NFF National Scholar-Athletes

Kyle Eaton

  • School
    Oklahoma State
  • Induction
    2002

Possessing a perfect balance of academic excellence, athletic prowess and community involvement, Kyle Eaton has led Oklahoma State as a three-year starter at offensive tackle and as the team's top scholar in the classroom.

Maintaining a perfect 4.0 GPA in Management Information Systems, Eaton graduated in August of 2002 with Summa Cum Laude honors. A three-time Academic All-BIG 12 Conference selection, Eaton was named to the 2001 Academic All-America Second Team. He is a 10-time President's Honor Roll member, an eight-time Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll member and a four-time OSU Academic Achievement Award recipient. A Wentz Scholar, Eaton earned the General Honors Award in 2002 and was named Delta Sigma Pi's Top Business College Student. 

At 6-8, 300 lbs., Eaton is equally dominating on the gridiron. Opening holes for one of the conference's top rushing attacks, he was named First Team All-Conference in 2001 after being named Honorable Mention the previous two seasons. 

Thoroughly involved in OSU campus and community affairs, Eaton is a member of the Honors Program, Athletics Committee of Faculty Council, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Societies. He volunteers in food drives, visits hospitals, and at the Stillwater Animal Shelter. An American Cancer Society Relay for Life Team Captain, Eaton also speaks at various elementary schools, churches and team events. 

Eaton earned his master's in family financial planning from Oklahoma State University and is currently a senior financial adviser for The Relevance Group, a wealth management firm and SEC-registered investment adviser in Denton, Texas.