Iowa defensive back Desmond King was named to the 2015 Football Writers Association of America, the sixth outlet that has named him an All-American.

King is now officially a consensus All-American. In order to reach consensus status, a player must be on the three of the following lists: the Walter Camp Football Foundation, the Associated Press, the American Football Coaches Association, and the Sporting News.

The Detroit native was previously named to the Walter Camp and the AP lists.

In addition to those awards, King was also named the Jim Thorpe Award winner (best defensive back in the nation) and the Tatum-Woodson Big Ten Defensive Back of the Year.

King is the first Iowa defensive consensus All-American since defensive end Adrian Clayborn in 2010.

He’s also Iowa’s first purely defensive back to named a consensus first-team All-American.

King was joined on the writers’ association first-team list by three other Big Ten players: Jason Spriggs (OT, Indiana), Carl Nassib (DL, Penn State), and Joe Schobert (LB, Wisconsin).

— by Jordan Hansen