Horace King
Horace Edward King
Born: March 5, 1953
Athens, GA USA
Position: RB
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 208
College: Georgia
High School: Clarke Central (Athens, GA)
Career: 1975-1983
Drafted: 1975 in Round 6, #141 overall by the Detroit Lions
Horace King played from 1975 to 1983 during his career with the Detroit Lions. King ran for 2,081 yards in his career on 549 attempts, scoring 9 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 198 passes for 1,579 yards and 5 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 39.6 |
| 1978 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.0 | ||||
| Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | NFL Detroit Lions | 61 | 260 | 4.3 | 26 | 2 |
| 1976 | NFL Detroit Lions | 93 | 325 | 3.5 | 22 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL Detroit Lions | 155 | 521 | 3.4 | 35 | 1 |
| 1978 | NFL Detroit Lions | 155 | 660 | 4.3 | 75 | 4 |
| 1979 | NFL Detroit Lions | 39 | 160 | 4.1 | 23 | 1 |
| 1980 | NFL Detroit Lions | 18 | 57 | 3.2 | 8 | 1 |
| 1981 | NFL Detroit Lions | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | NFL Detroit Lions | 18 | 67 | 3.7 | 25 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 549 | 2081 | 3.8 | 75 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | NFL Detroit Lions | 13 | 81 | 6.2 | 22 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL Detroit Lions | 21 | 163 | 7.8 | 19 | 0 |
| 1977 | NFL Detroit Lions | 40 | 238 | 6.0 | 30 | 0 |
| 1978 | NFL Detroit Lions | 48 | 396 | 8.2 | 34 | 2 |
| 1979 | NFL Detroit Lions | 18 | 150 | 8.3 | 30 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL Detroit Lions | 19 | 184 | 9.7 | 29 | 1 |
| 1981 | NFL Detroit Lions | 21 | 217 | 10.3 | 41 | 1 |
| 1982 | NFL Detroit Lions | 9 | 74 | 8.2 | 14 | 1 |
| 1983 | NFL Detroit Lions | 9 | 76 | 8.4 | 14 | 0 |
| Totals | 198 | 1579 | 8.0 | 41 | 5 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | NFL Detroit Lions | 6 | 117 | 19.5 | 29 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 26 | 0 |
| 1979 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 20 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
| 1982 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 12 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Totals | 17 | 283 | 16.6 | 29 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1976 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1977 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1978 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1979 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1980 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1982 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1983 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1975 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| 1977 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1978 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 1979 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1980 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1981 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1982 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 0 |
| 1976 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 7 | 7 |
| 1977 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 13 |
| 1978 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 15 | 15 |
| 1979 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 16 | 4 |
| 1980 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 16 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 16 | 0 |
| 1982 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 9 | 1 |
| 1983 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 16 | 1 |
