King revealed the plans at Iowa's media day on Saturday.
There wasn't a whole lot of news that came out of Iowa's football media day on Saturday—what did you expect?—but one interesting tidbit came from one of Iowa's best players. Here's the report from Chad Leistikow at HawkCentral:
Making your lock-down cornerback the lead kick returner is a risk. But Iowa thinks Desmond King in that role will provide the reward.
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King approached the coaching staff to offer his services in the return game.