Career Accolades
- Three-time Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022)
- The Chris Draft Commitment to Community Outreach Award (Defense)
As a Senior (2022)
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- Appeared in 12 games
- Totaled 17 tackles (four solo) and a pass breakup
As a Junior (2021)
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- The Chris Draft Commitment to Community Outreach Award (Defense)
- Appeared in 10 games
- Made a solo tackle
As a Sophomore (2020)
- Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll
- Played in two games
As a Freshman (2019)
- Did not see action
Prior to Stanford
- Prepped at Blaine (Minn.) under coaches Ben Geisler and Mike Law
- Team captain as a senior
- 2018 Minnesota Vikings all-state team
- AP All-State First-Team Defense
- USA Today All-Minnesota Second-Team Defense
- Kare 11 All-Metro First Team
- Star Tribune All-Metro First Team
- 2018 North Metro Defensive Player of the Year
- 2018 Minnesota Football All-Star Game
- Two-time all-district
- 2018 defensive team MVP
- 2018 conference champions and state semifinalists
- 71 tackles, five interceptions, three forced fumbles, three fumble recoveries, four touchdowns and 377 total yards as a senior
- 55 tackles, one interception, three sacks, 3.0 TFL, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery as a junior
- Also competed in baseball and basketball
- 2018 conference champions and state semifinalists in baseball
- 2018 Minnesota Basketball All-Star Game
- Two-time unanimous all-conference in basketball
- Pitched a no-hitter during his junior baseball season
- Averaged 18 points, seven rebounds and three assists during senior basketball season
- All-state academic team in football and basketball
Personal
- Son of Nichelle and Scott Kaul
- Father played baseball at the University of Northern Iowa
- Has two siblings, one older, Jared, and one younger, A.J.
- Uncle, Ryan Bowen, played basketball at Iowa and spent 10 years in the NBA (Denver, Houston, New Orleans)