2017 Football
Roster
Kyle Vantrease
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 232
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Stow, OH
- High School:
- Stow-Munroe Falls
- Major:
- Business Administration
Hoof Prints: Quarterback who started the final eight games of the 2019 season and all seven games of 2020... graduated high school in 3 1/2 years and enrolled at UB in January of 2017... an accomplished swimmer in high school... major is business administration.
Senior (2021): Started 10 games at quarterback for the Bulls… 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… named Academic All-MAC... had an 81-yard punt at Nebraska, tying the second longest punt in program history… went 15-for-19 for 231 yards and a touchdown against Wagner (9/2)… was named the MAC East Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts… went 13-of-20 for 146 yards against Coastal Carolina (9/18)… threw for 191 yards and a touchdown and rushed another score at Old Dominion (9/25)… threw for 151 yards and had a rushing touchdown against Western Michigan (10/2)… threw for 237 yards and a touchdown and rushed for a season-high 49 yards at Kent State (10/9)… went 22-for-30 for 251 yards and two touchdowns against Ohio (10/16)… was 15-of-20 for 241 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 25 yards and another score at Akron (10/23).
Junior (2020): 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 (11/4)… threw for 353 yards and four touchdowns against Miami (OH) (11/10)… 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 (11/17)… Threw for 148 yards against Kent State (11/28)… went 4-for-7 for 68 yards and a touchdown against Akron (12/12)… 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 (12/25).
Redshirt-Sophomore (2019): Started the final eight games of the season 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 (10/5)… threw for 179 yards and two touchdowns against Central Michigan (10/26)… threw for 208 yards and a touchdown and ran for two other scores at Eastern Michigan (11/2)… following the game, he was named the MAC East Offensive Player of the Week… threw for 172 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score against Toledo (11/20)… went 10-of-14 for 131 yards against Bowling Green (11/29)… 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.
Sophomore (2018): 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 (9/1)… went 2-of-5 for nine yards against Kent State (11/6).. also saw action at Bowling Green (11/23).
Freshman (2017): Appeared in three games 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 (Oct. 14) and went 8-for-16 for 153 yards… made his first career start at Miami (OH) (Oct. 21) and threw for 202 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
High School: Versatile quarterback who played at Stow-Munroe Falls High School in Ohio. 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.
