Kamari Cotton-Moya

Photo by: Athletics Communications

Position:
Defensive Back
Height:
6-2
Weight:
198
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Bakersfield, Calif.
High School:
Ridgeview

Awards and Honors
First Team All-Big 12 – Coaches, AP (2017)
HM All-American – SB Nation (2017)
Jim Thorpe Award Watch List (2017)
Second-Team All-Big 12 – Coaches (2016)
First-Team Freshman All-American- FWAA (2014)
Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year (2014)
Al and Dean Knudson Outstanding Defensive Player (2014)

2017
First Team All-Big 12 by the Coaches and Associated Press … Honorable Mention All-America selection by SB Nation … member of the Jim Thorpe Award Watch List … co-captain … started in all 11 games played … tallied 60 tackles and led the team in interceptions with three … had 39 solo tackles and 6.0 TFL … returned an interception for a touchdown in the season-opener vs. UNI, the second pick-six of his career … had eight tackles vs. Iowa before leaving the game with an injury early in the second half … had five tackles and one interception vs. Texas … posted five tackles and picked off a pass vs. Kansas … registered nine tackles and 2.0 TFL vs. Oklahoma State … had five tackles and 1.0 TFL vs. Baylor … ended career with 250 tackles, five interceptions, 9.5 TFL, two fumble recoveries and one forced fumble.

2016
Second Team All-Big 12 by the Coaches … co-captain … played in 11 games, starting 10 …third on the team in tackles with 73 … led the team in solo tackles (58), ranking sixth in the Big 12 and 27th nationally … led the team with three takeaways … tied for the team lead with two interceptions … led the team in tackles twice and had two double-digit tackle games (UNI- 11; San Jose State- 11) … was named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week after recording six tackles, a forced fumble a fumble recovery and a 48-yard interception return for a touchdown vs. Texas Tech … it was ISU’s first defensive touchdown in over two years … also had 2.0 TFL.

2015
Started the first six games in the season before a hamstring injury ended his season … recorded 40 tackles and 2.5 TFL … had eight tackles and 2.0 TFL vs. UNI … posted a season highs in tackles with nine vs. Iowa and TCU.

2014
Named Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year and earned First-Team Freshman All-America honors by the FWAA … earned 11 starts in 12 games played … led the Cyclones with 77 tackles and had 2.0 TFL … his 77 tackles ranks sixth on ISU's freshman tackle list ... third on the team in pass breakups with eight … had 12 tackles and one TFL vs. Toledo … equaled his career high in stops with 12 against Kansas … tallied seven tackles and recovered a fumble vs. West Virginia.

2013
Redshirted initial collegiate season.

High School
Named the Bakersfield Californian Football Player of the Year … ESPN three-star recruit … played quarterback and defensive back for Ridgeview … led the Wolf Pack to the first Central Section Division III championship in school history … rushed for 2,258 yards and 27 touchdowns … passed for 1,580 yards and 13 touchdowns … as a junior rushed for 898 yards and 16 touchdowns, passing for 464 yards and six touchdowns … chose Iowa State over offers from Fresno St., Nevada and Utah St. … played for coach Dennis Manning.

Personal
Born Dec. 11, 1994 … son of Vontay and Ahmad Moya … criminal justice major.