Awards and Honors:
2023 Preseason Group of 5 All-American by HERO Sports (third team)
2023 Preseason All-MAC (second team by Athlon Sports, College Football Network and Pro Football Focus)
2022 College Football News Freshman All-American (third team)
2022 All-MAC first team

Returns with Brady Hunt as part of a sophomore tight end duo that combined for 81 catches for 871 yards and 12 touchdowns last year ... Ball State was the only FBS team in the country last season with multiple tight ends grabbing at least five TD passes, and their touchdown total was more than 18 FBS teams produced as a whole ... both earned Freshman All-America honors by College Football News ... head coach Mike Neu on Koziol: "He's a big wideout who can play all over the field." ... Neu on Hunt & Koziol: "These two guys are special. Both want to see the other have success."

2022: Team-high seven touchdown receptions, which tied for the fifth-most in all of the FBS by a tight end and tied for the second-most among all freshmen regardless of position ... totaled 35 catches for 373 yards ... had 23 catches for 244 yards and four TDs in MAC play ... caught a touchdown pass in four of his first five collegiate games ... had seven catches, 89 yards and two scores (all season highs) against Northern Illinois (Oct. 1) ... caught passes in 10 of 12 games and reached the end zone in six of 12 games.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Lake Park, Nazareth Academy and Mt. Vernon ... played for head coach Mike Kirschner at Mt. Vernon … played wide receiver … team captain as a senior … compiled 1,110 career receiving yards and 22 touchdowns … had 35 receptions for 389 yards and 13 touchdowns as a senior ... the 13 TDs broke the single-season school record ... helped lead Nazareth Academy to the state finals as a junior and Mt. Vernon to a sectional championships as a senior ... honor roll member ... also played baseball and basketball.

PERSONAL: Son of Sandee Klein-Koziol ... has one brother, Trace ... cousin Logan Justus was a kicker at Indiana ... cousin Nick D'Ambrose is an All-America running back at the University of Chicago.

Tanner Koziol