Desmond King

Desmond King II

Position: FS

5-10, 200lb (178cm, 90kg)

Team: Houston Texans

Born: December 14, 1994 in Detroit, MI

College: Iowa (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 26 (4383rd overall since 1960)

High School: East English Village (MI)

Draft: Los Angeles Chargers in the 5th round (151st overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft.

1x All-Pro

SUMMARY

2022

Career

Ret

101

Yds

309

918

2022 Games

2022 Games Table
							Kick Returns				Punt Returns					Tackles					Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Off. Snaps		Def. Snaps		ST Snaps
Date	Week	Tm		Opp	Result	GS	Rt	Yds	Y/Rt	TD	Ret	Yds	Y/R	TD	Sk	Solo	Ast	Comb	TFL	QBHits	Int	Yds	TD	PD	Fmb	FL	FF	FR	Yds	TD	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2022-09-11	1	HOU		IND	T 20-20	*	0	0		0	0	0		0	0.0	5	1	6	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	70	76%	4	13%
2022-09-18	2	HOU	@	DEN	L 9-16	*	0	0		0	1	7	7.00	0	0.0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	36	50%	5	19%
2022-09-25	3	HOU	@	CHI	L 20-23	*	0	0		0	1	31	31.00	0	0.0	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	37	59%	8	28%
2022-10-02	4	HOU		LAC	L 24-34		0	0		0	2	8	4.00	0	0.0	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	52	74%	9	31%
2022-10-09	5	HOU	@	JAX	W 13-6		0	0		0	1	10	10.00	0	0.0	4	2	6	0	0	1	29	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	54	72%	5	24%
2022-10-23	7	HOU	@	LVR	L 20-38		0	0		0	1	1	1.00	0	0.0	5	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	38	68%	6	22%
2022-10-30	8	HOU		TEN	L 10-17	*	0	0		0	3	18	6.00	0	0.0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	27	47%	8	30%
2022-11-03	9	HOU		PHI	L 17-29		0	0		0	1	-2	-2.00	0	0.0	4	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	41	63%	7	30%
2022-11-13	10	HOU	@	NYG	L 16-24	*	0	0		0	3	17	5.67	0	0.0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	22	32%	11	37%
2022-11-20	11	HOU		WAS	L 10-23	*	0	0		0	2	14	7.00	0	0.0	6	4	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	68	100%	5	19%
2022-11-27	12	HOU	@	MIA	L 15-30	*	0	0		0	3	38	12.67	0	0.0	4	2	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	76	100%	4	13%
2022-12-04	13	HOU		CLE	L 14-27	*	1	50	50.00	0	3	42	14.00	0	0.0	2	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	15	0	0	0%	58	92%	8	26%
2022-12-11	14	HOU	@	DAL	L 23-27	*	0	0		0	3	36	12.00	0	0.0	3	4	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	70	99%	8	29%
2022-12-18	15	HOU		KAN	L 24-30	*	0	0		0	2	16	8.00	0	0.0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0%	77	100%	3	11%
2022-12-24	16	HOU	@	TEN	W 19-14	*	0	0		0	5	41	8.20	0	0.0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	58	95%	6	25%
2023-01-01	17	HOU		JAX	L 3-31	*	0	0		0	1	16	16.00	0	0.0	6	2	8	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	61	97%	4	16%
2023-01-08	18	HOU	@	IND	W 32-31	*	0	0		0	1	16	16.00	0	0.0	4	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	73	100%	2	7%
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Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

