University of Rhode Island

Career Honors and Highlights

• CAA Football Offensive Player of the Week (9/9/2019)
• Became the second player in program history to reach 3,000 receiving yards on 10/19/2019
• Finished his career with 30 touchdown catches, third most in team history
• 2018 New England Football Writer's Association All-New England Team
• 2018 CAA Football First Team All-Conference
• 2018 CAA Football Preseason All-Conference Team
• 2017 CollegeSportsMadness.com Preseason CAA Football Third-Team All-Conference Team
• Has 14 career 100-yard receiving yard games
• Set the program record with a touchdown catch in nine straight games, breaking the previous mark of seven set by Bobby Apgar in 1994

2019 (Senior)

• Selected as a team captain
• Appeared in 12 games, starting 11 at wide receiver
• Led CAA Football with 81 catches and 1,224 receiving yards
• Caught nine touchdown passes
• Had five catches for 66 yards and one touchdown against James Madison (11/23)
• Caught five passes for 113 yards at Maine (11/16)
• Caught five passes for 29 yards at William & Mary (11/9)
• Had eight catches for 126 yards and one touchdown against Merrimack (11/2)
• Had three catches for 52 yards against Elon (10/26)
• Caught eight passes for 92 yards and one touchdown at Albany (10/19)
• Had five catches for 64 yards and caught a two-point conversion at Virginia Tech (10/12)
• Caught seven passes for 87 yards and two touchdowns at Brown (10/5)
• Had five catches for 80 yards and two touchdowns against Stony Brook (9/28)
• Caught nine passes for 144 yards at New Hampshire (9/21)
• Named the CAA Football Offensive Player of the Week after catching 12 passes for 227 yards and one touchdown against Delaware (9/7). It was the 11th 100-yard receiving game of his career
• Caught nine passes for 144 yards and one touchdown at Ohio (8/31). It was the 10th 100-yard receiving of his career

2018 (Junior)

• Earned CAA Football First Team All-Conference honors 
• Appeared in all 11 games, making nine starts at wide receiver
• Led all CAA Football players in receiving yards, receiving yards per game and touchdown receptions in the regular season
• He finished the season with 61 catches for 955 yards and 10 touchdowns
• He also ran for one touchdown and led Rhode Island with 66 points scored
• Was 15th in the nation with 10 touchdown catches and became the seventh player in program history with at least 10 in one season
• He also was 24th in the nation with 955 receiving yards, the sixth most in a season by a Ram
• Parker was 30th in the nation with 5.5 catches per game
• Ended the season ranked fourth in program history in touchdown catches (21) and seventh in receiving yards (2,219)

2017 (Sophomore)

• Appeared in all 11 games, making nine starts at wide receiver
• Ranked fifth in the league with 74.8 receiving yards per game
• Tied for third in the league with seven touchdown receptions
• Ranked ninth in the league with 4.6 catches per game
• Had three 100-yard receiving games
• Caught at least one pass in every game
• Had 823 receiving yards, the ninth highest single-season total in program history
• Had three catches for 21 yards at Towson (11/18)
• Caught four passes for 44 yards against Villanova (11/11)
• Had one catch for 11 yards against James Madison (11/4)
• Caught five passes for 69 yards at Albany (10/28)
• Extended his touchdown streak to nine games, catching five passes for 68 yards and one touchdown against Elon (10/21)
• Set a Rhode Island record by catching a touchdown pass in his eighth straight game. Finished with four catches for 95 yards and one touchdown at Maine (10/14)
• Tied the program record by catching a touchdown pass for the seventh consecutive game at Brown. Finished with a career-high 10 catches for 128 yards (9/30)
• Caught five passes for 119 yards and one touchdown, a 75-yard reception, at New Hampshire (9/23)
• Recorded his first career 100-yard receiving game, catching three passes for 103 yards and a 51-yard touchdown against Harvard. Became the fourth player in program history to catch a touchdown pass in five straight games (9/16)
• Became the sixth player in program history to catch a touchdown pass in four straight games with his 63-yard touchdown reception against Stony Brook. Finished the game with four catches for 96 yards (9/9)
• Caught seven passes for 69 yards, including a 14-yard touchdown reception at Central Michigan. Also had three tackles (8/31)
• Named to the 2017 CollegeSportsMadness.com Preseason CAA Football Third-Team All-Conference Team

2016 (Freshman)

• Played in 10 games, making six starts at wide receiver
• Finished the season with 23 catches and team highs in receiving yards (441) and touchdown catches (4)
• Also had 12 punt returns for 109 yards, averaging 9.1 yards per return
• Caught four passes for 99 yards and one touchdown against Towson (11/19)
• Had four catches for 86 yards and one touchdown at Elon (11/12)
• Caught one pass for 3 yards at James Madison (10/29)
• Caught two passes for 71 yards, including a 65-yard touchdown receptions (10/22)
• Caught three passes for 34 yards and returned one punt 7 yards at Stony Brook (10/15)
• Made two receptions for 12 yards and had one punt return for 8 yards at Villanova (10/8)
• Caught one pass for 4 yards against Brown (10/1)
• Had two catches for 82 yards against New Hampshire (9/24)
• Caught two passes for 13 yards and returned four punts for 16 yards against Albany (9/10) 
• Started in his collegiate debut and had two catches for 37 yards, including a 23-yard touchdown, at Kansas (9/3)

Before URI

• Attended Gwynn Park High School, where he played football and basketball
• Earned All-Met and All-County honors as a senior
• Was named co-MVP in basketball as a senior

Personal

• Born May 21, 1998
• Son of Vivian Easley Parker and Andre Parker
• Has one brother, Andre, and one sister, Ashlea
• His father played college football and his uncle, Walter Easley, played in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers
• Enjoys giving back to the community
• Favorite athlete is Cam Newton
• Favorite teams are the Giants and Lakers