Desmond
King.
Desmond
King.
Iowa· 5'10"· 201 lb
Fangio two-high
King can contribute as a backup boundary corner or safety in his rookie season, eventually developing into a versatile nickel defender or single-high safety.
A man-heavy scheme that asks him to regularly cover larger wide receivers in isolated situations.
King possesses the versatility and football IQ to contribute in multiple spots within a complex defensive scheme like Fangio's.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- —s
- Vertical
- 34inp50
- Broad jump
- 117inp50
- Three-cone
- 6.67sp50
- Shuttle
- 4.18sp50
- Bench
- 14repp50
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Iowa | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | Iowa | 14 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Iowa | 13 | 58 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Career | — | 40 | 58 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.