.jpg) Shurmur with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2021 | |
| Buffalo Bills | |
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| Position: | Offensive quality control coach |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | (1996-11-06)November 6, 1996 (age 28) East Lansing, Michigan, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight: | 225 lb (102 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | La Salle College (Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania) |
| College: | Vanderbilt (2015–2018) |
| Undrafted: | 2019 |
| Career history | |
As a player: | |
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
As a coach: | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Stats atPro Football Reference | |
Kyle Shurmur (born November 6, 1996) is anAmerican football coach and formerquarterback who is the offensive quality control coach for theBuffalo Bills of theNational Football League (NFL).[1] He playedquarterback incollege football atVanderbilt, and signed with theKansas City Chiefs as anundrafted free agent in 2019.
Shurmur began his high school career as the backup quarterback atSt. Edward High School inLakewood, Ohio before transferring toLa Salle College High School inWyndmoor, Pennsylvania after his father, Pat, became the offensive coordinator for thePhiladelphia Eagles.[2] Over the next two years, Shurmur passed for 4,996 yards and 53 touchdowns for the Explorers while leading the team to a 16–6 record. As a senior, he completed 180 of 307 passes for 2,472 yards and 25 touchdowns, earningPIAA AAAA First-team All-State honors.[3] Shurmur also swam at La Salle, helping the team win the 2014 PIAA state title and was a member of state record-setting 200-medley relay.[4] Shurmur committed toVanderbilt after being recruited byCincinnati,Illinois,Pittsburgh, andTemple.[5]
As a true freshman Shurmur started five of Vanderbilt's final six games, going 2–3 and passing for 503 yards, five touchdowns and three interceptions. He was named the Commodores' starting quarterback going into the 2016 season by head coachDerek Mason.[6] During his junior season, Shurmur set a new single-season school record by passing for 26 touchdowns.[7] As a senior, Shurmur was the first Vanderbilt quarterback to beat rivalTennessee three times sinceDoc Kuhn. Shurmur also joinedGreg Zolman as the second quarterback in Vanderbilt history to have three seasons with at least 2,000 yards passing.[8] Shurmur passedJay Cutler as Vanderbilt's leader in career touchdown passes after throwing his 60th in the team's 36–29 win overOle Miss on November 17, 2018.[9] In the2018 Texas Bowl, his final career start, Shurmur passed Cutler as Vanderbilt's all-time leader in passing yards, completions and attempts.[10] Shurmur was invited to participate in theNFLPA Collegiate Bowl, playing for the American team he went 10 of 19 for 90 yards in a 10–7 win over the National team.[11]
Vanderbilt Universityschool career records:[12]
Single season records:
| Vanderbilt Commodores | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Class | GP | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
| Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | Y/A | AY/A | TD | Int | QBR | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | |||||
| 2015 | Freshman | 6 | 44 | 103 | 42.7 | 503 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5 | 3 | 93.9 | 14 | -33 | -2.4 | 0 | ||
| 2016 | Sophomore | 13 | 204 | 375 | 54.4 | 2,409 | 6.4 | 5.7 | 9 | 10 | 110.9 | 50 | -129 | -2.6 | 0 | ||
| 2017 | Junior | 12 | 220 | 380 | 57.9 | 2,823 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 26 | 10 | 137.6 | 34 | -84 | -2.5 | 3 | ||
| 2018 | Senior | 13 | 254 | 406 | 62.6 | 3,130 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 24 | 6 | 143.9 | 39 | -80 | -2.1 | 0 | ||
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 230 lb (104 kg) | 32+3⁄4 in (0.83 m) | 8+7⁄8 in (0.23 m) | 4.91 s | 4.53 s | 7.51 s | 29.5 in (0.75 m) | 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) | ||||
| All values fromNFL Combine[13] | ||||||||||||
On April 27, 2019, Shurmur signed with theKansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent.[14] He was waived at the end of training camp as part of final cuts and subsequently re-signed to the Chiefspractice squad the next day on September 1, 2019.[15] He was signed to the active roster October 22, 2019.[16] He was waived on November 2, 2019,[17] and was signed to the practice squad the following day after clearing waivers.[18] Shurmur remained on the practice squad for the rest of the 2019 season, including during the ChiefsSuper Bowl LIV victory.[19] Shurmur re-signed with the team on February 4, 2020.[20] Shurmur was released on April 29, 2020.[21]
On December 17, 2020, Shurmur signed with the practice squad of theCincinnati Bengals.[22] He signed a reserve/future contract on January 4, 2021.[23] Shurmur was waived on August 31, 2021.[24]
Shurmur signed with the practice squad of theWashington Football Team on September 13, 2021.[25] On the Week 15 game against thePhiladelphia Eagles, he was elevated to the active roster as a COVID-19 replacement player to back upGarrett Gilbert with bothTaylor Heinicke andKyle Allen on theCOVID-19 reserve list.[26] He was released on January 4, 2022.[27]
Shurmur returned to Vanderbilt as volunteer offensive quality control assistant in 2020 before he was signed by the Bengals.[28] He was hired as a defensive quality control assistant by theBuffalo Bills on February 13, 2022.[29] On February 28, 2023, the Buffalo Bills announced that Shurmur had made a change to become the team's offensive quality control coach.[1]
Shurmur is the son of NFL coachPat Shurmur.[7]
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