University of Connecticut Athletics
2017 Football Roster
Kyle Buss
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 181
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- New Berlin, N.Y.
- Prev School:
- Robert Morris
- High School:
- Milford
2018: Played in all 12 games, started eight… Led the Huskies with 482 receiving yards on 32 catches and scored three touchdowns… Snagged a career-high seven receptions for 113 yards vs. UCF (8/30)… Made four catches for 42 yards and scored first career touchdown vs. Cincinnati (9/29)… Career-high 129 yards receiving on six catches at Tulsa (11/3) including an 80-yard touchdown reception… Hauled in four passes for 46 yards and a touchdown vs. SMU (11/10).
2017: Played in six games…Second on the team with 240 kick return yards…Caught one pass for four yards…Two performances with career-high 111 kick return yards at SMU (Sept. 30) and vs. Memphis (Oct. 6).
Prior to UConn (Robert Morris):
- 2015 STATS National Freshman Player of the Year Finalist
- 2015 Northeast Conference Offensive Rookie of the Year
- 2015 All-Northeast Conference Second Team
Worth Noting:
- Was the first Colonial to be named a finalist for National Freshman of the Year
- Was the first Colonial rookie to be named All-NEC on offense since 2002
2015 Season (Redshirt Freshman):
- Named NEC Offensive Rookie of the Year and All-NEC Second Team
- Broke six RMU rookie records
- Posted 50 catches for 742 yards, averaging 14.8 per reception
- Topped RMU rookie records in both single-season catches and yards and single-game catches and yards
- Finished regular season second nationally in receiving yards among freshmen and third in receptions/game
- Became the third Colonial ever to reach 50 catches in a season and third to hit 700 yards
- Started all 11 games
- Became the fourth Colonial, and second rookie, to have 3+ 100-yard receiving games in a year
- Became the first Colonial to catch nine passes in a game more than once in a season
- Named NEC Rookie of the Week November 2
- Earned that honor after eight-catch, 160-yard performance at Central Connecticut (10/31)
- Posted nine grabs for 138 yards against East Tennessee State (11/7)
- Had an 84-yard touchdown catch to turn deficit into lead late in that game against ETSU
- That 84-yard strike was the longest reception by a freshman in RMU history
- Tallied nine catches for 108 yards and his first collegiate TD in Homecoming win (9/19)
- Grabbed six passes for 91 yards against Sacred Heart (10/10)
- Notched 74 yards on four catches in his collegiate debut against Dayton (9/5)
- Also rushed for 44 yards on 17 carries on the year
2014 Season (Freshman):
- Did not see game action
High School:
- Tallied 37 catches for 700 yards and nine touchdowns at Milford
- Was ranked the 29th best prep player in the nation according to Scout.com
- Was named first team all-purpose player of the year in New York in high school
- Finished in fourth place out of 1,100 participants at the national Nike Sparq combine
Personal: An applied and resource economics major.
