ANALYSIS
Positives…Undersized, but compensates with superb quickness and balance…Has a very quick initial burst to create movement off the line and does a very nice job of anticipating the snap…Hard worker in the weight room, who set team conditioning records (410-power clean)…Delivers a punishing hand jolt to push the blockers back into the quarterback… Shows good penetration skills, using his rip moves along with powerful leg drive to pursue from the back side…Has a knack for flushing the quarterback out of the pocket, showing above average lateral agility and change o direction ability…Finds ways of using his hands to defeat protections…Physical bull rusher who constantly keeps his legs churning…Can play in either the 3/5/9-techniques and will drop back as a linebacker in pass coverage, at times.
Negatives…Lacks an athletic frame, but compensates with strength…Has a history of neck and shoulder stingers that need further review…Lacks vision, literally, as he plays with contacts…He keeps his head down too much, preventing him from recognizing the plays developing properly…Because of keeping his head down, blockers get into his chest too often and he does not use his hands effectively to keep the opponents off his body…Has adequate lateral agility, yet lacks coordination working through the pile…Gets too upright vs. the larger blockers, trying to use his swim moves to no avail…Takes time to recover when knocked down…Sustained speed is modest, but poor in long pursuit.
CAREER NOTES
The school’s record-holder in the weight room with a 410-pound power clean, Kenny enjoyed a banner career, as he teamed with Jarret Johnson and Kindal Moorehead to give the Tide one of the premier defensive lines in the collegiate ranks…Has earned numerous awards for field and class room performance…Recorded 190 tackles with 11.5 sacks for minus 79 yards, 26 stops behind the line of scrimmage, 77 quarterback pressures and six fumble recoveries in 43 games.
2002 SEASON
Verizon/CoSIDA Academic District IV All-American selection, becoming the first Crimson Tide player since Major Ogilvie in 1976 to earn that honor…Chosen first-team All-South- eastern Conference by the league’s coaches, adding Academic All-SEC accolades…Lined up at nose guard, recording 51 tackles (26 solos) with three sacks for minus 15 yards, seven stops for losses of 18 yards and 17 quarterback pressures…Recovered a fumble and caused two others…Also deflected a pass.
Middle Tennessee…Opened the season with an 8-tackle (7 solos) effort.
Oklahoma…Had a pair of sacks for minus 10 yards and 3 pressures.
North Texas…Made 2 stops behind the line of scrimmage and 7 tackles.
Southern Mississippi…Caused tailback Derrick Nix to fumble the ball twice, recovering one for a 4-yard gain and had 4 tackles with a pressure and a 5-yard sack.
Arkansas…Tackled tailback Cedric Cobb behind the line of scrimmage and posted 6 hits.
Georgia…Brought down tailback Musa Smith for a 1-yard loss and he delivered a pair of pressures and 5 tackles (4 solos).
Mississippi State…Posted 6 tackles (3 solos) with 2 stops for minus 7 yards and 3 pressures.
Louisiana State…Made 3 assisted tackles before leaving the game with a neck/shoulder stinger.
Auburn…Did not play (neck/shoulder).
Hawaii…Returned to the starting lineup, but had only one assisted tackle.
2001 SEASON
CoSIDA District IV Academic selection, adding Academic All-SEC honors…Second-team All-Southeastern Conference choice by the league’s coaches…Third-team Arthur Ashe, Jr., Sports Scholar…Started every game at nose guard, participating in 533 plays as he recorded 47 tackles (11 solos) with 1.5 sacks for minus 11 yards, a stop for a 2-yard loss and ten quarterback pressures…Recovered three fumbles and deflected two passes…Had an 8-yard interception return.
Preseason…Has a history of stinger problems, and as a result, he experienced transient numbness in his left lower extremities in spring drills (4/05).
Arkansas…Joined defensive end Kindal Moorehead in delivering a 4-yard sack and posted 6 assisted tackles.
Texas-El Paso…Added 5 assisted hits and a 12-yard sack.
Mississippi…Recovered a fumble and made 5 tackles, including one for a 2-yard loss.
Louisiana State…Returned an interception 8 yards.
Auburn…Totaled 7 tackles and a 7-yard sack.
Southern Mississippi…Returned a fumble recovery 12 yards.
Iowa State (Independence Bowl)…Had a pair of assisted tackles.
2000 SEASON
Academic All-Southeastern Conference selection…Started the first seven games, playing in eight total…Recorded 42 tackles (20 solos) with 1.5 sacks for minus 17 yards and four stops for losses of 26 yards…Blocked a kick and had a team-high 27 quarterback pressures…Was honored by the coaching staff with the right to wear jersey number 55 in honor of the late Derrick Thomas who passed away in February, 2000, following an auto-mobile accident. Thomas' No. 55 was awarded to the Tide player who best "exemplifies the qualities that propelled Thomas to an All- America career at the Capstone"…Named the team’s Lifter of the Year.
UCLA…Began the season with 7 tackles and a pair of stops behind the line of scrimmage.
South Carolina…Registered 8 tackles with 5 pressures.
Southern Mississippi…Posted 4 pressures, 2 stops for losses of 13 yards and 8 tackles.
Arkansas…Totaled 8 tackles with 3 pressures.
Central Florida, Mississippi State and Auburn…Did not play due to chronic problems with shoulder stingers.
1999 SEASON
Freshman All-SEC selection by the league’s coaches and the Knoxville News-Sentinel… Started the final eleven games at right defensive end…Recorded 50 tackles (31 solos) with 5.5 sacks for minus 36 yards and 14 stops for losses of 39 yards…Led the team with 33 quarterback pressures and recovered a fumble…Only Derrick Thomas (44 in 1988) had more pressures in a season for the Tide.
Louisiana Tech…Registered a pair of sacks for minus 15 yards.
Mississippi State…Had 6 tackles, 5 stops behind the line of scrimmage and 6 pressures.
Southern Mississippi…Sacked QB Jeff Kelly twice for minus 10 yards, recovered a fumble and made 4 pressures.
Arkansas and Louisiana State…Posted 6 tackles and 3 pressures in each game.
INJURY REPORT
Has a long history of neck/shoulder stingers (left brachial plexus), missing the 2000 Central Florida, Mississippi State and Auburn contests and the 2002 Auburn clash due to those injuries…Experienced transient numbness in his left lower extremities during 2001 spring drills (4/15).
CAMPUS AGILITY TESTS
4.89 in the 40-yard dash…465-pound bench press…620-pound squat…410-pound power clean…35-inch vertical jump…33 1/8-inch arm length…9 ½-inch hands…Right-handed… 11/18 Wonderlic score.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Daphne (Ala.) High…Rated the No. 7 player in Dixie by Super Prep, and was a Super Prep and Parade All-American, adding Birmingham News Super All-State honors… Collected 120 tackles and 10 sacks, five fumble recoveries and five forced fumbles his senior season, despite being consistently double and triple-teamed…Also named to Tom Lemming's first-team All-American squad, a first-team pick to Forrest Davis' All-South squad and was a Border Wars All-South second-team choice…Helped Daphne High to its best record in school history with a 10-2 mark…Two-time All-State pick for the Trojans while playing for coach Steve Savarese…As a junior, he had 130 tackles (70 solos)…Also lettered in track, throwing the shot put 57-feet to finish second in the state meet.
PERSONAL
Marketing major…Son of Lucy and Kenneth King…Born 4/23/81…Resides in Daphne, Alabama.
Positives…Undersized, but compensates with superb quickness and balance…Has a very quick initial burst to create movement off the line and does a very nice job of anticipating the snap…Hard worker in the weight room, who set team conditioning records (410-power clean)…Delivers a punishing hand jolt to push the blockers back into the quarterback… Shows good penetration skills, using his rip moves along with powerful leg drive to pursue from the back side…Has a knack for flushing the quarterback out of the pocket, showing above average lateral agility and change o direction ability…Finds ways of using his hands to defeat protections…Physical bull rusher who constantly keeps his legs churning…Can play in either the 3/5/9-techniques and will drop back as a linebacker in pass coverage, at times.
Negatives…Lacks an athletic frame, but compensates with strength…Has a history of neck and shoulder stingers that need further review…Lacks vision, literally, as he plays with contacts…He keeps his head down too much, preventing him from recognizing the plays developing properly…Because of keeping his head down, blockers get into his chest too often and he does not use his hands effectively to keep the opponents off his body…Has adequate lateral agility, yet lacks coordination working through the pile…Gets too upright vs. the larger blockers, trying to use his swim moves to no avail…Takes time to recover when knocked down…Sustained speed is modest, but poor in long pursuit.
CAREER NOTES
The school’s record-holder in the weight room with a 410-pound power clean, Kenny enjoyed a banner career, as he teamed with Jarret Johnson and Kindal Moorehead to give the Tide one of the premier defensive lines in the collegiate ranks…Has earned numerous awards for field and class room performance…Recorded 190 tackles with 11.5 sacks for minus 79 yards, 26 stops behind the line of scrimmage, 77 quarterback pressures and six fumble recoveries in 43 games.
2002 SEASON
Verizon/CoSIDA Academic District IV All-American selection, becoming the first Crimson Tide player since Major Ogilvie in 1976 to earn that honor…Chosen first-team All-South- eastern Conference by the league’s coaches, adding Academic All-SEC accolades…Lined up at nose guard, recording 51 tackles (26 solos) with three sacks for minus 15 yards, seven stops for losses of 18 yards and 17 quarterback pressures…Recovered a fumble and caused two others…Also deflected a pass.
Middle Tennessee…Opened the season with an 8-tackle (7 solos) effort.
Oklahoma…Had a pair of sacks for minus 10 yards and 3 pressures.
North Texas…Made 2 stops behind the line of scrimmage and 7 tackles.
Southern Mississippi…Caused tailback Derrick Nix to fumble the ball twice, recovering one for a 4-yard gain and had 4 tackles with a pressure and a 5-yard sack.
