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College Football: TCNJ's Defensive Tackle Joe King named to All-America 2nd Team

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Ewing, NJ (12/19/07) – With the release of the 2007 D3Football.com All-America Team, The College’s New Jersey’s senior defensive tackle, Joe King (Mountainside, NJ/Governor Livingston) has been placed on the All-America Second Team. King was named D3football.com 2007 East Region Defensive Player of the Year as well as a First Team All-East Region player.

King recorded 28 tackles for loss and 15 sacks while breaking up seven passes for the Lions, who held opponents to 70.5 rushing yards per game. He was also named the 2007 NJAC Defensive Player of the Year.

TCNJ, which had been picked seventh in the NJAC preseason coaches’ poll, finished the season with a 6-1 NJAC record and a share of the 2007 championship crown. The Lions advanced to the second round of the 2007 NCAA playoff before closing the year with a 9-3 record.

King capped his stellar athletic career having earned the Defensive Player of the Year honors from both the NJAC and the D3Football.com East Region. His final game was shortened by an injury, but not before he managed to add his final career sack. King was extended an invitation to compete in the 2007 AFCA’s Aztec Bowl, but had to decline the invitation due to the injury suffered in his final game. King earned NJAC Defensive Player of the Week honors three times in 2007 as well as capturing ECAC Defensive Player of the Week honors once. He caps his stellar athletic career having excelled on the gridiron.  On the 2007 season, he finished the year with 71 tackles with a team and league leading 28 tackles for a loss (-173 yards), while also adding 15 sacks (-125 yards). On his career, King racked up 148 career tackles with 56.5 tackles for a loss (-337 yards), while adding 34.5 sacks (-269 yards), with 14 pass break ups, four blocks and four fumbles in 39 games played.  As of November 27, he was ranked fifth in Division III in sacks per game (1.3), while ranking third as well in tackles for a loss (2.3).

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