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No. 20 -- Los Angeles Chargers Position : Cornerback Born : ( 1994 - 12 - 14 ) December 14, 1994 ( age 23 ) Detroit, Michigan Height : 5 ft 10 in ( 1.78 m ) Weight : 201 lb ( 91 kg ) Career information High school : Detroit ( MI ) East English Village College : Iowa NFL Draft : 2017 / Round : 5 / Pick : 151 Career history Los Angeles Chargers ( 2017 -- present ) Roster status : Active Career highlights and awards Jim Thorpe Award ( 2015 ) Jack Tatum Award ( 2015 ) 2 × First Team All - Big Ten ( 2015, 2016 ) Big Ten Defensive Back of the Year ( 2015 ) Consensus First - Team All - American ( 2015 ) Second - Team All - American ( 2016 ) Career NFL statistics as of Week 15, 2017 Total tackles : 62 Sacks : 4.0 Forced fumbles : 0 Pass deflections : 5 Interceptions : 1 Defensive touchdowns : 1 Player stats at NFL.com Desmond King ( born December 14, 1994 ) is an American football cornerback for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League ( NFL ). He played college football at Iowa. Contents 1 Early years 2 College career 2.1 College statistics 3 Professional career 3.1 NFL statistics 4 References 5 External links Early years King attended East English Village Preparatory Academy in Detroit, Michigan. He played defensive back and running back. During his career he set a Michigan high school record with 29 interceptions. He also set a school record for career rushing yards and had 2,360 as a senior. King was rated by Rivals.com a three - star recruit and committed to the University of Iowa to play college football. College career As a true freshman at the University of Iowa in 2013, King appeared in all 13 games and made 12 starts. He was the first true freshman to start at defensive back for Iowa since 2002. He started all 13 games his sophomore year in 2014 and had 64 tackles and three interceptions. King returned as a starter his junior year in 2015. He also became Iowa 's punt and kick returner. After a terrific junior season in which he had 43 tackles, and a Big - Ten high 8 interceptions, King was named a consensus first - team All - American and won the 2015 Jim Thorpe Award, which is given to the best defensive back in all of college football. Despite being projected as an early - round pick in the 2016 NFL Draft, King announced that he would return to Iowa for his senior season. On November 29, 2016, King was name First Team All - Big Ten for the second season in a row. He was also named a 2016 AP Second - Team All - American. College statistics Iowa Hawkeyes Defense Year Team GP Tackles For Loss Passes Def Int FF 2013 Iowa 13 69 3.0 8 0 0 2014 Iowa 13 64 2.0 5 0 2015 Iowa 14 72 1.0 13 8 0 2016 Iowa 13 58 3.5 7 College Totals 53 263 9.5 33 14 Professional career Pre-draft measurables Ht Wt Arm length Hand size 40 ‐ yd dash 10 - yd split 20 - yd split 20 ‐ ss 3 ‐ cone Vert jump Broad 5 ft 10 in ( 1.78 m ) 201 lb ( 91 kg ) 31 ⁄ in ( 0.79 m ) 9 ⁄ in ( 0.24 m ) All values from 2017 NFL Combine. King was drafted by Los Angeles Chargers in the fifth round, 151st overall, in the 2017 NFL Draft. On November 23, 2017, against the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving, King intercepted a pass from Cowboys QB Dak Prescott, which he returned 90 yards for his first career touchdown. NFL statistics Year Team GP COMB TOT AST SACK FF FR FR YDS INT IR YDS AVG IR LNG TD PD 2017 LAC 11 40 38 2.0 0 0 0 90 90 90 References Jump up ^ `` Hello, my name is... CB Desmond King ''. The Gazette. Jump up ^ Jim Nelson. `` Iowa football : King the man in the right place at right times ''. Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. Jump up ^ `` Desmond King ''. Jump up ^ `` Record - breaking Detroit cornerback commits to Iowa ''. Jump up ^ `` King of a long road -- The Daily Iowan ''. Jump up ^ `` Rick Brown : Desmond King success story was told once before ''. Des Moines Register. August 4, 2014. Jump up ^ `` No. 3 -- CB Desmond King ''. The Gazette. Jump up ^ `` Desmond King honored, on a ' different level ' this year ''. Hawk Central. October 5, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Desmond King experiment has given Hawkeyes ' a spark ' ''. Hawk Central. September 28, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Iowa 's Desmond King captures Jim Thorpe Award ''. Hawk Central. December 10, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Thorpe Award winner Desmond King will return to Iowa Hawkeyes ''. ESPN. January 5, 2016. Jump up ^ `` 2016 Big Ten Individual Award Winners '' ( PDF ). www.grfx.cstv.com. