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Football: The plays that turned Tucker into ISU’s interior playmaker

It may be harder for Kamari Cotton-Moya to narrow down his favorite play from Demond Tucker than it is for a Big 12 lineman to block him. Multiple choices rush through the brain all at once.

Eventually, Cotton-Moya focuses in on one. It was in the opener against Northern Iowa. A play broke to the outside. The ball got knocked loose.

Tucker dives for it. He didn’t make the play, but the moment sticks with Cotton-Moya because the last person he expected to recover a fumble was the first person there.

How does a 6-foot, 296-pound nose tackle that starts most plays with a double team get there?