Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-45@ James Madison | 11 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 3-48@ Arizona | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 |
#24
AJ King
Senior safety on Colorado State's 2022 roster.
6′1″ · 200 lb · Los Angeles, CA
CFB Index 60 · #173 of 509 safetiesMedium confidenceColorado State 2022 alumnus
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 safety on Colorado State's 2025 roster.
- Signed as a 2-star recruit to Nevada in 2020.
Recruiting
2★
ATH recruit
No. 3839 nationally · Signed with Nevada
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonAJ King
Erases the deep middle of the field. Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Jay Norvell and Vai Taua. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Arizona — Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Colorado State, 71 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
20205 games
- Signed with Nevada2-star out of Alain LeRoy Locke
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
2 coaches2020–2021
Colorado State
Coaching transition mid-career: Steve Addazio → Jay Norvell. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2020Nevada7-2HC: Jay Norvell · Pass-leaning, fast tempo
2021Nevada8-5HC: Vai Taua · Pass-heavy
2022Colorado State3-9HC: Jay Norvell · Run-leaning, slow tempo
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 7.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jim Mora
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2022
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Colorado State | 24 | 14 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Nevada | 35 | 30 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 7 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Nevada | 12 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| Career | 71 | 51 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 13 | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Centerfielder
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
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His 2022 production profile sits closest to Don Chapman’s 2021 season.
Matches Don on
Weight
Height
PD rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Chauncey Logan's junior season at James Madison (2024).
93%match
All-Sun Belt
Matches Chauncey on
Class year
Height
Tackle volume
Player DNA
Players who play like AJ King
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology