Brandon King

BIOGRAPHY

Brandon King was born June 8, 1993 in Alabaster, Alabama He is an Outside Linebacker for the New England Patriots in the NFL.

Brandon King played at the linebacker position at Thompson High School in Alabama and for the Highland Scotties of the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference. In his sophomore season, King recorded 118 tackles and was ranked as the fifth best safety in the national community college rankings.

In July 2012, King verbally committed to transfer to the University of South Alabama and to play for the Jaguars football team. However, in January 2013, King announced that he had changed his mind, and on National Signing Day a month later, signed to play for the Tigers of Auburn University beginning in the 2013 FBS season.

At Auburn, King played behind Robenson Therezie at the "star" safety position, seeing action in every game of his first season for the Tigers, albeit mostly on special teams. Halfway through his senior season, King was moved to defensive end by his coaches, who were looking for increased speed at the position.

King was not ranked as a top safety prospect and did not receive an invitation to the NFL Combine. On March 3, 2015, King participated at Auburn's pro day, along with Cameron Artis-Payne, Angelo Blackson, Quan Bray, Sammie Coates, Reese Dismukes, Corey Grant, Nick Marshall, C. J. Uzomah, Jermaine Whitehead, Gabe Wright, Trovon Reed, and nine other teammates. King performed all of the combine and positional drills for scouts and representatives from all 32 NFL teams. He was projected to go undrafted and was ranked as the 72nd best strong safety prospect by NFLDraftScout.com.

On May 8, 2015, the New England Patriots signed King as an undrafted free agent after he went unselected in the 2015 NFL Draft. The contract King agreed to was for three years and $1.57 million.

On April 7, 2016, King signed his exclusive rights free agent tender to remain with the Patriots. The contract terms were for one year and $525,000.

On April 12, 2017, King signed his exclusive rights free agent tender to remain with the Patriots.

On March 8, 2018, King signed a two-year contract extension with the Patriots for $2.6 million.

On May 17, 2019, King signed a two-year contract extension with the Patriots through the 2021 season.