We continue our countdown of the greatest Hawkeye football players since 1990 with defensive lineman Mitch King.
The pride of Burlington, IA arrived on campus in 2004 as a 3 star linebacker recruit. King saw action as a redshirt freshman and sophmore before becoming a first team All Big Ten player as a junior. During his senior year, King was named 1st All Big Ten, 1st team All-American by ESPN and was awarded the Big Ten defensive lineman of the year.
Expected to be a mid-round pick, King did not hear his name called on draft day this year however was signed by the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent and has impressed by all reports.
King's importance to Hawkeye football goes far beyond the actual playing field. During his final two years, King took on a leadership roll that was instrumental in turning the program around after a string of troublemakers from Detroit ruined the first two seasons of his career at Iowa. Look for Mitch to have a nice NFL career at defensive end, relying on his smarts and big heart, the two things that made him one of the all-time Hawkeye crowd favorites.
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