[2] During his senior season, he broke the career Texas 6A passing touchdowns record of 117 set by Kyler Murray the year before.
After leading a comeback win against South Florida, he took over as the starting quarterback for the final four games of the season.
[8][9] His junior season was cut short when he suffered a non-contact knee injury in the eleventh game of the year.
King was named Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education.
[14] On July 1, 2021, NCAA student-athletes were allowed to receive compensation for use of their name, image, and likeness (NIL) for the first time, and King was one of the first athletes to take advantage of the new rules, signing deals with College Hunks Hauling Junk and a few local businesses to the Miami area.
[15] He and Florida State quarterback McKenzie Milton became the co-founders and public faces of Dreamfield, a company specializing in booking live appearances for student-athletes.
Dreamfield will also offer non-fungible tokens (NFTs), digital art works that cannot be duplicated and are purchased with cryptocurrency.