Kyle Vantrease (born August 20, 1998) is an American professional football quarterback. He played college football for the Buffalo Bulls and Georgia Southern Eagles.
Early life Vantrease attended Stow–Munroe Falls High School in Stow, Ohio.
College career Buffalo Vantreaase began his college career at the University at Buffalo, playing for the Bulls football team from 2017 to 2021. He passed for 1,193 yards in 2019, 1,325 yards in 2020, and 1,861 yards in 2021. 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. In December 2021, he entered the NCAA transfer portal.
Georgia Southern In 2022, Vantrease transferred to Georgia Southern University. 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. On October 15, he completed 38 of 64 passes for a school-record 578 yards against James Madison. He ranked fifth among Division I FBS leaders with 4,254 passing yards during the 2022 season.
Statistics Year Team Games Passing Rushing GP Record Comp Att Pct Yards Avg TD Int Rate Att Yards Avg TD 2017 Buffalo 2 0–1 25 57 43.9 355 6.2 2 2 100.7 8 −26 −3.3 0 2018 Buffalo 3 0–0 4 9 44.4 20 2.2 0 0 63.1 1 4 4.0 0 2019 Buffalo 13 6–2 101 172 58.7 1,193 6.9 8 2 130.0 25 64 2.6 6 2020 Buffalo 7 6–1 96 154 62.3 1,326 8.6 7 3 145.8 11 38 3.5 4 2021 Buffalo 10 4–5 161 262 61.5 1,861 7.1 8 6 126.6 31 115 3.7 3 2022 Georgia Southern 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
References
External links Buffalo Bulls football bio Georgia Southern Eagles bio