CEDAR FALLS — College football coach Paul Rhoads used to tell a story about how his team drew up running plays for Troy Davis.
Rhoads, a defensive coach for Iowa State at the time, would watch game film of Davis with the team’s offensive coordinator.
During those film sessions, Rhoads noted opposing defenses would stack the box and would have one more defender than his team had blockers, and when he asked the offensive coordinator how Davis was so successful the answer was succinct.
“Davis needed to account for one defender himself. It was up to him to make one guy miss,” was how Rhoads recounted the story.