2018 Football Roster
Roster
D'Eriq King
- Position:
- QB
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Manvel, Texas
- High School:
- Manvel HS
• 2019 Athlon Sports Preseason American Athletic Conference First Team
• 2018 The American All-Conference Second Team
• 2018 Earl Campbell Award Finalist
• 2018 Maxwell Award Semifinalist
• 2018 Manning Award Watch List
• Davey O'Brien National Quarterback of the Week (Oct. 31, 2018)
• Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Player of the Week (Oct. 30, 2018)
• American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 29, 2018)
• Manning Award Star of the Week (Oct. 29, 2018)
• Walter Camp Football Foundation National Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 28, 2018)
• American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 22, 2018)
• Manning Award Star of the Week (Oct. 22, 2018)
• American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 10, 2018)
• American Athletic Conference Honor Roll (Nov. 27, 2017)
• American Athletic Conference Honor Roll (Nov. 6, 2017)
• American Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 30, 2017)
• Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll (Sept. 26, 2016)
• American Athletic Conference Honor Roll (Sept. 26, 2016)
2019: Dynamic athlete that finished fifth in school history with 82 touchdowns responsible for ... Ranks second in school history in passing efficiency (155.4), third in completion percentage (61.8%), sixth in passing touchdowns (50), eighth in total offense (6,346) and 10th in passing yards (4,925) ... finished carerer with 28 rushing touchdowns and 1,421 yards ... made four starts before taking a redshirt in 2019 ... Completed 58-of-110 passes (52.7%) for 663 yards and six touchdowns ... added 312 yards on the ground and recorded six rushing touchdowns ... finished 14-for-27 passing for 167 yards and two touchdowns at No. 4/4 Oklahoma (Sept. 1)... also rushed for 103 yards and one touchdown on 15 carries... was 15-for-26 passing for 139 yards with one touchdown and one interception in win vs. Prairie View A&M (Sept. 7)... also recorded two rushing touchdowns on six carries... went 13-for-24 passing for 128 yards and one touchdown vs. Washington State in the AdvoCare Texas Kickoff (Sept. 13)... also ran for 94 yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries... set the FBS record for consecutive games with both a rushing and passing touchdown with performance at Tulane (Sept. 19)... finished 16-for-33 passing for 229 yards with two touchdowns, including a 75-yard TD on Houston's first play from scrimmage, and one interception... added 116 yards and one touchdown on 17 carries to become the first QB in FBS history to rush for touchdown in 15 straight contests, breaking previous record held by Florida's Tim Tebow (2006-08).
2018: Set The American’s touchdown responsible for in a season record with 50 despite missing the last 2.5 games with an injury ... led the nation in points responsible for per game with an average of 27.5, four points ahead of the No 2 spot shared by Heisman finalists Kyler Murray and Dwayne Haskins ... had a rushing touchdown in all 11 games ... one of only three QBs in FBS history with at least 35 passing TDs and 13 rushing TDs ... finished 17-for-24 passing for 320 yards and three touchdowns in win at Rice ... also had seven rushes for 33 yards and one touchdown ... went 17-for-34 passing for 246 yards and four touchdowns in win against Arizona ... also had five rushes for 32 yards and two touchdowns ... went 30-of-51 passing for 431 yards and five touchdowns, including a long of 79, at Texas Tech ... also had 11 rushes for 47 yards with one touchdown ... went 20-of-25 passing for 200 yards with three touchdowns and one interception in win against Texas Southern ... went 19-for-27 passing for 165 yards with three touchdowns against Tulsa ... also had 10 rushes for a 117 yards, including a long of 61 yards, and two touchdowns ... went 13-for-23 passing for 209 yards with two touchdowns in win at ECU ... also had one rushing score ... went 25-of-38 passing for 413 yards and three touchdowns in win at Navy .... also had seven carries for 56 yards and one touchdown ... recorded Houston’s first 300-yard passing, 100-yard rushing game since Kevin Kolb against TCU on Oct. 25, 2003, and only the 13th QB in FBS history with at least 400 yards passing and 100 yards rushing in a game in win over No. 21/20 USF ... went 28-for-40 passing for 419 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions ... also had 12 carries for 132 yards and two touchdowns ... went 11-for-22 passing for 175 yards and two touchdowns at SMU ... also had 13 carries for 54 yards and one touchdown ... went 28-for-46 passing for 322 yards with five touchdowns and one interception against Temple ... also had 19 carries for 125 yards and one touchdown ... went 11-15 passing for 82 yards and one touchdown before leaving in the first half with an injury in win over Tulane ... also had 10 carries for 82 yards and one touchdown.
