Delta State University

2019 All-GSC (First Team)
2019 D2Football.com All-American (Second Team)
2019 GSC Defensive Player of the Week (2x)
2019 AFCA All-American (Second Team)
2019 Jackson Touchdown Club Senior Honoree
 
2019 (SENIOR): Played and started in 10 games at linebacker, helping the Statesmen to a 6-4 record…earned First-Team All-Gulf South honors…posted 84 tackles, 65 solo tackles…tallied 13.5 tackles for loss and three quarterback hurries…ranked second in the GSC and 43 nationally with 1.4 tackles for loss per game…posted 8.5 tackles per game, ranking first in the GSC and 56 nationally…led the GSC and was fifth in the NCAA in solo tackles 6.2 per game… tallied 13 tackles three times and posted eight or more stops on six occasions…notched 13 tackles, 10 solo tackles and two tackles for loss against Tusculum (9.5) and West Alabama (10.19) earning GSC defensive player of the Week award both times…collected 13 tackles with seven solos and 1.5 TFL at No. 8 Grand Valley State (9.14)…posted two TFL five different times against Tusculum (9.5), Florida Tech (9.21), at North Greenville (9.28), West Alabama (10.19) and West Georgia (11.9)…had eight tackles against No. 1 Valdosta State (1012), West Georgia (11.9) and at Mississippi College (11.16)…the Statesmen defense led the GSC in total defense (309.2 ypg.), rush defense (122.0 ypg.) and sacks per game (2.70).

2018 (JUNIOR): Played in 10 games for the Statesmen at linebacker...finished third on the team with 57 tackles...recorded 9.0 tackles-for-loss and 2.0 sacks...forced and recovered one fumble...ranked 14th in tackles per game in the GSC...ranked fifth in the GSC in tackles-for-loss...career-high nine tackles with 3.0 tackles-for-loss and 2.0 sacks at No. 3 West Georgia...tallied eight stops in 28-21 win over Mississippi College...totaled at least five tackles in seven games.

JUCO: Played two seasons for Jeff Koonz at Holmes Community College...averaged 11.3 tackles per game, ranking second on the team with 102, 59 solo tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss and three sacks in 2017...had 46 tackles, 7.5 tackles behind the line, and an interception in 2016.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Smith Station High School in Smith, Ala...posted 222 tackles, 127 solos, and 13 sacks his final two years playing at SSHS...also blocked two field goals, cause four fumbles and recovered three...recorded 105 tackles his senior year and 127 stops as a junior.

PERSONAL: Vada King.