2022-23: A third-team All-Sun Belt selection from the league and Phil Steele … A second-team selection by Pro Football Network, who also named him the leagu’es Quarterback of the Year … Started all 13 games … Played 1,012 offensive snaps … Re-wrote the school record book, setting new standards in passing yards (4,253), completions (371), attempts (604) and touchdowns (27) … Finished third in the FBS in passing yards per game … Became just the fourth 4,000-yard passer in Sun Belt history, finishing with the third-highest passing total in league history … Also set league records for passing attempts and completions … Rushed 33 times for 34 yards and two scores … Also caught a 3-yard pass … Got the start in the opener against Morgan State, throwing for 367 yards and four touchdowns … Completed 19-of-46 passes … Picked up several awards after leading the Eagles to a win at Nebraska … Threw for 409 yards (the second most in school history) on 37 of 56 passing with a touchdown … Scored on an 8-yard touchdown run with 36 seconds left to give the Eagles the lead for good … Named the National Offensive Player of the Week by the Walter Camp Football Foundation and the Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week for his play … Completed 24-of-50 passes for 204 yards and a touchdown at UAB … Bounced back in the win over Ball State … Completed 26 of 39 passes for 310 yards and two touchdowns … Added a rushing touchdown … Completed 26 passes for 284 yards and two touchdowns against Coastal Carolina … Broke the school’s single-season passing record when he threw for 359 yards and three touchdowns at Georgia State … Named the Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week after throwing for a school-record 578 yards and four touchdowns in the win over No. 25 James Madison … Led the Eagles down the field for the game-winning score, connecting on a 22-yard touchdown pass to Derwin Burgess Jr. with 1:10 left to seal the upset … Completed 22 of 27 passes for 192 yards and a touchdown in the win at Old Dominion … Threw for 278 yards and two touchdowns against South Alabama … Completed 28 passes for 325 yards and a touchdown at Louisiana … Completed 22 passes for 205 yards and a touchdown against Marshall … Led the Eagles to bowl eligibility with a 51-48, double overtime win over App State … Completed 34 of 51 passes for 385 yards and three touchdowns, including one in the first OT and then the game-winner on a 25-yard pass to Ezrah Archie to end it … Also tied the game up with 4:42 left on a 3-yard scoring run … Threw for 352 yards and two touchdowns on 28-of-45 passing in the Camellia Bowl against Buffalo … Also had 9 yards rushing and caught a 3-yard pass.
2021-22: Started the first 10 games at quarterback for Buffalo … Completed 161 of 262 passes for 1,861 yards and eight touchdowns on the season … Rushed for 115 yards and three scores …Also punted the ball twice, averaging 65 yards per kick … Had an 81-yard punt at Nebraska, tying the second-longest punt in program history … Went 15 for 19 passing for 231 yards and a touchdown against Wagner … Was named the MAC East Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts … Went 13 of 20 for 146 yards against Coastal Carolina … Threw for 191 yards and a touchdown and rushed another score at Old Dominion … Threw for 151 yards and had a rushing touchdown against Western Michigan … Threw for 237 yards and a touchdown and rushed for a season-high 49 yards at Kent State … Went 22 for 30 passing for 251 yards and two touchdowns against Ohio … Was 15 of 20 passing for 241 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 25 yards and another score at Akron … Entered the NCAA Transfer Portal in December … Elected to use a sixth season due to COVID regulations to enroll at Georgia Southern in January.
2020-21: Started all seven games at quarterback for the Bulls … Threw for 1,326 yards and seven touchdowns on the season … Also had four rushing touchdowns on the season … Went 12 of 18 for 178 yards and a touchdown and rushed for another score against Northern Illinois … Threw for 353 yards and four touchdowns against Miami (OH), completing touchdown passes of 78 and 82 yards … Named the MAC East Offensive Player of the Week for his performance against the RedHawks … Threw for 74 yards a rushed for a touchdown against Bowling Green … Threw for 148 yards against Kent State … Went 4 for 7 passing for 68 yards and a touchdown against Akron … Went 29 of 42 for a season-best 365 yards against Ball State in the MAC Championship game … Threw for a touchdown and rushed for another against the Cardinals … Threw for 140 yards and rushed for a touchdown against Marshall in leading Buffalo to a win in the Camellia Bowl.
2019-20: Started the final eight games of the season for the Bulls at quarterback … Completed 101 of 172 passes for 1,193 yards and eight touchdowns, while throwing only two interceptions … Also rushed for 64 yards and six touchdowns … Went 16 of 23 for 197 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score against Ohio … Threw for 179 yards and two touchdowns against Central Michigan … Threw for 208 yards and a touchdown and ran for two other scores at Eastern Michigan … Following the game, was named the MAC East Offensive Player of the Week … Threw for 172 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score against Toledo … Went 10 for 14 on passes for 131 yards against Bowling Green … Threw for 77 yards and a touchdown and rushed for a score against Charlotte in the Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl … Also filled in punter for a few games when starter Evan Finegan went down with an injury … Averaged 34.5 yards on 16 punts.
2018-19: Redshirted as a sophomore, but did see action in three games as a reserve quarterback … Completed 4 of 9 passes for 20 yards on the season … Went 2 for 2 for 11 yards against Delaware State … Went 2 of 5 for 9 yards against Kent State … Also saw action at Bowling Green.
2017-18: Appeared in three games for Buffalo and made one start at quarterback … Threw for 355 yards and two touchdowns on the season … Saw his first career action in the second half against Northern Illinois and went 8 for 16 for 153 yards … Made his first career start at Miami (OH) and threw for 202 yards and a pair of touchdowns … Enrolled at Buffalo in January after graduating high school early.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Stow-Munroe Falls High for Coach Mark Nori … Was a first-team all-state and First-Team All-Northeast Inland District selection … Finished his career 392 for 694 for 5,680 yards and 50 touchdowns and rushed for 1,029 yards and 24 touchdowns … As a senior, completed 157 of 244 passes for 2,259 yards and 22 touchdowns and rushed for 384 yards and eight scores … Also punted the ball 21 times for a 39-yard average and was 18-of-19 on extra point attempts … Also was a district champion in track & field … Played basketball as well.
PERSONAL: Born Kyle Wade Vantrease on August 20 in Akron, OH … Son of Wade and Patti Vantrease … Mother swam at Bowling Green … Has an older brother, Cody, and an older sister, Kelly.
MAJOR: Business Administration (Graduated; Buffalo)
