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Football: Meyers to wear No. 58, honor Bray in fall

Iowa State defensive end Mitchell Meyers is switching to No. 58 for the fall. Wearing No. 58 was a tradition started last year by former defensive end Cory Morrissey to honor former defensive ends coach Curtis Bray, who passed away in January 2014. File Photo by Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune

The No. 58 tradition at Iowa State football will continue on.

Defensive end Mitchell Meyers will wear No. 58 to honor former defensive ends coach Curtis Bray, the Cyclones announced on Monday. Bray passed away from a pulmonary embolism in January 2014. Bray wore No. 58 at Pittsburgh from 1988-92.