Kyler Baugh

Photo by: Bruce Kluckhohn

Position:
DL
Ht./Wt.:
6-2 / 305
Hometown:
Talihina, Okla.
High School:
Talihina / Houston Baptist
Prev School:
Houston Baptist
Years in College / At Minnesota:
5 / 2
Remaining Eligibility Entering 2025 Season:
1 year
Letters:
2
Class:
Fifth Year

PRONUNCIATION

HONORS:
Academic All-Big Ten (2023)
All-Big Ten Honorable Mention (2023, 2022 media)

MINNESOTA CAREER: Enrolled at Minnesota in January 2022 with two seasons of playing eligibility • played in 26 games and made 77 tackles, 7.0 tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks • broke up four passes, forced one fumble and recovered one fumble.

2023: Played in 13 games • made 41 tackles, had 5.5 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks • broke up three passes, forced one fumble and recovered one fumble. Game-by-Game: Made three tackles against Nebraska • broke up one pass, had two sacks and made three tackles against Eastern Michigan • broke up one pass, notched half a sack, had one tackle for loss and totaled five tackles at North Carolina • registered two tackles, one tackle for loss, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery at Northwestern • had four tackles against Louisiana • made three tackles against Michigan • had four tackles and half a tackle for loss at Iowa • had one tackle against Michigan State • totaled five tackles and had half of a sack against Illinois • made three tackles at Purdue • had one tackle at Ohio State • recorded six tackles and one pass breakup against Wisconsin • made one tackle against Bowling Green.

2022: Played in 13 games • made 36 tackles (13 solo) and had 1.5 sacks, one tackle for loss and one pass breakup. Game-by-Game: Made his Minnesota debut and totaled three tackles against New Mexico State • started against Western Illinois • had three tackles against Colorado • had two tackles and broke up one pass at Michigan State • registered four tackles against Purdue • recorded five tackles and one half tackle for loss at Illinois • made three tackles at Penn State • totaled two tackles against Rutgers • had half of a sack and made four tackles at Nebraska • made three tackles against Northwestern • totaled five tackles against Iowa • made one tackle at Wisconsin • recorded three tackles and notched half of a sack against Syracuse.

PREVIOUS SCHOOL: Spent three seasons (2019-21) at Houston Baptist where he played in 26 career games with 18 starts • made 104 career tackles, which included 11.0 tackles for loss and 5.0 sacks • also broke up four passes, forced a fumble and recovered another • in 2021, played in 11 games with eight starts, recording 52 tackles with 4.5 tackles for loss, including 3.5 sacks • tallied a career-best nine tackles against Northern Colorado • appeared in all four games in 2020 and made 11 tackles, including a season-high six tackles at Texas Tech • in 2019, played in 11 games as a true freshman, recording 41 tackles, 6.0 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, a quarterback hurry and four pass breakups • made a season-high seven tackles twice • three-time Southland Conference Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll (2019-21).

HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year letterwinner at Talihina High School for coach Kelly Gravitt • as a senior, made 122 tackles and was named a Vype 100 Player in Oklahoma • made 119 stops as a junior and earned 6A Defensive Player of the Year, all-state and Black Diamond All-Conference honors • was a member of the Oklahoma Indian Honor Society Superintendent Honor Roll all four years.

PERSONAL: Son of Shawna Baugh and Josh Johns • has one brother (Blaze) • cousin, Zach Baugh, played college baseball at Eastern Oklahoma State.