Horace King
[edit] Biography
Horace King (Horace Edward King) was born on March 5, 1953 in Athens, Georgia. After going to high school at Clarke Central (Athens, GA), King attended the University of Georgia. King made his professional debut in the NFL in 1975 with the Detroit Lions. He played for the Detroit Lions for his entire 9 year career.
Most people believe that 1978 was Horace King's best year, as he ran for 660 yards, ran in 4 TDs and hauled in 48 receptions.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Rushing Stats
| 1975
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 61
| 260
| 4.3
| 2
| 26
|
| 1976
| DET
| NFL
| 7
| 93
| 325
| 3.5
| 0
| 22
|
| 1977
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 155
| 521
| 3.4
| 1
| 35
|
| 1978
| DET
| NFL
| 15
| 155
| 660
| 4.3
| 4
| 75t
|
| 1979
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 39
| 160
| 4.1
| 1
| 23
|
| 1980
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 18
| 57
| 3.2
| 1
| 8
|
| 1981
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 7
| 25
| 3.6
| 0
| 7
|
| 1982
| DET
| NFL
| 9
| 18
| 67
| 3.7
| 0
| 25
|
| 1983
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 3
| 6
| 2
| 0
| 4
|
| 9 year NFL career
| 123
| 549
| 2081
| 3.8
| 9
| 0
|
[edit] Receiving Stats
| 1975
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 13
| 81
| 6.2
| 0
| 22
|
| 1976
| DET
| NFL
| 7
| 21
| 163
| 7.8
| 0
| 19
|
| 1977
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 40
| 238
| 6
| 0
| 30
|
| 1978
| DET
| NFL
| 15
| 48
| 396
| 8.3
| 2
| 34
|
| 1979
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 18
| 150
| 8.3
| 0
| 30
|
| 1980
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 19
| 184
| 9.7
| 1
| 29
|
| 1981
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 20
| 211
| 10.6
| 1
| 41
|
| 1982
| DET
| NFL
| 9
| 9
| 74
| 8.2
| 1
| 14
|
| 1983
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 9
| 76
| 8.4
| 0
| 14
|
| 9 year NFL career
| 123
| 197
| 1573
| 8
| 5
| 0
|
[edit] Kick Return Stats
| 1975
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 6
| 117
| 19.5
| 29
| 0
|
| 1976
| DET
| NFL
| 7
| 3
| 63
| 21
| 26
| 0
|
| 1977
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| DET
| NFL
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 2
| 36
| 18
| 20
| 0
|
| 1980
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 3
| 33
| 11
| 14
| 0
|
| 1982
| DET
| NFL
| 9
| 2
| 23
| 11.5
| 12
| 0
|
| 1983
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 1
| 11
| 11
| 11
| 0
|
| 9 year NFL career
| 123
| 17
| 283
| 16.6
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fumble Recovery Stats
| 1975
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1976
| DET
| NFL
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1977
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| DET
| NFL
| 15
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| DET
| NFL
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 9 year NFL career
| 123
| 12
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Passing Stats
| 1975
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 39.6
|
| 1976
| DET
| NFL
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1977
| DET
| NFL
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| DET
| NFL
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
|
| 1979
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| DET
| NFL
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| DET
| NFL
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 9 year NFL career
| 123
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 39.6
|
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