Kyle Vantrease: QB · Georgia Southern · #6.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Kyle Vantrease
Operates within the system without forcing anything. The six seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Lance Leipold, Maurice Linguist and Clay Helton. All-Sun Belt in 2022 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 578 passing yards and 4 passing TD against James Madison, Week 7, 2022.
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
50.0% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 28.8% conversion-per-dropback — 41.4% of completions land short of the sticks.
Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. checkdown by design
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
3 of the team's 26 inside-the-5 carries (11.5%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-7vs Morgan State | 29/46 | 367 | 4 | 1 | 8.0 | 46.8 | 4 TD passes |
| Wk 2 | W 45-42@ Nebraska | 37/56 | 409 | 1 | 2 | 7.3 | 80.4 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-35@ UAB | 24/50 | 204 | 1 | 3 | 4.1 | 30.6 | 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 4 | W 34-23vs Ball State | 26/39 | 310 | 2 | 0 | 7.9 | 74.0 | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 5 | L 30-34@ Coastal Carolina | 26/43 | 284 | 2 | 1 | 6.6 | 66.3 | |
| Wk 6 | L 33-41@ Georgia State | 30/49 | 357 | 3 | 4 | 7.3 | 55.2 | 3 TD passes · 4 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 7 | W 45-38vs No. 25 James Madison | 38/64 | 578 | 4 | 1 | 9.0 | 75.3 | Season-high 578 yds |
| Wk 8 | W 28-23@ Old Dominion | 22/27 | 192 | 1 | 0 | 7.1 | 75.0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-38vs South Alabama | 26/45 | 278 | 2 | 1 | 6.2 | 64.4 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-36@ Louisiana | 28/49 | 325 | 1 | 0 | 6.6 | 56.8 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-23vs Marshall | 22/39 | 205 | 1 | 1 | 5.3 | 39.3 | |
| Wk 13 | W 51-48vs App State | 34/51 | 385 | 3 | 1 | 7.5 | 77.4 | 3 TD passes |
 Bowl | L 21-23vs Buffalo | 28/45 | 352 | 2 | 1 | 7.8 | — | |
| Total | 370/603 | 4246 | 27 | 16 | 7.0 | — |
Week 7 · 2022
W 45-38
578 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 75.3
Edged out James Madison at home in a shootout.
With A. Beck II — 45.8 yards per punt · 6 punts · 4 inside the 20 · A. Jones — 7 rec · 164 yds · 2 TD
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 584 passing plays (360 completions) against the box score's 603 attempts (370 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
6.5980 of 206 QBsSack rate
1.0%4 of 206 QBsRarely sacked (4 of 206 QBs) and still 80 of 206 in Adjusted ANY/A.
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 61.4% completion on 603 attempts · 56 deep completions averaging 31.3 yds.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 354 | 2.7 | 7.3 | 0.8 |
| Road6g | 295 | 1.5 | 6.5 | 1.7 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 358 | 2.4 | 7.2 | 1.6 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 277 | 1.6 | 6.5 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Pass share
62.4%
610 pass / 367 run
Plays / game
75.2
13 games
Scheme: Pass-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2022
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #33 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons, at Buffalo and Georgia Southern, 8,998 passing yards — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2022)
Weekly recognition
2 weekly honors (2022)
4 career weekly honors across 3 seasons
Coaching lineage · 2017–2022
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Lance Leipold, Maurice Linguist and Clay Helton.
