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2023 Football Roster

99 Tyreke King

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position Defensive Line
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 225
  • Hometown Charlotte, N.C.
  • High School Hopewell HS

Biography

AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (FALL 2021): Saw action in one game. Glenville State: Logged a 10-yard sack in fourth-quarter action, while also posting a pair of tackle assists as well.
 
AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (SPRING 2021): Did not see game action due to injury.
 
AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2019): Played in all 11 games … Tallied 14 tackles (7 solo), including five tackles for loss (-28 yards) … Also turned in three sacks (-21 yards), one forced fumble, five quarterback hurries and a pass break-up. Winston-Salem State: Registered first collegiate tackle on an assisted stop in the second quarter … Also turned in a quarterback hurry. Virginia State: Tallied a solo tackle to close out action in the first quarter. Catawba: Registered a tackle assist in second quarter, and forced an incompletion on a quarterback hurry in the fourth period. Limestone: No statistics. Carson-Newman: Tallied two tackle assists in the fourth quarter. Mars Hill: Closed out victory with 12-yard sack on game’s final play. Wingate: Logged a pair of tackle assists in the third quarter, and helped forced a punt with a quarterback hurry on the first series of the fourth period. Tusculum: Made a key third down solo stop on the opening series of the contest, and registered a tackle assist in the third quarter … Also posted a quarterback hurry. Newberry: Forced a fumble on a 7-yard sack in the third period … Also recorded a 2-yard tackle for loss on third down in the fourth stanza. Lenoir-Rhyne: Logged two solo tackles, including a 3-yard drop behind the line in the third quarter. UVa.-Wise: Logged a quarterback hurry and a pass break-up amid the final drive of the contest.
 
AS A FRESHMAN (2018): Redshirted. Did not see game action.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Hopewell High School for coach Quinn Martin … Earned second-straight all-conference nods as a senior after tallying 5-1/2 sacks.
 
PERSONAL: The son of Latrice Mcrae and Greg King … Has an older brother, Greg, and a younger sister, Sasha … Maintains a 3.9 cumulative grade point average at Hopewell High School and ranks in the top 15 percent of his 346-member senior class … Enjoys listening to music and spending time with family and friends … Lists his mother as his hero and Freedom Writers as his favorite movie … An exercise & sports science major at UNCP.

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Historical Player Information

  • 74

    2018Freshman

    DL
    6'3" 205 lbs
    74
  • 99

    2019Redshirt Freshman

    Defensive Line
    6'3" 220 lbs
    99
  • 99

    2020Redshirt Sophomore

    Defensive Line
    6'3" 220 lbs
    99
  • 99

    2021Redshirt Sophomore

    Defensive Line
    6'3" 220 lbs
    99
  • 99

    2022Redshirt Junior

    Defensive Line
    6'3" 220 lbs
    99
  • 99

    2023Graduate Student

    Defensive Line
    6'3" 225 lbs
    99