CIS Football Player Profile: Kyle Quinlan, McMaster Marauders (21 of 26)

Source: Cameron Dunlop, McMaster Sports Info

Name: Kyle Quinlan
University: McMaster
Hometown: South Woodslee, Ont.
High school: Cardinal Carter C S S
Position: Quarterback
Academic program: Economics
Year of eligibility: 4
Height: 6-3
Weight: 205

Key stats 2010:

*averaged 312.1 yards per game (2497 yards total)
*averaged 9.3 yards per play (269 total plays)

**holds the school record for most passing TD's in a single season (19, 2010)
**holds the school record for highest completion percentage in a career (0.596, 2008-10)

Awards & honours (since start of CIS career):

2010: OUA Second-Team All-Star, OUA Athlete of the Week, Marauders Offensive MVP
2009: OUA Athlete of the Week

PROFILE

Quinlan returns for his fourth season with the Marauders and his third in the starting quarterback role. He was McMaster's offensive MVP and an OUA Second-Team All-Star in 2010. He set a new school record passing for 19 touchdowns in a season and he had the best passing efficiency in the OUA at 166.1.

Quinlan also currently holds the school record for highest completion percentage at 0.596. He threw for a combined 2018 yards last season completing 127 passes on 209 attempts with only 6 interceptions to average 252.2 yds/g. His 252.2 average was good for second in the OUA behind 2010 CIS Hec Crighton Trophy winner Brad Sinopoli. Quinlan ranked seventh in the Nation among passers.

Quinlan also showed he was a threat scrambling out of the backfield finishing second on the team and ninth in the conference in rushing with 479 yards on 60 attempts averaging 59.9 yards per game. He was second in the OUA in total offence, again behind Sinopoli, with a combined total of 2497 yards good for an average of 312.1 per game.