Shawn King
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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||
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| Born: | June 24, 1972 West Monroe, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 290 lb (132 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | West Monroe (LA) | ||||||
| College: | Louisiana–Monroe | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 1995 / Round: 2 / Pick: 36 | ||||||
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| Career NFL statistics | |||||||
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| Player stats at NFL.com · ArenaFan.com | |||||||
Shawn King (born June 24, 1972) is a former National Football League (NFL) defensive end who played for the Carolina Panthers and Indianapolis Colts. He is best remembered for his numerous suspensions due to violating the NFL's drug policy.
NFL career
Shawn King was drafted in the second round of the 1995 draft by the
NFL career statistics
| Legend | ||
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| Bold | Career high | |
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 1995 | CAR | 14 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2.0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | CAR | 16 | 0 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 3.0 | - | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| 1997 | CAR | 9 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2.0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | IND | 9 | 8 | 37 | 28 | 9 | 1.5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | 10 | 74 | 57 | 17 | 8.5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1 | ||
Suspensions
Shawn King was active in the NFL for six seasons from 1995 to 2000. However, due to suspensions, King missed 42 games, including the entire 1998 and 2000 seasons. King retired from the NFL in January 2001 shortly after the league reinstated him due to his problems with the drug policy.
- 1995 - Placed in the NFL's intervention program after violating the NFL's drug policy
- 1997 - Suspended for six games during the 1997 season due to violating the NFL's drug policy
- 1998 - Suspended for the entire 1998 season due to violating the NFL's drug policy
- 1999 - Suspended for four games during the 1999 season due after missing bed check and showing up late to a team meeting
- 2000 - Suspended for the entire 2000 season after violating NFL's drug policy
References
- ^ "1995 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-31.
- ^ "King Recalls His High Times in NFL". ESPN.com. 2004-09-14.