Surprise addition: KU football adds Maryland WR Nigel King

By Matt Tait Aug 7, 2014

University of Maryland Terrapins receiver Nigel King (3) during pregame against Connecticut on Sept. 15, 2012, in College Park, Maryland. King has joined Kansas University's football team and will be eligible to play this fall.

Kansas University has added another big name wide receiver via transfer.

Former Maryland standout Nigel King, a 6-foot-3, 201-pound, graduate transfer who will be eligible to play this season for the Jayhawks this fall, has joined the Kansas program and is in Lawrence.

King, who already is listed on the team’s official roster, also is already on the team’s initial depth chart of the season, which was released a few minutes before KU coach Charlie Weis kicked off fall camp with a press conference.

King is listed with the second team behind Tony Pierson.

King played in all 24 games for Maryland during the last two years. He was third on the team in receptions last year with 33 and hauled in 450 yards. He also led Maryland in touchdown catches.

King was a member of the Rivals250 coming out of Oak Ridge Academy. He had initial offers from LSU, South Carolina, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Louisville, and West Virginia.

Check back with KUsports.com later for more on King from Weis’ press conference.

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Written By Matt Tait

A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.