AMES, Iowa – Iowa State redshirt senior Tamatoa McDonough will wear No. 58 in honor and remembrance of former assistant coach Curtis Bray.

The tradition of a player switching to No. 58 dates back to the 2014 season as an honor to Bray, who passed away that year from a pulmonary embolism. Bray’s presence is still felt inside the Bergstrom Football Complex and each season a Cyclone defensive lineman is selected to wear the number he wore during his outstanding career at Pittsburgh from 1988-92. Bray was on the Cyclone coaching staff for five seasons (2009-13).

McDonough, an Asheville, North Carolina native, is in his first season with the program after transferring from Yale following his graduation.

For the fourth year, the Curtis Bray Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to a student on campus. This year’s recipient is Amanda Kregel, a business analytics major from Springfield, Illinois.

Cyclones To Wear No. 58 In Honor of Coach Bray
2014 – Cory Morrissey
2015 – Mitchell Meyers
2016 – Mitchell Meyers
2017 – J.D. Waggoner
2018 – Spencer Benton
2019 – Ray Lima
2020 – Eyioma Uwazurike
2021 – Eyioma Uwazurike
2022 – Isaiah Lee
2023 – J.R. Singleton
2024 – J.R. Singleton

2025 – Tamatoa McDonough