2018 Football Roster

55 Matthew King

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Position DE
  • Ht./Wt. 6-4 / 245
  • Hometown Grand Junction, Colo.
  • Highschool Grand Junction
  • Major Petroleum Engineering (B.S.) / Engineering & Technology Management (M.S.)

Biography

2018: Honorable Mention All-RMAC … Hampshire Honor Society member … 2018: NFFCC Honorable Mention Academic All-Colorado … Appeared in all 12 games, compiling 35 tackles … Added 7.0 TFL and 4.5 sacks … Generated a team-best eight hurries … Top games included a seven-tackle, 1.5 TFL effort against CSU-Pueblo in the regular season, a two-sack day at Western Colorado, and eight tackles against CSUP in the NCAA First Round.

2017: Honorable Mention All-RMAC … Preseason All-RMAC … Appeared in nine games with seven starts … Compiled 23 total tackles with 4.0 for a loss and three hurries … Top production game was a five-tackle effort against Dixie State … Had 1.5 tackles for loss among three stops at South Dakota Mines.

2016: Honorable Mention All-RMAC … Appeared in 13 games with three starts on the defensive line … Compiled 23 tackles with 8.0 for a loss and five sacks … Applied six hurries … Top game was against Colorado Mesa, making four tackles with 3.5 sacks … Also had sacks against Dixie State and Southwest Baptist.

2015: Appeared in one game, against South Dakota Mines.

2014: Did not see game action.

2013: Redshirted as a freshman.

High School: King lettered twice in football and once in wrestling as a prep at Grand Junction High School in Grand Junction, Colo. … Posted 77 tackles and one sack and forced two fumbles from the middle linebacker position… Caught four passes for 91 yards and a touchdown on offense… Named Academic All-State… Earned three academic letters… Member of the National Honor Society. 

Statistics

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2018

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Historical Player Information

  • RS-42

    2013Freshman

    LB
    6'2" 205 lbs
    RS-42
  • 55

    2014Redshirt Freshman

    LB
    6'3" 215 lbs
    55
  • 55

    2015Redshirt Sophomore

    LB
    6'3" 215 lbs
    55
  • 91

    2016Redshirt Junior

    DE
    6'3" 245 lbs
    91
  • 55

    2017Redshirt Junior

    DE
    6'4" 245 lbs
    55
  • 55

    2018Redshirt Senior

    DE
    6'4" 245 lbs
    55