Iowa Football vs Nebraska Cornhuskers: Four Players to Watch
By Jeremy Karll
CB, Desmond King
2016 Stats: 52 Tackles, 2.5 Tackles for Loss, 2 INTs
Desmond King is the one player that everyone in Iowa City hopes has an amazing senior day. The best defensive back in Iowa football history. All eyes will be on Desmond King for one last time at Kinnick Stadium.
After intercepting his second pass of the season last week against Illinois, it seemed like an appetizer of what’s to come. Teams simply haven’t tested him as often as last year, but he is still in a three-way tie for the team lead in interceptions with two. Plus, he’s tied for fifth in total tackles and eighth in tackles for loss on Iowa this season.
Although, the perfect way to cap off a historic career at Kinnick Stadium would be for King to intercept a pass or two and finally return a kick for a touchdown. Sure, he has a bowl game still, but there is something special about the last home game of a player’s career, which is why teams celebrate it.
There will be talk about King on Jordan Westerkamp, but it will mostly be about his amazing and jaw-dropping career as an Iowa Hawkeye. Iowa needs him to contain Westerkamp to give their offense a chance, and it only seems right that King will have one last great game at Kinnick Stadium.
Plus, King has an interception against Tommy Armstrong Jr in 2014. He’s faced Armstrong his whole career, therefore they know each other fairly well. Maybe Ryker Fyfe starts and gives King a new look. Either way, King won’t be afraid to jump routes to try to make one last big play for the home crowd.
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60 more minutes of Desmond King at Kinnick Stadium. Enjoy it.