Damian Ilalio (b. Jan. 23, 2003) is a promising, athletic young defensive tackle out of Manhattan High School who stuck around to play for his hometown college team.
After he had a good spring camp in 2022, he played in five games during the championship season, making solo tackles against South Dakota and Oklahoma State.
In his career highlight to date, Ilalio was in for the infamous stop on 4th and goal inside the 1-yard line in overtime during the Big 12 Championship game against TCU, which led to the game-winning field goal.