A two-way player (Running Back & Linebacker), King was an Indiana North-South All-Star, winning MVP honors.
He was tapped as an All-Region, All-State and All-American; spurning offers from the Michigan Wolverines and Ohio State Buckeyes, he accepted a scholarship to play football for Jim Young and study engineering at Purdue University.
[3] A multi-sport athlete, he helped led the Patriots to their first (of 11) IHSAA Sectional Titles during the 1979-80 basketball season.
He was a 3-year starter, blocking for future NFL great Mel Gray and Jim Everett.
After the end of the 1987 NFL players strike and a try-out with the Miami Dolphins, he retired from professional football.