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Shane Ray's rise to stardom started at rock bottom

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.