2023 NFL Draft Diamonds Scouting Report: Kyle Vantrease, QB, Georgia Southern

Kyle Vantrease has been a prolific, confident passer for Georgia Southern this season, throwing for almost 4000 yards. He proved to be an immediate impact as a transfer from Buffalo. Hula Bowl scout Joel Titus breaks down the strengths and weaknesses of Vantrease as an NFL Prospect in his report.

Player Data

Name, Jersey #	Kyle Vantrease, #6
School (Code)	GASO
DOB, Class Yr	8/20/1998, 6SR
Height, Weight	6020e, 225e
40 Yd Dash	4.90e
Arms, Hands	3112e, 0958e
Position/Depth	QB/1st
Honors/Captainship	2022 All-Sun Belt Third Team Led Sun Belt Conference in passing yards in 2022
Season Viewed (yr)	2022
Games Watched	VAJM, @SCCC, ALSO
Scout Name / Date	Joel Titus/ 12-12-22

Per Year Stats (Most Recent First)

2022	558 att., 342 cmps., 3895 pass yds, 25 pass TDs, 15 INTs
2021	262 att., 161 cmps, 1861 pass yds, 8 pass TDs, 6 INTs
2020	154 att., 96 cmps, 1326 pass yds, 7 pass TDs, 3 INTs
2019	172 att., 101 cmps, 1193 pass yds, 8 pass TDs, 2 INTs
2018	9 att., 4 cmps, 20 pass yds
2017	57 att., 25 cmps, 355 pass yds, 2 pass TDs, 2 INTs

Player Summary:

Transfer from NYBU. 6th year senior. Slight and short stature. A smaller traditional QB that will only scramble under pressure. Displays sufficient instincts, makes good enough decisions. Shows ordinary physical toughness on tape. Subpar AA. Only capable of short scrambles and rarely eludes or sheds blitzers. Shows marginal speed and burst. Shows subpar strength. Escaping a rusher is challenging for him with those two traits. In general, he makes good decisions with his arm. He likes to be aggressive over the middle in his decision making processing. He shows sufficient anticipation particularly in intermediate and deep situations. Shows average ability to deal with clutch situations. Ball security is subpar and throws a great amount of interceptable passes with his accuracy ability. His run ability is marginal, only consistently able to scramble forward for short yardage at a time. Struggles to shed rushers in the pocket with that ability. With his mechanics, he displays a sufficient delivery in his upper half. Shows sufficient arm strength. His delivery is a non-issue. Shows average delivery speed, He shows sloppy subpar mechanics particularly with his lower half. Gets happy feet in collapsing pockets. His ability to throw on the run is marginal, struggling with his accuracy. Overall, his accuracy is sufficient. He shows average accuracy in the middle of the field and subpar accuracy outside the numbers. Shows good short accuracy. Shows average deep accuracy. Has good moments of touch with his deep accuracy. Shows sufficient accuracy versus pressure. On the move, he shows below-average accuracy. Displays subpar intermediate accuracy.