Arkansas…Tackled tailback Cedric Cobb behind the line of scrimmage and posted 6 hits.
Georgia…Brought down tailback Musa Smith for a 1-yard loss and he delivered a pair of pressures and 5 tackles (4 solos).
Mississippi State…Posted 6 tackles (3 solos) with 2 stops for minus 7 yards and 3 pressures.
Louisiana State…Made 3 assisted tackles before leaving the game with a neck/shoulder stinger.
Auburn…Did not play (neck/shoulder).
Hawaii…Returned to the starting lineup, but had only one assisted tackle.
2001 SEASON
CoSIDA District IV Academic selection, adding Academic All-SEC honors…Second-team All-Southeastern Conference choice by the league’s coaches…Third-team Arthur Ashe, Jr., Sports Scholar…Started every game at nose guard, participating in 533 plays as he recorded 47 tackles (11 solos) with 1.5 sacks for minus 11 yards, a stop for a 2-yard loss and ten quarterback pressures…Recovered three fumbles and deflected two passes…Had an 8-yard interception return.
Preseason…Has a history of stinger problems, and as a result, he experienced transient numbness in his left lower extremities in spring drills (4/05).
Arkansas…Joined defensive end Kindal Moorehead in delivering a 4-yard sack and posted 6 assisted tackles.
Texas-El Paso…Added 5 assisted hits and a 12-yard sack.
Mississippi…Recovered a fumble and made 5 tackles, including one for a 2-yard loss.
Louisiana State…Returned an interception 8 yards.
Auburn…Totaled 7 tackles and a 7-yard sack.
Southern Mississippi…Returned a fumble recovery 12 yards.
Iowa State (Independence Bowl)…Had a pair of assisted tackles.
2000 SEASON
Academic All-Southeastern Conference selection…Started the first seven games, playing in eight total…Recorded 42 tackles (20 solos) with 1.5 sacks for minus 17 yards and four stops for losses of 26 yards…Blocked a kick and had a team-high 27 quarterback pressures…Was honored by the coaching staff with the right to wear jersey number 55 in honor of the late Derrick Thomas who passed away in February, 2000, following an auto-mobile accident. Thomas' No. 55 was awarded to the Tide player who best "exemplifies the qualities that propelled Thomas to an All- America career at the Capstone"…Named the team’s Lifter of the Year.
UCLA…Began the season with 7 tackles and a pair of stops behind the line of scrimmage.
South Carolina…Registered 8 tackles with 5 pressures.
Southern Mississippi…Posted 4 pressures, 2 stops for losses of 13 yards and 8 tackles.
Arkansas…Totaled 8 tackles with 3 pressures.
Central Florida, Mississippi State and Auburn…Did not play due to chronic problems with shoulder stingers.
1999 SEASON
Freshman All-SEC selection by the league’s coaches and the Knoxville News-Sentinel… Started the final eleven games at right defensive end…Recorded 50 tackles (31 solos) with 5.5 sacks for minus 36 yards and 14 stops for losses of 39 yards…Led the team with 33 quarterback pressures and recovered a fumble…Only Derrick Thomas (44 in 1988) had more pressures in a season for the Tide.
Louisiana Tech…Registered a pair of sacks for minus 15 yards.
Mississippi State…Had 6 tackles, 5 stops behind the line of scrimmage and 6 pressures.
Southern Mississippi…Sacked QB Jeff Kelly twice for minus 10 yards, recovered a fumble and made 4 pressures.
Arkansas and Louisiana State…Posted 6 tackles and 3 pressures in each game.
INJURY REPORT
Has a long history of neck/shoulder stingers (left brachial plexus), missing the 2000 Central Florida, Mississippi State and Auburn contests and the 2002 Auburn clash due to those injuries…Experienced transient numbness in his left lower extremities during 2001 spring drills (4/15).
CAMPUS AGILITY TESTS
4.89 in the 40-yard dash…465-pound bench press…620-pound squat…410-pound power clean…35-inch vertical jump…33 1/8-inch arm length…9 ½-inch hands…Right-handed… 11/18 Wonderlic score.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Daphne (Ala.) High…Rated the No. 7 player in Dixie by Super Prep, and was a Super Prep and Parade All-American, adding Birmingham News Super All-State honors… Collected 120 tackles and 10 sacks, five fumble recoveries and five forced fumbles his senior season, despite being consistently double and triple-teamed…Also named to Tom Lemming's first-team All-American squad, a first-team pick to Forrest Davis' All-South squad and was a Border Wars All-South second-team choice…Helped Daphne High to its best record in school history with a 10-2 mark…Two-time All-State pick for the Trojans while playing for coach Steve Savarese…As a junior, he had 130 tackles (70 solos)…Also lettered in track, throwing the shot put 57-feet to finish second in the state meet.
PERSONAL
Marketing major…Son of Lucy and Kenneth King…Born 4/23/81…Resides in Daphne, Alabama.
