at Harvard:
2017: Elected 144th Harvard football captain ... Selected to the All-Ivy second team ... Led the Crimson with 79 tackles ... Finished the season with one sack, 2.5 TFL, one INT and three pass breakups ... Received the Robert F. Kennedy Award at team banquet ... Had five tackles at Rhode Island ... Led the Crimson with eight tackles in win over Brown ... Made four tackles at Georgetown ... Led the team with 12 tackles, including 0.5 TFL, at Cornell ... Had a sack, QB hurry, pass breakup and six tackles against Lafayette ... Posted a team-high 10 tackles against Princeton ... Made nine tackles and had two QB hurries in win over Dartmouth ... Led the team with 12 tackles, including five solo efforts, in win at Columbia ... Had seven tackles against Penn ... Made six tackles, including one TFL, and picked off a pass at Yale.
2016: Was tabbed to All-Ivy League second team ... Played in all 10 games and led the Crimson with 56 tackles on the year ... Led Harvard with seven tackles vs. Rhode Island ... Tied for the team-lead with seven tackles at Brown ... Had three tackles against Georgetown ... Produced five tackles vs. Cornell ... Tallied seven tackles, one sack, one pass breakup and two tackles for loss at Holy Cross ... Made 10 tackles and broke up two passes at Princeton ... Racked up four tackles at Dartmouth ... Finished with five tackles vs. Columbia ... Broke up a pass, recovered a fumble and had four tackles at Penn ... Made four stops vs. Yale.
2015: Played in nine games, making 25 tackles ... Made two stops at Rhode Island ... Had a fumble recovery and three tackles vs. Brown ... Broke up a pass and had four stops vs. Georgetown ... Had a 29-yard interception return and five tackles at Cornell ... Made one stop vs. Princeton ... Registered a quarterback hurry and made three tackles vs. Dartmouth ... Finished with four tackles and broke up one pass at Columbia ... Made one tackle vs. Penn ... Recorded two stops at Yale.
2014: Saw action in six games ... Made a tackle against Holy Cross ... Broke up a pass at Princeton ... Forced a fumble, broke up a pass and had two stops vs. Columbia.
Background:
Three-year letterwinner, served as team captain as a senior at Lake Travis … Named District Defensive MVP … First-team all-regional and all- district selection … Earned honorable mention all-state and second team all-state accolades … Member of National Honor Society, Young Men’s Service League and DECA … Grandfather, Claude King, played football for the University of Houston and the Houston Oilers in the NFL … Uncle, Kelly Gruber, is a former third third baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays … Brother, Jonathan, played basketball at TLU and Concordia Austin.
