Craig Kuligowski, the defensive line coach at Missouri, hesitates, wracking his brain for pivotal moments in his four seasons with Shane Ray. There have been many for the Broncos' first-round draft pick, who has overcome years of feeling abandoned by his father, a string of deaths in his family and growing up in an 8-mile swath of Kansas City known as "The Murder Factory." But there's one that stands out to Kuligowski.
"Oh, here's a good moment," he begins.
It was the Tigers' fourth game last fall. Missouri was hosting Indiana, a team that lost to Bowling Green the week before.