Player Career

Kamari Cotton-Moya Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Iowa State

    2013-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20132014201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonIowa State0
2014 Regular SeasonIowa State00
2015 Regular SeasonIowa State00
2016 Regular SeasonIowa State935.85.29
2017 Regular SeasonIowa State8306.3-1

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.

3

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

1

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

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

4

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games