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2019 Football Roster

8 Austin King

  • Position QB
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 201
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Alpharetta, Ga.
  • Highschool Alpharetta (Indiana)

Biography

Returns in 2019 after missing the 2018 season with an injury ... Closed out the 2017 season as the starter when injuries hit the quarterback position … Will battle for the starting spot in 2019 … A transfer from Indiana… Honorable Mention All-State selection as a senior in high school … Passed for over 2,700 yards as a senior in 2014 ...  Named to the 2017 and 2019 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2018 (5th-Year)
• Appeared in three games, starting one.
• Competed two passes for 13 yards, both in the Bucknell game.
• Also rushed twoce for three yards vs. Bucknell.

2018 (Senior Season)
• Missed season with an injury.

2017 (Junior Season)
• Appeared in four games in his first season at Fordham, starting one.
• Completed 21 of 42 passes for 265 yards and one touchdown.
• Connected on ten of 16 passes for 173 yards and one score against Holy Cross.
• Completed eleven of 25 attempts for 92 yards in win over Bucknell.

2016 (Redshirt Freshman at Indiana)
• Did not see any game action in 2016.

2015 (at Indiana)
• Redshirted the 2015 season.

Before College
• Quarterback for head coach Jacob Nichols at Alpharetta High School in Alpharetta, Georgia.
• Completed 168-of-298 for 2,370 yards with 21 touchdowns and six interceptions as a senior in 2014.
• Honorable mention Class AAAAAA and two-time all-region selection.
• Played in the 2014 Blue-Grey All-American Game.
• Alpharetta team went 10-2 and won the regional championship in 2014
• Combined to pass for 4,406 yards and led Alpharetta to a 19-5 record over his final two years.
• Went 117-of-182 for 2,036 yards, 17 TDs and seven INTs in 2013.
• Named the Georgia Rising Seniors East Team Most Valuable Player.
• Rated the No. 29 quarterback nationally by 247Sports.
 
Personal
• Son of Jenny and Keith King.
• A Business Administration major.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2017Junior

    QB
    6'2" 205 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2018Senior

    QB
    6'2" 201 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2019Graduate Student

    QB
    6'2" 201 lbs
    8