2017: Appeared in the last 10 games after missing the first two due to injury .. started the final four games of the season at QB after taking over the position midway through the USF game ... also had three starts at receiver throughout the year ... finished the year with the team lead with 1,260 passing yards and seven passing touchdowns while finishing third on the team with 29 receptions for 264 yards and two touchdowns ... also ran for a team-best eight touchdowns on 72 attempts and 379 yards ... made third career start at QB in a win over Navy ... threw for 277 yards in the air on a 21-of-27 yard effort with one touchdown, also ran for 57 yards and two scores on 16 attempts vs. Midshipmen... threw for 225 yards on an 18-of-26 effort in win over Tulane ... also rushed for a career-high 141 yards on 10 carries with two touchdowns vs. Green Wave ... made first career start at QB and had a career day, passing for 330 yards and three touchdowns on 15-of-21 passing in win vs. ECU ... also had one rushing touchdown on three carries and 14 yards vs. the Pirates ... entered the game and led Houston to a road win at No. 17 USF in the QB position ... threw for 137 yards on 12-of-20 and one touchdown ... also ran for 83 yards on 20 carries with two touchdowns vs. Bulls ... notched the game-winning touchdown with a 20-yard rush with 11 seconds to play at USF ... tallied 51 receiving yards on seven catches and 19 rushing yards on three attempts vs. Memphis ... tallied four receptions for 65 yards at Tulsa ... also had three rushes for six yards ... had six receptions for 47 yards and a touchdown in win over SMU ... also threw a 22-yard touchdown to QB Kyle Postma in SMU win ... tallied seven receptions for 51 yards and four rushes for 15 yards and a touchdown in win at Temple ... had five receptions for 50 yards and a touchdown and four rushes for six yards vs. Texas Tech.
2016: Appeared in 10 games, starting four for Houston ... split time at wide receiver and quarterback before moving back to QB full time against Louisville ... missed the Las Vegas Bowl after suffering an injury during a weight lifting workout ... had four catches for 55 yards in a home win vs. UCF ... had three catches for 21 yards at Navy ... had seven catches for 32 yards and one rush for four yards in a home win vs. UConn ... became the first Houston player to throw a touchdown, catch a touchdown pass and return a kickoff for a touchdown in the same game at Texas State ... finished the day at Texas State with four receptions for 61 yards and a score, had one rush for 27 yards and returned two kickoffs for a total of 130 yards ... tallied one catch for three yards and had five rushing attempts for 20 yards in first career start at Cincinnati ... had five rushes for 16 yards, four catches for 25 yards and made an appearance at quarterback in a win over Lamar ... notched three receptions for 28 yards in a season-opening win over No. 3 Oklahoma with a long reception of 15 yards in his collegiate debut.
CAREER HIGHS
Passing Attempts: 51, at Texas Tech (9/15/18)
Passing Completions: 30, at Texas Tech (9/15/18)
Passing Yards: 431, at Texas Tech (9/15/18)
Long Pass: 79, at Texas Tech (9/15/18)
Passing Touchdowns: 5, 3x, last vs. Temple (11/10/18)
Rushing Attempts: 20, at USF (10/28/17)
Rushing Yards: 141, at Tulane (11/18/17)
Long Rush: 64, Tulane (11/15/18)
Rushing Touchdowns: 2, 8x, last vs. Washington State (9/13/19)
Receptions: 7, 3x, last vs. Memphis (10/19/17)
Receiving Yards: 65, at Tulsa (10/14/17)
Long Reception: 48, at Texas State (9/24/16)
Receiving Touchdowns: 1, 3x, last vs. SMU (10/7/17)
Punt Returns: 3, at Texas State (9/24/16)
Punt Return Yards: 16, at Texas State (9/24/16)
Long Punt Return: 11, at Texas State (9/24/16)
Kick Returns: 3, Tulsa (10/15/16)
Kick Return Yards: 130, at Texas State (9/24/16)
Long Kick Return: 99, at Texas State (9/24/16)
