Kenny King
Kenneth Leon King
Born: March 7, 1957
Clarendon, TX USA
Position: RB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 203
College: Oklahoma
High School: Clarendon (TX)
Career: 1979-1987
Drafted: 1979 in Round 3, #72 overall by the Houston Oilers
Kenny King played from 1979 to 1987 during his career with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Houston Oilers, Los Angeles Raiders and Oakland Raiders. King ran for 2,586 yards in his career on 613 attempts, scoring 8 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 93 passes for 746 yards and 1 receiving touchdowns..
Click on column headings to sort.
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL Houston Oilers | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 172 | 761 | 4.4 | 89 | 4 |
| 1981 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 170 | 828 | 4.9 | 60 | 0 |
| 1982 | NFL Los Angeles Raiders | 69 | 264 | 3.8 | 21 | 2 |
| 1983 | NFL Los Angeles Raiders | 82 | 294 | 3.6 | 16 | 1 |
| 1984 | NFL Los Angeles Raiders | 67 | 254 | 3.8 | 18 | 0 |
| 1985 | NFL Los Angeles Raiders | 16 | 67 | 4.2 | 19 | 0 |
| 1987 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 34 | 109 | 3.2 | 22 | 1 |
| NFL | 579 | 2477 | 4.3 | 89 | 7 | |
| CFL | 34 | 109 | 3.2 | 22 | 1 | |
| Totals | 613 | 2586 | 4.2 | 89 | 8 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 22 | 145 | 6.6 | 18 | 0 |
| 1981 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 27 | 216 | 8.0 | 30 | 0 |
| 1982 | NFL Los Angeles Raiders | 9 | 57 | 6.3 | 20 | 0 |
| 1983 | NFL Los Angeles Raiders | 14 | 149 | 10.6 | 34 | 1 |
| 1984 | NFL Los Angeles Raiders | 14 | 99 | 7.1 | 15 | 0 |
| 1985 | NFL Los Angeles Raiders | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 37 | 0 |
| 1987 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 10 | 0 |
| NFL | 89 | 715 | 8.0 | 37 | 1 | |
| CFL | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 10 | 0 | |
| Totals | 93 | 746 | 8.0 | 37 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1981 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1982 | NFL Los Angeles Raiders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1983 | NFL Los Angeles Raiders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1984 | NFL Los Angeles Raiders | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1985 | NFL Los Angeles Raiders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NFL | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1980 | NFL Oakland Raiders | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| 1982 | NFL Los Angeles Raiders | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1983 | NFL Los Angeles Raiders | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| 1987 | CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| NFL | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |
| CFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Totals | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NFL | Houston Oilers | 12 | 0 |
| 1980 | NFL | Oakland Raiders | 15 | 13 |
| 1981 | NFL | Oakland Raiders | 14 | 14 |
| 1982 | NFL | Los Angeles Raiders | 9 | 9 |
| 1983 | NFL | Los Angeles Raiders | 15 | 15 |
| 1984 | NFL | Los Angeles Raiders | 16 | 16 |
| 1985 | NFL | Los Angeles Raiders | 16 | 0 |
| 1987 | CFL | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | 2 |
Honors
1980 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
