Baylor’s offensive line enters 2026 with a familiar face anchoring the right side, and that makes Kaden Sieracki one of the Bears’ most important pieces. The 6-foot-9, 309-pound tackle is the lone returning starter up front, and after a full season locked in at right tackle, he now steps into a bigger job: keeping the line steady while also helping lead it.
Sieracki’s 2025 season had a little bit of everything. He started all 12 games at right tackle after opening 2024 with three starts at both left and right tackle, and he never allowed a sack on Sawyer Robertson, according to Pro Football Focus. He was one of just two Baylor offensive linemen who finished the year without surrendering a sack, joining guard Omar Aigbedion.
But the picture wasn’t spotless. PFF credited Sieracki with 29 total pressures allowed, the most on the Baylor line and 12 more than Ryan Lengyel, who was next on the list. His run blocking graded out as the third-best among Baylor’s linemen, while his pass blocking ranked fourth among the five starters.
That’s why 2026 feels like a defining year for him. Baylor brought in experience elsewhere, including Yakiri Walker and Cole Rhett, but nobody on the roster knows the Bears’ system the way Sieracki does. With four other starting linemen gone - most notably Coleton Price, who transferred to Kentucky - his value goes beyond the stat sheet.
Offensive line coach Austin Woods made clear how much Baylor expects from him.
"It's tremendous, from a player standpoint to a leadership standpoint," offensive line coach Austin Woods said. "He does an awesome job of connecting with those guys and getting the guys that have been here, the guys that were new coming in.
"He's just done a really good job of making that connection with everyone. And then also just as a player, he's one of our most consistent, solid players we have.
He has one of the highest snap counts on the team. So having that experience from a leadership standpoint and also a playing standpoint is huge for us."
That’s the role now: veteran, communicator, stabilizer. Sieracki already has the experience, and Baylor will count on him to use it.
The pass protection has room to tighten up after those 29 pressures, but with a full year at right tackle behind him, there’s reason to expect improvement. If that happens, he won’t just be the only returning lineman.
He’ll be the one setting the tone for the whole group.
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