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2014 Football

47 Mitch King

  • Height 6-6
  • Weight 260
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Valley Regional

Biography

Career Accolades: 2012 Ivy League champion ... 2014 team co-captain ... Played in 27 career games ... Finished with 14 career receptions for 174 yards and five touchdowns.

2014: Played in eight games ... Team co-captain ... Finished with three catches for 26 yards and a touchdown ... Had a reception against No. 6 Villanova (Sept. 27) and at Princeton (Nov. 8) ... Caught a 12-yard touchdown against Harvard (Nov. 15) ... Also a key blocker for the second-best passing offense in the Ivy League, and protected quarterback Alek Torgersen who finished with the second-best offensive season in school history (2,785 total yards) and ranked third in the nation in completions per game.

2013: Played in nine games ... Finished season with five receptions for 58 yards and two touchdowns ... Had a touchdown catch in season-opening win over Lafayette (Sept. 21) ... Had a season-high two catches and 25 receiving yards at Villanova (Sept. 28) ... Had a 22-yard touchdown catch in win at Columbia (Oct. 19).

2012: Played in all 10 games for the Ivy League champions ... Finished with six catches for 90 yards and two touchdowns ... Caught a 16-yard touchdown pass in win over Columbia (Oct. 13) ... Season-long 32-yard reception at Yale (Oct. 20) ... Season-best three receptions in Homecoming win against Brown (Oct. 27) ... Also had an 18-yard, fourth-quarter touchdown catch in the Ivy title-clinching win over Harvard (Nov. 10).

2011: Did not see any varsity game action.

Valley Regional HS: Four-year letterwinner in football, basketball, and track & field ... Served as captain for all three teams ... Won the 2009 conference championship in football and track & field ... Won the 2010-11 state championship in basketball ... 2010 all-conference andNew London Day First-Team All-Area in football ... 2010 New Haven Register First-Team All-Area and All-State in football ... Also named 2010 first-team all-state in football by Walter Camp and Connecticut High School Coaches Association (CHSCA) ... 2010-11 New Haven RegisterFirst-Team All-State in basketball ... Also 2010-11 first-team All-Shoreline and CHSCA First-Team All-State in basketball ... 2010-11 First-Team Academic All-State ... National Football Foundation Scholar Athlete.

Personal: Son of Cathy and Thad King ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Career Stats:

RECEIVINGgrecyardstdlongrec/gavg/cavg/g
2012106902320.615.09.0
201395582220.611.66.4
201483261120.48.73.2
TOTAL27141745320.512.46.4

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Historical Player Information

  • 87

    2011Freshman

    TE
    6'6" 250 lbs
    87
  • 47

    2012Sophomore

    TE
    6'6" 250 lbs
    47
  • 47

    2013Junior

    TE
    6'6" 250 lbs
    47
  • 47

    2014Senior

    TE
    6'6" 260 lbs
    47