Awards and Honors:
2023 Preseason All-MAC (third team by Phil Steele College Football Preview; fourth team by Athlon Sports; honorable mention by College Football Network)
2022 All-MAC second team

Enters 2023 season with 23 career starts to match Clayton Coll for the most by returning players ... combines with C Ethan Crowe (22), LT Corey Stewart (18) and RT Tommy Lorincz (3) for 66 career starts on the offensive line ... head coach Mike Neu on Kaylor: "He's great in the weight room."

2022: Played in all 12 games, missing just one start (Nov. 15 vs. Ohio) ... helped lead an offensive line unit that ranked fifth in the FBS with just 3.6 TFLs allowed per game ... blocking at left guard helped sophomore running back Carson Steele rush for more than 1,000 yards.

2021: Appeared in 12 games along the offensive line, earning 12 starts ... helped pave the way for freshman running back Carson Steele to post a 1,000 all-purpose yard season, one of only six true freshmen in the country to accomplish the feat in 2021 ... guided an offensive line that allowed just 4.31 tackles-for-loss per game, which was 17th-best in the nation ... first game action as a Cardinal came in a start at right tackle vs. Western Illinois (Sept. 2) in the season opener.

PRIOR TO BALL STATE: Spent two seasons at Michigan State … earned Academic All-Big Ten accolades as a redshirt freshman in 2020 ... earned a redshirt in 2019.

HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner at Huntington North … played for head coach Rick Burnau … ranked one of the top offensive tackle prospects in the state of Indiana by 247Sports (No. 3), ESPN.com (No. 3) and Rivals.com (No. 4) … rated among the top 100 overall players in the Midwest by ESPN.com … named one of the top players in Indiana by Rivals.com (No. 13), ESPN.com (No. 13) and 247Sports (No. 20) … listed among the best offensive tackles in the nation by Rivals.com (No. 83) and ESPN.com (No. 85) … played both right and left tackle at Huntington North … named to the All-Northeast Indiana First Team by The Journal Gazette … two-time All-Northeast 8 Conference selection, including first-team as a senior … also competed in shot put and discus.

PERSONAL: Son of Blaine and Teresa Kaylor.

Damon Kaylor