Damon Kaylor

The Ball State Cardinals football team competes against the Kent State Golden Flashes at Scheumann Stadium on November 18, 2023 . Photo by Bobby Ellis.

Photo by: Bobby Ellis (Ball State Creative Services)

Position:
Offensive Line
Ht./Wt.:
6-5 / 304
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Huntington, Ind.
Prev School:
Michigan State
High School:
North HS

Awards and Honors:
2024 Preseason All-MAC (third team by Phil Steel College Football Preview)
2023 All-MAC third team
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 2024 with 35 career starts in 36 games at Ball State, collecting a total of 2,362 career snaps ... he boasts 13 consecutive starts and plans to move from right tackle to left tackle in his final college season ... All-MAC lineman helps anchor an offensive line that boasts a whopping 117 Division I starts (Mucciolo 38, Crowe 29, Tyo 12, Meeder 3) and has blocked for 1,000-yard rushers in three consecutive seasons ... versatility reflected by taking snaps at 4 of 5 OL positions over his career ... like center Ethan Crowe, he earned his degree from Ball State and took a short break from football last spring.

2023: Started all 12 games while earning third-team all-league honors ... selected a 2023 Iron Cardinal for his position ... 96.4 pass blocking efficiency by Pro Football Focus ... graded out 94% on the season, including zero penalties ... played primarily at right tackle while helping RB Marquez Cooper rush for more than 1,000 yards.

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.