NDSU

* 2022 Allstate AFCA Good Works Team
* 2020-21 AFCA All-America Second Team
* 2020-21 Stats Perform All-America Second Team
* 2020-21 Phil Steele All-America Second Team
* 2020-21, 2022 All-MVFC First Team
* 2020-21, 2022 MVFC Defensive Player of the Week
* 2019, 2022 CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
* 2020-21, 2022 FCS ADA Academic All-Star
* 2020-21, 2022 MVFC All-Academic First Team
* 2019 MVFC All-Academic Second Team
* 2022 MVFC Presidents Council Academic Award
* 2019, 2020-21, 2021, 2022 MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award
* 2018, 2019, 2020-21, 2021, 2022 MVFC Honor Roll
* 2023 NFF Hampshire Honor Society

2022 SEASON (SENIOR): Returned to the Bison program for a fifth year of eligibility due to COVID-19's impact on the 2020 season...All-Missouri Valley Football Conference first team linebacker and MVFC All-Academic first team...Led the Bison with 104 total tackles...Finished third on the team with 6.5 tackles for loss and was second with 4.0 sacks...Made his only career interception in the home win over North Carolina A&T...MVFC Defensive Player of the Week after tying a career high with 14 tackles in the win at Southern Illinois...Also recovered SIU's onside kick with 37 seconds left in the 21-18 victory...Selected to the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team for his commitment to service in the community...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll and earned the MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVFC Presidents Council Academic Award.

2021 SEASON (SENIOR): Played in 9 of 15 games and made eight starts at linebacker...Available for the season opener against Albany and the conference opener at North Dakota, but was limited over the first half of the season due to injury...Was back in the lineup for the final seven games of the season...Finished with 36 total tackles including 3.0 tackles for loss,1.0 sack and one pass breakup...Season-high six tackles at UND with a career-high 1.5 tackles for loss...Also had six tackles in the NCAA second round playoff win over Southern Illinois...Fourth straight year on the Missouri Valley Football Conference Honor Roll...Earned his third MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.

2020-21 SEASON (JUNIOR): Second team All-America by the American Football Coaches Association, Stats Perform and Phil Steele...First team All-Missouri Valley Football Conference...Started eight games at linebacker...Missed the team's two NCAA playoff games with an injury...NDSU's second leading tackler with 70 total stops including 2.0 tackles for loss...Had two pass breakups...Credited with three quarterback hurries...Scored a pair of two-point conversion runs against Central Arkansas and Missouri State...MVFC Performer of the Week after making a game-high 11 tackles in the fall win over Central Arkansas...Four double-digit tackle games including 11 against Youngstown State and 10 against South Dakota State...Season-high 12 tackles with 10 solo stops in the win at Northern Iowa...Voted to the MVFC All-Academic first team...MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award...MVFC Honor Roll...FCS Athletic Directors Association Academic All-Star.

2019 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Played in 14 of 16 games...Backup safety who transitioned into a role at linebacker and made eight starts including all four NCAA playoff games...Tallied 11 tackles in his first career start against UC Davis...Career-high 14 tackles in the national championship win over James Madison...Finished fourth on the team with 77 total tackles...Had 4.0 tackles for loss, one pass breakup and one quarterback hurry...Also played on special teams where he recorded four tackles on kickoff coverage...Voted to the CoSIDA Academic All-District first team and Missouri Valley Football Conference All-Academic second team...Earned the MVFC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award...Second straight year on the MVFC Honor Roll.

2018 SEASON (FRESHMAN): Played in 12 games as a true freshman, mostly on special teams...Totaled nine tackles including four solo stops...Season-high five tackles against Southern Illinois...Assisted on two tackles for loss against SIU...Named to the MVFC Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2018 graduate of St. Cloud Tech High School...Four-year letterman and three-year starter on the football field for coach Gregg Martig...Played safety, receiver, running back and return specialist...Selected to the Minnesota all-star game...Three-time all-conference and two-time all-section...The Tigers won 21 games in three seasons...Made 55 tackles with two interceptions and two tackles for loss his senior year...Totaled 126 career tackles including 60 solo stops with four interceptions and six TFLs...Set single-game school records for receptions (17) and receiving yards (197)...Four-year starter in basketball...Also competed in track and field...State qualifier in the shot put and triple jump...Ranked in the Top 20 of his class academically and was a National Honor Society member.

PERSONAL: Earned a bachelor's degree in manufacturing engineering from NDSU in December 2022...Married to Gracie Wright, a member of the NDSU women's track and field team...Son of Ruth Kaczor and the late Ron Kaczor...One of 10 children in the family including seven brothers and two sisters...Father, Ron, and brothers Andrew, Daniel and David all played football at St. Cloud State...Brother, Mark, played at Yale and another brother, Paul, played at Harvard...Has a sister, Rachael, who works with the NDSU football staff...Younger brother, John Kaczor, was a member of the Bison football team in 2022.