspapers.com.
  5. News: Buffalo's quarterback is one poised freshman: Stow's Kyle Vantrease returns to play Akron, where he was recruited. The Akkron Beacon Journal. George M. Thomas. October 28, 2017. Newspapers.com.
  6. Web site: Kyle Vantrease. UB Bulls. October 16, 2022.
  7. News: UB's Kyle Vantrease makes quick change from quarterback to punter. September 13, 2019. The Buffalo News. Lenzi, Rachel. October 24, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221024063557/https://buffalonews.com/sports/college/ubs-kyle-vantrease-makes-quick-change-from-quarterback-to-punter/article_8611b630-6ec9-537f-bc93-09803326be91.html. October 24, 2022.
  8. News: UB quarterback Kyle Vantrease to enter transfer portal. The Buffalo News. December 30, 2021.
  9. News: Vantrease confident, aggressive, just like Georgia Southern. Savannah Morning News. September 26, 2022.
  10. Web site: Vantrease Honored by Sun Belt Conference, Manning Award. Georgia Southern. September 12, 2022.
  11. News: Kyle Vantrease leads Ga. Southern to upset over No. 25 JMU. Reuters.com. October 15, 2022.
  12. Web site: College Football Player Passing Stats 2022. ESPN.com. November 13, 2022.