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Playoffs

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty	AV	Awards
2017	23	LAC	DB		16	4	1	90	1	90	5	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	76	66	10	6	6		3
2018+	24	LAC	DB		16	8	3	75	1	42	10	1	1	2	0	0	0.0	62	47	15	4	2		9	AP1
2019	25	LAC	DB	20	15	8	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	13	0	2.5	51	40	11	4	4		4
2020	26	2TM	DB/RCB		15	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	63	1	2.0	55	40	15	2	2		3
		TEN	RCB	33	9	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	63	1	1.0	31	21	10	2	1		2
		LAC	DB	20	6	3			0			0	0	0	0	0	1.0	24	19	5	0	1		1
2021	27	HOU	LCB	25	16	12	3	25	0	25	6	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	93	68	25	1	0		4
2022	28	HOU	DB	25	17	13	2	30	0	29	8	0	1	2	20	0	0.0	89	59	30	10	2		6
Career					95	53	9	220	2	90	33	3	6	7	96	1	8.5	426	320	106	27	16		29
4 yrs		LAC			53	23	4	165	2	90	17	2	5	4	13	0	7.5	189	153	41	14	13		17
2 yrs		HOU			33	25	5	55	0	29	14	1	1	2	20	0	0.0	182	127	55	11	2		10
1 yr		TEN			9	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	63	1	1.0			10	2	1		2

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
2018+	24	LAC	DB	2	2			0			0	1	0	0	0	1.0	12	8	4	1	2
2020	26	TEN	CB	1	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	5	1	0	0
Career				3	2			0			0	1	0	0	0	1.0	18	13	5	1	2
1 yr		LAC		2	2			0			0	1	0	0	0	1.0	12	8	4	1	2
1 yr		TEN		1	0			0							0	0.0	6	5	1	0	0

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Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
2017	23	LAC	DB		16	4	1	2	0	2	2.0	17	353	0	44	20.8	445
2018+	24	LAC	DB		16	8	23	318	1	73	13.8	22	522	0	40	23.7	915
2019	25	LAC	DB	20	15	8	21	118	1	68	5.6	16	331	0	43	20.7	462
2020	26	2TM	DB/RCB		15	8	6	17	0	7	2.8			0			80
		LAC	DB	20	6	3	6	17	0	7	2.8			0			17
2021	27	HOU	LCB	25	16	12	17	154	0	20	9.1	1	27	0	27	27.0	206
2022	28	HOU	DB	25	17	13	33	309	0	31	9.4	1	50	0	50	50.0	409
Career					95	53	101	918	2	73	9.1	57	1283	0	50	22.5	2517
4 yrs		LAC			53	23	51	455	2	73	8.9	55	1206	0	44	21.9	1839
2 yrs		HOU			33	25	50	463	0	31	9.3	2	77	0	50	38.5	615
1 yr		TEN			9	5			0					0			63

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
2018+	24	LAC	DB	2	2	5	46	0	33	9.2	6	179	0	72	29.8	225
Career				3	2	5	46	0	33	9.2	6	179	0	72	29.8	225
1 yr		LAC		2	2	5	46	0	33	9.2	6	179	0	72	29.8	225
1 yr		TEN		1	0			0					0			0

Scoring Summary

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Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	PR TD	FblTD	IntTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
2017	23	LAC	DB		16	4			1	1		6	0.4
2018+	24	LAC	DB		16	8	1		1	2		12	0.8
2019	25	LAC	DB	20	15	8	1			1		6	0.4
2020	26	2TM	DB/RCB		15	8		1		1	0	6	0.4
		TEN	RCB	33	9	5		1		1		6	0.7
Career					95	53	2	1	2	5	0	30	.3
4 yrs		LAC			53	23	2		2	4	0	24	.5
2 yrs		HOU			33	25					0	0	0.0
1 yr		TEN			9	5		1		1	0	6	.7

Snap Counts

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Snap Counts Table
					Games		Off. Snaps		Def. Snaps		ST Snaps
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2017	23	LAC	DB		16	4	0	0%	716	68%	190	44%
2018+	24	LAC	DB		16	8	0	0%	800	77%	147	34%
2019	25	LAC	DB	20	15	8	0	0%	582	64%	200	52%
2020	26	2TM	DB/RCB		15	8	0		708		94
		TEN	RCB	33	9	5	0	0%	448	72%	28	11%
		LAC	DB	20	6	3	0	0%	260	63%	66	36%
2021	27	HOU	LCB	25	16	12	0	0%	927	86%	76	18%
2022	28	HOU	DB	25	17	13	0	0%	918	78%	103	22%
Career							0		4651		810
4 yrs		LAC			53	23	0		2358		603
2 yrs		HOU			33	25	0		1845		179
1 yr		TEN			9	5	0		448		28

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