Usage / Role
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Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Iowa State
Kamari Cotton-Moya
DB • 6'2" • 198 lbs • Bakersfield, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kamari Cotton-Moya shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30 disruption score.
Impact Production
76
High-end production for a defensive back
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Reliability
63
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
81
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Iowa State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Iowa State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State
Player Story
Kamari Cotton-Moya built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive back from Bakersfield, CA wearing No. 5, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Kamari Cotton-Moya's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Iowa State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Kamari Cotton-Moya, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Iowa State. Kamari Cotton-Moya shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 133
- TFL
- 5
- Passes defended
- 7
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Kamari Cotton-Moya quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa State · DB
- Career Tackles
- 133
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Iowa State
- Top game
- Oklahoma State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Ridgeview · Iowa State
- High school pipeline
- Ridgeview · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 60 tackles · DB 99th (top 13%) · Big 12 37th (top 9%) · National 476th (top 9%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Iowa State | 11 | 73 | 2 | 0 | - | 5 | 2 | 57.7 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Iowa State | 11 | 60 | 3 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 55.8 |
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Kamari Cotton-Moya played DB for Iowa State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kamari Cotton-Moya recorded 133 tackles and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Iowa State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Iowa State paired 9 primary output with 35.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 30 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Iowa State
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
30
Usage
6.3
Consistency
51.5
Best Game by takeover score
Oklahoma State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Northern Iowa: 1. Iowa: 0. Texas: 1. Oklahoma: 1. Kansas: 1. Texas Tech: 0. TCU: 0. West Virginia: 0. Oklahoma State: 3. Baylor: 1. Kansas State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northern Iowa: 3 by 22.5. Iowa: 8 by 33.3. Texas: 5 by 30.8. Oklahoma: 7 by 39.2. Kansas: 5 by 30.8. Texas Tech: 4 by 16.7. TCU: 7 by 29.2. West Virginia: 3 by 12.5. Oklahoma State: 9 by 67.5. Baylor: 5 by 30.8. Kansas State: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.7 · Games = 6 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 5 · +0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Oklahoma State
Best efficiency game
67.5 vs Oklahoma State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | @ Kansas State | L 19-20 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Baylor | W 23-13 | 5 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Oklahoma StateSplash game | L 42-49 | 9 | 8 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ West Virginia | L 16-20 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs TCU | W 14-7 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Texas Tech | W 31-13 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Kansas | W 45-0 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Oklahoma | W 38-31 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 9/29 | vs Texas | L 7-17 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Iowa | L 41-44 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/3 | vs Northern Iowa | W 42-24 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kamari Cotton-Moya story
Kamari Cotton-Moya built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive back from Bakersfield, CA wearing No. 5, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Kamari Cotton-Moya's career was his defensive production: 133 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 5 interceptions, and 7 passes defended across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Iowa State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Kamari Cotton-Moya's production has multiple signals. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Iowa State.
The arc is straightforward: Kamari Cotton-Moya moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Iowa State
2013-2017
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Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Iowa State | 9 | 35.8 | 5.2 | 9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Iowa State | 8 | 30 | 6.3 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Oklahoma State
Week 11 · L 42-49 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
89.2 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 89.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Northern Iowa
Week 1 · L 20-25
2
Havoc Plays
81.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Texas Tech
Week 12 · W 66-10 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
75 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.
#4
vs Kansas State
Week 9 · L 26-31 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
69.2 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.
#5
vs San José State
Week 4 · W 44-10
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Havoc Plays
61.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Iowa State
9 primary output · 35.8 efficiency · 5.2 usage
57.7
#2
2017 Regular Season · Iowa State
55.8
8 primary · 30 efficiency · 6.3 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Iowa State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
4
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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