NORFOLK, Va. – Norfolk State senior linebacker Deon King received another postseason honor when he was named this week to the BOXTOROW HBCU All-America team.

King is the Spartans' lone representative on the team, which recognizes players who compete at both Division I and Division II HBCUs. He is one of four linebackers on the team.

King led all of Division I football (FBS and FCS) with 163 total tackles this year. He also had 11 tackles for loss, three sacks, one interception and one forced fumble. He finished sixth in the voting for the STATS FCS Defensive Player of the Year award – highest of any HBCU player – and capped his career with his third consecutive All-MEAC honor.

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2015 BOXTOROW All-America Team
OFFENSE
QB: Johnathan Williams, Grambling State, Sr., Tampa, Fla.
RB: Tarik Cohen, North Carolina A&T, Jr., Bunn, N.C. $
RB:  Lenard Tillery, Southern, r-Jr., Baton Rouge, La.
OL: Brandon Parker, North Carolina A&T, r-Soph., Kannapolis, N.C.
OL: Addison Hayes, Virginia Union, Sr., Savannah, Ga.
OL: Carl Jones, North Carolina Central, r-Jr., Nashville, Tenn.
OL: Justin Nester, Bowie State, Jr., Dayton, Md.
OL: Justin Miller, Grambling State, Jr., Ruston, La.
TE: Jordan Payne, Alcorn State, Sr., Racine, Wis.$
WR: Nyme Manns, Bowie State, r-Jr., Baltimore, Md.
WR: TJ Mixson, Hampton, r-Jr., Charlotte, N.C.

DEFENSE
DL: Javon Hargrave, South Carolina St., Sr., Salisbury, N.C.$
DL: Javancy Jones, Jackson State, Jr., Macon, Miss.
DL: Marquis Ragland, North Carolina A&T, r-Jr., Fayetteville, N.C.
DL: Gabriel Sherrod, Delaware State, Jr., Perryville, Md.
LB: Kourtney Berry, Alabama State, Jr., Merrillville, Ind.$
LB: Jewell Ratliff, Tuskegee, Sr., New Orleans, La.
LB: Austin Jacques, Johnson C. Smith, Sr., Springdale, Md.*
LB: Deon King, Norfolk State, Sr., Reston, Va.*
DB: C.J. Moore, North Carolina Central, Sr., Raleigh, N.C.
DB: Carlo Thomas, Johnson C. Smith, Soph., East Orange, N.J.
DB: Tony McRae, N.C. A&T, Sr., Laurinburg, N.C.
DB: Jonah McCutcheon, Tuskegee, r-Soph., Mobile, Ala.*
DB: Guy Stallworth, Grambling State, Jr., Gulfport, Miss.*

SPECIALISTS
P: Cory Carter, Texas Southern, Sr., Raymond, Miss.
PK: Nick Christiansen, Miles, Soph., Clayton, N.C.
RS: Willie Quinn, Southern, Sr., Miami, Fla.$
PR: Khris Gardin, North Carolina A&T, Soph., Morganton, N.C.
KR: Kendall Jefferson, Bowie State, Gr., Temple Hills, Md.

*Indicates tie
$2014 BOXTOROW All-American

Honorable Mention
QB: Drew Powell, Livingstone
RB: Johnta' Hebert, Prairie View A&M
OL: Detonio Dade, Alcorn State; Javarius Leamon, South Carolina State; Anthony Mosley, Southern; Isekelli Ongosia, Alcorn State; Jac'Que Polite, Winston-Salem State; Kelvin Shelton, Tuskegee; Torian White, Hampton
TE: Tammarrick Hemmingway, South Carolina State
WR: Jawill Davis, Bethune-Cookman; Chad Williams, Grambling State
DL: Michael Bloomfield, Winston-Salem State; Braysean Jones, Miles; Anthony McDaniel, Bowie State; Paulin Miano, Virginia Union; Justin Woods-West, Central State
LB: Darius Leonard, South Carolina State
DB: Marquis Drayton, Bethune-Cookman; Warren Gatewood, Alcorn State; Marquis Green, Mississippi Valley State; Clim Robbins, Central State
PK: Nigel Macauley, North Carolina Central
PR: Curtis Pumphrey, Bowie State
KR: Octayvius Miles, Alabama A&M; Ryan Smith, North Carolina Central