{{Short description|American football player (born 1985)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} '''Kyle Israel''' (born August 25, 1985 in Orlando, Florida) was an American starting college football quarterback for the UCF Knights football team at the University of Central Florida. He majored in radio/television at UCF.<ref name="Bio">{{cite news | url=http://ucfathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/israel_kyle00.html | title=Kyle Israel | work=UCFAthletics.com | publisher=University of Central Florida | accessdate=2007-09-15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014222910/http://ucfathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/israel_kyle00.html | archive-date=2007-10-14 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He is a graduate of University High School. Most recently, he played for the Orlando Predators of the National Arena League. He earlier played professionally for the Dresden Monarchs in the German Football League. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/os-sp-predators-0414-story.html|title=Orlando Predators beat Columbus Lions during return after two-season absence|last=Shain|first=Jeff|website=OrlandoSentinel.com|date=April 14, 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-20}}</ref>
==College career== ===2006=== Israel started for the UCF as a junior in 2006; he played in nine games<ref name="Post">{{cite news | url=http://stats.washingtonpost.com/cfb/players.asp?id=113461 | title=7, Kyle Israel, QB, UCF Golden Knights | newspaper=The Washington Post | accessdate=2007-09-15}}</ref> and threw for {{convert|1,420|yd|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="Post"/><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/157896 | title=#7 Kyle Israel | publisher=ESPN |access-date=2007-09-15}}</ref>
===2007=== Israel completed 12 of 24 passing attempts<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/ncaa/players/9845/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220170755/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/ncaa/players/9845/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=December 20, 2007 | title=#7 Kyle Israel | magazine=Sports Illustrated | accessdate=2007-09-15}}</ref> as he led the 2007 UCF Knights football team to a season-opening upset of North Carolina State; the victory was the program's second victory over a BCS opponent and the first time the Knights defeated a BCS school since 2000.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/college/knights/orl-fbcucffolo0307sep03,0,7398981.story | title=UCF upbeat as date with Texas looms | work=Orlando Sentinel| author=Hightower, Kyle | date=September 3, 2007 | accessdate=2007-09-15}}</ref>
On September 15, 2007, he started for the first football game held on the UCF campus in the new Bright House Networks Stadium. The game was against the number-six ranked 2007 Texas Longhorns, the highest ranked team ever faced by the Knights.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://texas.scout.com/a.z?s=110&p=2&c=679405&ssf=1&RequestedURL=http%3a%2f%2ftexas.scout.com%2f2%2f679405.html | title=UCF: Trap Door, or Mickey Mouse Game? | work=Scout.com | publisher=College Sporting News | date=September 13, 2007 | accessdate=2007-09-15}}</ref> Israel completed 35% of his passes for a total of {{convert|133|yd|m|abbr=on}} and the Knights lost a back-and-forth game by the score of 35–32.<ref name="UCF ESPN box">{{cite news | url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=272582116 | title=(6) Texas 35, UCF 32 Box Score | work=ESPNU.com | date=September 15, 2007 | access-date=2007-09-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegefootball/gamecenter/recap/NCAAF_20070915_TX@UCF/rss | title=McCoy, Charles help Texas two-step UCF's upset bid | work=CBSSportsline.com | publisher=CBS | date=September 14, 2007 | accessdate=2007-09-15}}</ref>
===College statistics=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Season ! rowspan="2"| Team ! rowspan="2"| GP ! colspan="7"| Passing |- ! Cmp !! Att !! Pct !! Yds !! TD !! Int !! Rtg |- ! 2004 !! UCF | 3 || 14 || 36 || 38.9 || 129 || 0 || 1 || 63.4 |- ! 2005 !! UCF | 1 || 9 || 17 || 52.9 || 108 || 1 || 0 || 125.7 |- ! 2006 !! UCF | 12 || 108 || 166 || 65.1 || 1,420 || 6 || 5 || 142.8 |- ! 2007 !! UCF | 14 || 174 || 298 || 58.4 || 2,173 || 15 || 11 || 128.9 |- ! colspan="2"| Totals<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/kyle-israel-1.html |title=Kyle Israel College Stats |website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com |language=en |access-date=October 17, 2024}}</ref> || 30 || 305 || 517 || 59.0 || 3,830 || 22 || 17 || 128.7 |}
==Professional career== ===German Football League=== In 2009, Israel signed and played for the Dresden Monarchs, a team in the German Football League. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.football-aktuell.de/cgi-bin/news.pl?artikel=12386558355010&rubrik=501010|title = Dresdens Neuzugänge gelandet}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071014222910/http://ucfathletics.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/israel_kyle00.html Official Player Bio at UCF Knights]
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