Kyle Shurmur

Kyle Shurmur (born November 6, 1996) is an American football quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Vanderbilt, and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Chiefs in 2019.

High school
Shurmur began his high school career the backup quarterback at St. Edward High School in Lakewood, Ohio before transferring to La Salle College High School in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania after his father became the offensive coordinator for the Philadelphia Eagles. 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, earning PIAA AAAA First Team All-State honors. 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. Shurmur committed to Vanderbilt after being recruited by Cincinnati, Illinois, Pittsburgh, and Temple.

College career
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 coach Derek Mason. During his junior season, Shurmur set a new single-season school record by passing for 26 touchdowns. As a senior, Shurmur was the first Vanderbilt quarterback to beat rival Tennessee three times since Doc Kuhn. Shurmur also joined Greg Zolman as the second quarterback in Vanderbilt history to have three seasons with at least 2,000 yards passing. Shurmur passed Jay Cutler as Vanderbilt's leader in career touchdown passes after throwing his 60th in the team's 36-29 win over Ole Miss on November 17, 2018. In the 2018 Texas Bowl, his final career start, Shurmur passed Cutler as Vanderbilt's all-time leader in passing yards, completions and attempts. Shurmur was invited to participate in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl, playing for the American team he went 10 of 19 for 90 yards in a 10-7 win over the National team.

Records
Vanderbilt University school career records:
 * Touchdown passes: 64
 * Passing yards: 8,865
 * Pass completions: 722
 * Pass attempts: 1,264

Single season records:
 * Touchdown passes: 26 (2017)
 * Total touchdowns: 29 (2017)

Professional career
On April 27, 2019, Shurmur signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent. He was waived at the end of training camp as part of final cuts and subsequently re-signed to the Chiefs practice squad the next day on September 1, 2019.

Personal life
Shurmur is the son of New York Giants head coach Pat Shurmur.