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NFL draft profile: No. 49 — Iowa DB Desmond King, smart and instinctive ballhawk

Shutdown Corner is counting down the top 50 prospects in the 2017 NFL draft with a scouting report, quotes from NFL evaluators and a projection where they might be drafted.

49. Iowa CB-S Desmond King
5-10, 201 pounds

Key stat: Intercepted 29 passes in high school, a Michigan state record, and added 14 the past three seasons at Iowa.

The skinny: Decorated corner won a slew of awards following the 2015 season in which he intercepted eight passes, including the Jim Thorpe Award and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, and was named Consensus All-American and First Team All Big Ten.