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{{Short description|American football quarterback (born 1998)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL player
|name=Kyle Vantrease
|image=
|caption=
|number=6
|position=[[Quarterback]]
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1998|8|20}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nfldraftdiamonds.com/2022/12/kyle-vantrease/|title=2023 NFL Draft Diamonds Scouting Report: Kyle Vantrease, QB, Georgia Southern|website=nfldraftdiamonds.com|first=Jimmy|last=Williams|date=December 19, 2022|access-date=July 20, 2023}}</ref>
|birth_place=[[Stow, Ohio]], U.S.
|height_ft=6
|height_in=2
|weight_lbs=225
|high_school=[[Stow–Munroe Falls High School|Stow–Munroe Falls (OH)]]
|college=[[Buffalo Bulls football|Buffalo]] (2017–2021)<br>[[Georgia Southern Eagles football|Georgia Southern]] (2022)
|highlights=
* Third-team All-Sun Belt ([[2022 Sun Belt Conference football season|2022]])
|undraftedyear = 2023
|pastteams =
* [[Indianapolis Colts]] ({{NFL Year|2023}})*
* [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] ({{NFL Year|2023}})*
* [[Calgary Stampeders]] ({{CFL Year|2024}})*
}}

'''Kyle Vantrease''' (born August 20, 1998) is an American professional [[Gridiron football|football]] [[quarterback]].

==Early life==
Vantrease attended [[Stow–Munroe Falls High School]] in [[Stow, Ohio]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Expectations high for top recruits: Coach Nori says Kyle Vantrease, Michael Miranda lead by example|newspaper=The Akron Beacon Journal|author=Jimmy Miller|date=August 26, 2016|page=D6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111537820/kyle-vantrease/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name="buffnewsstory1">{{cite news|url=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|title='Courage and conviction': How Kyle Vantrease went to work to become UB's quarterback|date=December 20, 2019|agency=[[The Buffalo News]]|author=Lenzi, Rachel|accessdate=October 24, 2022|archiveurl=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|archivedate=December 19, 2020}}</ref>

==College career==
===Buffalo===
Vantreaase began his college career at the [[University at Buffalo]],<ref>{{cite news|title=UB may have to start true freshman at QB|newspaper=The Buffalo News|author=Jack Goods|date=October 18, 2017|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111538345/kyle-vantrease/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Buffalo's quarterback is one poised freshman: Stow's Kyle Vantrease returns to play Akron, where he was recruited|newspaper=The Akkron Beacon Journal|author=George M. Thomas|date=October 28, 2017|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111538109/kyle-vantrease/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> playing for the [[Buffalo Bulls football|Bulls football]] team from 2017 to 2021.<ref name="buffnewsstory1"/> He passed for 1,193 yards in 2019, 1,325 yards in 2020, and 1,861 yards in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kyle Vantrease|publisher=UB Bulls|accessdate=October 16, 2022|url=https://ubbulls.com/sports/football/roster/kyle-vantrease/5840}}</ref> In addition to playing quarterback, Vantrease served as Buffalo's primary punter for three games in the [[2019 Buffalo Bulls football team|2019 season]] after Buffalo's starting punter suffered a season-ending injury in the second game of the season.<ref name="punter">{{cite news|url=https://buffalonews.com/sports/college/ubs-kyle-vantrease-makes-quick-change-from-quarterback-to-punter/article_8611b630-6ec9-537f-bc93-09803326be91.html|title=UB's Kyle Vantrease makes quick change from quarterback to punter|date=September 13, 2019|agency=[[The Buffalo News]]|author=Lenzi, Rachel|accessdate=October 24, 2022|archiveurl=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|archivedate=October 24, 2022}}</ref><ref name="buffnewsstory1"/> In December 2021, he entered the [[NCAA transfer portal]].<ref>{{cite news|title=UB quarterback Kyle Vantrease to enter transfer portal|newspaper=The Buffalo News|date=December 30, 2021|url=https://buffalonews.com/sports/college/ub-quarterback-kyle-vantrease-to-enter-transfer-portal/article_3d90f864-69c3-11ec-b6ba-c7717a49c524.html}}</ref>

