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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges

2023 Football

99 Emmett Thomas King III

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 235
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Brownsburg, IN
  • High School Culver Military Academy
  • Position LB
  • Major Economics
  • College Claremont McKenna

Biography

At CMS
2023 (Senior)
Second-Team All-SCIAC
... Started all 10 games at linebacker ... Tied for the team lead with 53 tackles, while adding three sacks and two forced fumbles ... Had a season-high nine tackles in a home win over George Fox ... Had a sack and forced a fumble which set up a touchdown in a home win over Cal Lutheran ... Had seven tackles, including one for a six-yard loss, in a home win over Pomona-Pitzer ... Forced a fumble in a win at Cal Lutheran ... Tallied eight tackles in a 14-10 home defeat to Chapman.

2022 (Junior)
Appeared in six games at linebacker ... Had 10 tackles on the season ... Recorded three tackles in a 41-3 win over Cal Lutheran on Oct. 15 ... Added three tackles in a 42-0 win over Redlands on Nov. 5.

2021 (Sophomore)
Totaled 32 tackles, two sacks, one forced fumble and an interception ... Had a late third-quarter interception in the red zone, and a solo tackle for no gain on fourth-and-1 in the fourth quarter to stop two Redlands drives in a narrow 22-19 defeat to the eventual league champions ... Tallied eight tackles and forced a fumble in a home win over Chapman ... Had six tackles and combined on a sack in a season-opening win over Pomona-Pitzer. 

2019 (First-Year)
Appeared in seven games at linebacker and on special teams, making 19 tackles ... Had three tackles for losses, including a sack for seven yards, and broke up two passes ... Had four tackles, all solo, and a sack in a win over Occidental ... Had three tackles and a pass break-up in a win over Pomona-Pitzer for the Sixth Street Trophy ... Had a season-high five tackles, including two for losses, and a pass break-up in a defeat to Redlands. 

Prior to CMS

Attended Culver Military Academy, where he was a member of the football team ... Indiana Region 2 All Star, Academic All-State, and Team Defensive Player of the Year ... Helped his squad to a 2015 Sectional Championship ... Earned Gold A academic accolades (3.7 unweighted GPA or higher) ... Volunteered with local animal shelters and lake clean-ups while in high school. 

Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna, where he majors in economics ... Father, Emmett King, played football at Wabash College ... Mother, Jennifer Kim, was a basketball player at IUPUI, while grandfather, Tom Wunder, played basketball at McNeese State ... Chose CMS because "the team made me feel comfortable and the school felt like a challenge."

Emmett Thomas King III posed shot

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 96

    2019Freshman

    LB
    6'1" 235 lbs
    96
  • 96

    2020Sophomore

    LB
    6'1" 235 lbs
    96
  • 7

    2021Junior

    LB
    6'1" 235 lbs
    7
  • 99

    2022Junior

    LB
    6'1" 235 lbs
    99
  • 99

    2023Senior

    LB
    6'1" 235 lbs
    99