Seaver King is not your average top 10 pick. He was not a highly touted prospect from a young age. In fact, he did not get any division I offers out of high school. King spent the first two years at Division II Wingate College in North Carolina. He was so impressive there, and in the Cape Cod league that he was hyped up as a first round caliber prospect before transferring to Wake Forest.
After a good season at Wake Forest, King was expected to go in the middle of the first round, with MLB Pipeline ranking him as their number 17 draft prospect.