===Georgia Southern===
In 2022, Vantrease transferred to Georgia Southern.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vantrease confident, aggressive, just like Georgia Southern|newspaper=Savannah Morning News|date=September 26, 2022|url=https://www.savannahnow.com/restricted/?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.savannahnow.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fcollege%2Fgeorgia-southern%2F2022%2F09%2F26%2Fgeorgia-southern-quarterback-kyle-vantrease-head-coach-clay-helton%2F10431755002%2F}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vantrease Honored by Sun Belt Conference, Manning Award|publisher=Georgia Southern|date=September 12, 2022|url=https://gseagles.com/news/2022/9/12/football-vantrease-honored-by-sun-belt-conference.aspx}}</ref> On October 15, he completed 38 of 64 passes for a school-record 578 yards against James Madison.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kyle Vantrease leads Ga. Southern to upset over No. 25 JMU|publisher=Reuters.com|date=October 15, 2022|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/football-ncaa-gsu-jmu/kyle-vantrease-leads-ga-southern-to-upset-over-no-25-jmu-idUSMTZXEIAGTLR1QH}}</ref> He ranked fifth among Division I FBS leaders with 4,254 passing yards during the 2022 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=College Football Player Passing Stats 2022|work=ESPN.com|accessdate=November 13, 2022|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/stats/player/_/season/2022}}</ref>

===Statistics===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Season
! colspan="2"| Games
! colspan="8"| Passing
! colspan="4"| Rushing
|-
! GP !! Record !! Comp !! Att !! Pct !! Yards !! Avg !! TD !! Int !! Rate !! Att !! Yards !! Avg !! TD
|-
! colspan="16" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Buffalo Bulls}}" | Buffalo Bulls
|-
! [[2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2017]]
| 2 || 0–1 || 25 || 57 || 43.9 || 355 || 6.2 || 2 || 2 || 100.7 || 8 || −26 || −3.3 || 0
|-
! [[2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2018]]
| 3 || 0–0 || 4 || 9 || 44.4 || 20 || 2.2 || 0 || 0 || 63.1 || 1 || 4 || 4.0 || 0
|-
! [[2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2019]]
| '''13'''|| 6–2 || 101 || 172 || 58.7 || 1,193 || 6.9 || 8 || '''2'''|| 130.0 || 25 || 64 || 2.6 || '''6'''
|-
! [[2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2020]]
| 7 || '''6–1'''|| 96 || 154 || '''62.3'''|| 1,326 || '''8.6'''|| 7 || 3 || '''145.8'''|| 11 || 38 || 3.5 || 4
|-
! [[2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2021]]
| 10 || 4–5 || 161 || 262 || 61.5 || 1,861 || 7.1 || 8 || 6 || 126.6 || 31 || '''115'''|| '''3.7'''|| 3
|-
! colspan="16" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Georgia Southern Eagles}}" | Georgia Southern Eagles
|-
! [[2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2022]]
| '''13'''|| 6–7 || '''370'''|| '''630'''|| 61.4 || '''4,247'''|| 7.0 || '''27'''|| 16 || 130.0 || '''33'''|| 34 || 1.0 || 3
|-
! [https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/kyle-vantrease-1.html Career] !! 48 !! 22–16 !! 757 !! 1,257 !! 60.2 !! 9,002 !! 7.2 !! 52 !! 29 !! 129.4 !! 109 !! 229 !! 2.1 !! 16
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://ubbulls.com/sports/football/roster/kyle-vantrease/5840 Buffalo Bulls football bio]
*[https://gseagles.com/sports/football/roster/kyle-vantrease/5204 Georgia Southern Eagles bio]

{{Buffalo Bulls quarterback navbox}}
{{Georgia Southern Eagles quarterback navbox}}

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[[Category:1998 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Stow, Ohio]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Summit County, Ohio]]
[[Category:American football quarterbacks]]
[[Category:Buffalo Bulls football players]]
[[Category:Georgia Southern Eagles football players]]

Kyle Vantrease - Revision history

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