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Ex-Husky LB Demario King Resurfaces with Old Dominion

The one-time California junior-college transfer was injured at the UW and never appeared in a game.
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Ex-Husky LB Demario King Resurfaces with Old Dominion
Ex-Husky LB Demario King Resurfaces with Old Dominion

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Linebacker Demario King, who had one of the stranger University of Washington football experiences, has resurfaced with Old Dominion after entering the transfer portal last month, he disclosed on Tuesday on social media.

A year ago, the 6-foot-3, 212-pound King joined the UW as a Kalen DeBoer recruit for spring football practice before going down with an injury and missing the ensuing season.

DeBoer later revealed the Los Alamitos, California, product and two-year Cerritos College transfer had been hit by a car in Seattle.

King, who was a self-avowed UW fan growing up and had flown up for summer football camps in Montlake, also was attempting to make the difficult transition from JC safety to Pac-12 inside linebacker.

This past March and April, King went through 15 spring football practices with limited scrimmage opportunities before announcing he was leaving the program. 

Considering he came in with the DeBoer staff, his departure was mildly surprising. It's unclear if the injury robbed him of any of his speed or other football abilities.

King now heads to Norfolk, Virginia, to join a rebuilding Old Dominion team coming off a 3-9 season in the Sun Belt Conference.

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Dan Raley has worked for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, as well as for MSN.com and Boeing, the latter as a global aerospace writer. His sportswriting career spans four decades and he's covered University of Washington football and basketball during much of that time. In a working capacity, he's been to the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, the MLB playoffs, the Masters, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and countless Final Fours and bowl games.

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