Kyle Israel (born August 25, 1985 in Orlando, Florida) was the starting college football quarterback for the UCF Knights football team at the University of Central Florida. He majored in radio/television at UCF.[1] 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. [2]
Israel started for the UCF as a junior in 2006; he played in nine games[3] and threw for 1420yd[3] [4]
Israel completed 12 of 24 passing attempts[5] 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.[6]
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.[7] Israel completed 35% of his passes for a total of 133yd and the Knights lost a back-and-forth game by the score of 35–32.[8] [9]
| UCF Knights | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GP | Passing | |||||||
| Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | TD | Int | Rtg | ||||
| UCF | 3 | 14 | 36 | 38.9 | 129 | 0 | 1 | 63.4 | ||
| UCF | 1 | 9 | 17 | 52.9 | 108 | 1 | 0 | 125.7 | ||
| UCF | 12 | 108 | 166 | 65.1 | 1,420 | 6 | 5 | 142.8 | ||
| UCF | 14 | 174 | 298 | 58.4 | 2,173 | 15 | 11 | 128.9 | ||
| Totals[10] | 30 | 305 | 517 | 59.0 | 3,830 | 22 | 17 | 128.7 | ||
In 2009, Israel signed and played for the Dresden Monarchs, a team in the German Football League.[11]