J.D. King announced his presence at OSU with a bang, or rather with a dash.
He broke through a single level of Tulsa defenders and gassed it 71 yards for his first collegiate score in his first collegiate game. But since then, Justice Hill’s backup has made a name more for running over would-be tacklers than past them.
King finished his premiere season with a respectable 469 yards on 99 carries and four scores, behind only OU’s Trey Sermon and Baylor’s John Lovett among Big 12 freshmen — both of which started multiple games last year. King played second fiddle to the Big 12’s leading rusher Hill all 13 games.