2020 - All-Sun Belt Conference Honorable Mention
2020 - All-Sun Belt Conference Honorable Mention (Pro Football Focus)
2019 - All-Sun Belt Conference Honorable Mention
2021-22: Played in four games and was able to redshirt … Played 66 total snaps (64 on offense, two on special teams) … Carried the ball 27 times for 112 yards and two touchdowns on the season … Also had two catches for 17 yards … Missed the first four games as he continued to rehab the knee … Returned for the Louisiana game, playing 13 offensive snaps … Had two catches for 17 yards and carried the ball six times for 23 yards … Carried the ball 11 times for 79 yards and a touchdown against Arkansas State … Had nine carries for 7 yards at Troy and six totes for 3 yards and a touchdown at South Alabama … Sat out the final four games.
2020-21: Played in and started seven games … Saw action on 317 total snaps (297 on offense, 20 on special teams) … An honorable mention All-Sun Belt Conference selection by the league and Pro Football Focus … Was second on the team in rushing despite missing the final six games with a torn ACL … Carried the ball 116 times for 625 yards and five touchdowns … Also caught three passes for 13 yards … Toted the ball 18 times for 74 yards and a score against Campbell … Had 100 yards rushing and a score at Louisiana, coming on 24 carries … Had a career-high 196 yards and a score, coming on 21 carries, at ULM … Carried the ball nine times for 53 yards against UMass … Had 15 carries for 67 yards and a score against Coastal Carolina … Had 15 totes for 74 yards and a score against South Alabama … Also recovered a fumble in that game … Carried the ball 14 times for 61 yards against Troy before leaving the game with a left knee injury … Had surgery on the knee and missed the rest of the season … Took advantage of the NCAA’s COVID-19 eligibility waiver and came back for a fifth year of competition.
2019-20: Played in 12 games, starting six … Saw action on 518 offensive plays … Earned honorable mention honors from the Sun Belt … Carried the ball 185 times for 804 yards and eight touchdowns … Also had two catches for 14 yards … Was granted eligibility for the year on Aug. 18 following an appeal to the NCAA … Made his Georgia Southern debut in the opener at No. 6 LSU, playing 33 offensive snaps … Carried the ball 11 times for 23 yards against the Tigers … Rushed 13 times for 41 yards, including a 25-yarder, against Maine … Carried the ball seven times for 35 yards at Minnesota … Tallied 59 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries against Louisiana … Had 22 carries for 72 yards and a score at South Alabama … Tallied 84 yards on 22 totes against Coastal Carolina … Carried the ball 19 times for 143 yards and two touchdowns against New Mexico State … Ran for 69 yards on 21 carries against No. 20 App State … Carried the ball 15 times for 41 yards against Troy … Ran the ball 16 times for 102 yards and a touchdown against ULM … Missed the Arkansas State game with an injury … Scored three touchdowns and ran for 107 yards on 16 carries against Georgia State … Carried the ball 10 times for 28 yards against Liberty in the Cure Bowl.
2018-19: Played in 10 games for the Cowboys, rushing 43 times for 153 yards … Also had six catches for 92 yards and two touchdowns … Had a 25-yard touchdown catch against South Alabama and a 23-yard scoring grab against Texas Tech … Transferred to Georgia Southern in January and went through spring practice.
2017-18: Oklahoma State’s second-leading rusher with 469 yards on 99 carries … Ranked among the top freshmen rushers in the Big 12 … Scored five touchdowns - four rushing and one receiving … Set an OSU freshman record for carries in a single game with 36 at West Virginia, breaking the previous record of 34 set by Thurman Thomas against Kansas State in 1984 … That total also marked the most for any Cowboy in a game all season … Finished with 142 rushing yards and a touchdown in that game to set season highs, as well as adding five catches for 29 yards and another score, touching the ball 41 times for 171 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns … His 142 rushing yards against WVU marked the 11th-best single-game rushing total by a freshman in OSU history, and he was named the OSU offensive player of the game for his performance … Rushed for a 71-yard touchdown on his second career carry in the season opener vs. Tulsa, finishing that game with 95 yards on six carries … Rushed for at least 35 yards in six games during the season … Also scored a rushing touchdown against Baylor and another one in OSU’s overtime win at Texas that marked the Cowboys’ only touchdown of the game … Had five carries of at least 20 yards and carried the ball at least once in 11 games … Added eight catches for 50 yards during the season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Coach Jason Strickland at Fitzgerald High …. Finished his high school career with nearly 6,000 rushing yards … Led his team to a state championship appearance as a senior, rushing for 1,798 yards and 21 touchdowns and adding 549 receiving yards and nine scoring catches … Named class AA first-team all-state in 2016 by the Atlanta Journal Constitution … Was the state’s leading rusher in 2015, totaling 2,432 yards and 33 touchdowns on 341 carries for a state runner-up team … Named the 2015 AJC Class AA Offensive Player of the Year and to the AJC “Super 11” … Also named first-team all-state … Ran for 335 yards on 44 carries and three touchdowns in a playoff victory in 2015 … Had 214 carries for 1,559 yards and 15 touchdowns as a sophomore … Also competed in track & field.
PERSONAL: Born Juan D. King on November 8 in Fitzgerald, GA … Son of Juan and Sophie King … Relatives David King (Tennessee State) and LaDamien Coney (Lamar) played college football.
MAJOR: Interdisciplinary Studies (graduated)
