Andy King, a 2001 first-team all-Gateway Football Conference selection, has signed a free agent contract with the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League.
Terms of the deal were not available.
The 6-foot-4, 310-pound tackle set the Illinois State single-game record with 23 knockdown blocks last season against Southeast Missouri State. King started all 11 games at left tackle for the Redbirds last season and led the team with 94 knockdown blocks and only two missed assignments, while playing 840 of 848 snaps on the year.
King, a native of Lincoln, Ill., is the first Redbird to sign a free agent contract this spring.
Im definitely excited, King said. Im looking forward to starting a new chapter in my life. (Being in St. Louis) is a nice side benefit, but I wasnt going to let that be my deciding factor. I wanted to go to a place where I felt I had the best opportunity to play and it just so happened that was in St. Louis.
King will travel to St. Louis on Thursday and will meet with the Rams coaching staff on Friday.
