West Virginia State University Athletics

King is a WVSU class of 2011 graduate who participated in football while at the university. He was born in Wauchula, Florida, and graduated in 2007 from Hardee Senior High School where he played varsity football, basketball, and participated in track and field. At WVSU, he started all 40 career games in which he had at least one reception in each game. King was selected Second Team All WVIAC in 2007, 2008, and 2009. He was also selected First Team All WVIAC in 2010, the same year he was the WVSU team captain. Following his playing career at WVSU, King played indoor football with the Nebraska Danger, Reading Express, and Sioux Falls Red Storm. King earned a master’s degree in Sports Coaching from Ohio University in 2018 and a master’s degree in Educational Leadership from the University of West Florida in 2021. He has been in the education system as a teacher since 2013 and has coached football at the youth and high school level for the past 10 years. He lives in Lakeland, Florida, with his wife, Andrea, and daughter, Lyncoln.