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved November 30, 2016. Jump up ^ `` 2016 AP All - America Team ''. Associated Press. Associated Press. December 12, 2016. Retrieved November 30, 2017. Jump up ^ http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/desmond-king?id=2557927 Jump up ^ Henne, Ricky ( April 29, 2017 ). `` Chargers Draft Ball - Hawking DB Desmond King ''. Chargers.com. Retrieved May 3, 2017. Jump up ^ Associated Press ( November 23, 2017 ). `` Rivers, Chargers beat fading Cowboys 28 - 6 on Thanksgiving ''. ESPN.com. Retrieved November 30, 2017. External links Desmond King on Twitter Iowa Hawkeyes bio Jim Thorpe Award winners 1986 : Everett 1987 : Blades & Dixon 1988 : Sanders 1989 : Carrier 1990 : Lewis 1991 : Buckley 1992 : Figures 1993 : Langham 1994 : Hudson 1995 : Myers 1996 : Wright 1997 : Woodson 1998 : Winfield 1999 : Carter 2000 : Fletcher 2001 : Williams 2002 : Newman 2003 : Strait 2004 : Rogers 2005 : Huff 2006 : Ross 2007 : Cason 2008 : Jenkins 2009 : Berry 2010 : Peterson 2011 : Claiborne 2012 : Banks 2013 : Dennard 2014 : Holliman 2015 : King 2016 : Jackson 2017 : Fitzpatrick 2015 College Football All - America Team consensus selections Offense QB Deshaun Watson RB Leonard Fournette RB Derrick Henry WR Corey Coleman WR Josh Doctson OT Taylor Decker OT Spencer Drango OT Ronnie Stanley G Joshua Garnett C Ryan Kelly TE Hunter Henry Defense DE Shaq Lawson DE Carl Nassib DE Joey Bosa DT A'Shawn Robinson LB Tyler Matakevich LB Reggie Ragland LB Jaylon Smith CB Vernon Hargreaves CB Desmond King S Jeremy Cash S Jalen Ramsey Special teams P Tom Hackett PK Ka'imi Fairbairn RET Evan Berry AP Christian McCaffrey Los Angeles Chargers 2017 NFL draft selections Mike Williams Forrest Lamp Dan Feeney Rayshawn Jenkins Desmond King Sam Tevi Isaac Rochell Los Angeles Chargers current roster Active roster 6 Nick Rose 7 Cardale Jones 8 Drew Kaser 10 Kellen Clemens 11 Geremy Davis 12 Travis Benjamin 13 Keenan Allen 16 Tyrell Williams 17 Philip Rivers 20 Desmond King 24 Trevor Williams 25 Rayshawn Jenkins 26 Casey Hayward 28 Melvin Gordon 29 Craig Mager 30 Austin Ekeler 31 Adrian Phillips 32 Branden Oliver 33 Tre Boston 34 Derek Watt 35 Russell Hansbrough 37 Jahleel Addae 40 Chris McCain 43 Michael Davis 47 Mike Windt 48 Nick Dzubnar 50 Hayes Pullard 51 Kyle Emanuel 52 Denzel Perryman 54 Melvin Ingram 56 Korey Toomer 57 Jatavis Brown 66 Dan Feeney 69 Sam Tevi 71 Damion Square 72 Joe Barksdale 73 Spencer Pulley 74 Michael Ola 76 Russell Okung 78 Michael Schofield 79 Kenny Wiggins 80 Sean Culkin 81 Mike Williams 84 Sean McGrath 85 Antonio Gates 87 Jeff Cumberland 92 Brandon Mebane 93 Darius Philon 94 Corey Liuget 95 Tenny Palepoi 97 Jeremiah Attaochu 98 Isaac Rochell 99 Joey Bosa Reserve lists 9 Nick Novak ( IR ) 22 Jason Verrett ( IR ) 27 Kenneth Farrow ( IR ) 44 Andre Williams ( IR ) 45 Asante Cleveland ( IR ) 46 Chris Landrum ( IR ) 50 Charmeachealle Moore ( IR ) 63 Donavon Clark ( IR ) 68 Matt Slauson ( IR ) 75 Chris Hairston ( NF - Ill. ) 77 Forrest Lamp ( IR ) 86 Hunter Henry ( IR ) 89 Isaiah Burse ( IR ) 96 Kaleb Eulls ( IR ) Practice squad 27 Jeff Richards 38 Jalen Simmons 45 A.J. Hendy 49 James Onwualu 64 Cole Toner 82 Artavis Scott 83 Braedon Bowman 88 Andre Patton 90 Whitney Richardson AFC East BUF MIA NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAX TEN West DEN KC LAC OAK NFC East DAL NYG PHI WAS North CHI DET GB MIN South ATL CAR NO TB West ARI LAR SF SEA Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Desmond_King_(American_football)&oldid=816441613 '' Categories : 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Detroit Players of American football from Michigan American football cornerbacks Iowa Hawkeyes football players All - American college football players Los Angeles Chargers players Hidden categories : Use mdy dates from December 2015 Infobox NFL biography articles missing alt text Talk Contents About Wikipedia Italiano Edit links This page was last edited on 21 December 2017, at 10 : 44. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. 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Question: what nfl team does desmond king play for
Answer: the Los Angeles Chargers