Biography
Accolades
• 2025 All-American Conference / 3rd Team
• At Navy: Enters the fall listed as a starter ... has started in 12 games during his career (0 Fr // 12 So) ... has earned two varsity letters.
• 2025: A starter in 12 of the 13 games, he led Navy in tackles with 97 (45-52) ... also recorded 6.5 tackles for loss and 2 sacks, 4 QB hurries, recovered a fumble and had an interception ... named Third-Team All-American Conference ... member of Navy’s defense that held each of its final 3 opponents to under 300 yards of total offense (288 yds by Memphis, 202 yds by Army, 239 yds by Cincinnati) ... turned in 4 tackles and a QB hurry in Navy’s Liberty Bowl win over Cincinnati ... Navy’s defense held Army to just 47 total yards and a field goal in the second half of the Mids’ win ... pitched in 5 tackles against the Black Knights ... part of a defensive unit that held Memphis to just 58 total yards and scoreless over the final 30 minutes in the come-from-behind win ... along with Giuseppe Sessi, led Navy with 8 tackles and a QB hurry against the Tigers ... posted 10 tackles, including half a sack in the win over #25 South Florida ... pitched in a pair of tackles at Notre Dame ... recorded 9 tackles, including half a tackle for loss at North Texas ... chipped in 7 tackles and recovered a fumble in Navy’s win over Florida Atlantic ... it was his 1st-career fumble recovery ... posted 12 tackles, including 8 solo stops in the win at Temple ... turned in 7 tackles and a QB hurry in Navy’s victory over Air Force ... recorded a career high in tackles for a second-consecutive game, posting 13 stops against Rice ... also recorded 2 tackles for loss and had a QB hurry ... paced the team with 11 tackles at Tulsa, including 2 tackles for loss and a half a sack ... ade a huge impact in the second half of the UAB game after missing the first half due to a targeting call in the second half of the VMI contest ... posted 4 tackles, including half a tackle for loss and intercepted his first-career pass to help lead the Mids to the win ... part of a defense that held UAB scoreless in the second half of the game and forced 3 tournaments over the final two quarters ... among 4 different players to lead Navy in tackles (5) against VMI in the opener ... also contributed a sac for a loss of 11 yards ... part of a defensive unit that held VMI to 212 yards of total offense, including just 15 yards on the ground ... the 15 yards rushing were the 7th fewest since 1995 and the fewest since 2022 when Navy gave up 13 yards rushing against Delaware.
• 2024: Saw action in every game, including making his collegiate debut in the Mids’ opener against Bucknell ... closed out the season with 8 tackles, including 2 sacks and 2 tackles for loss ... Navy’s defense snapped Army QB Bryson Daily’s school-record 10-consecutive games with 100 yards rushing, by holding him to a season-low 52 yards rushing ... held Army, who came into the game ranked #1 in the FBS averaging 314.4 rushing yards per game, to just 113 yards on the ground ... it was the Black Knights’ fewest rushing yards in the rivalry game since Dec. 12, 2009, when they carried the ball 40 times for 110 yards on the ground ... also held Army without a rushing touchdown for the first time all year ... held Army to its fewest points (13) in a game this season ... recorded his 2nd sack in 3 games, tossing ECU quarterback Katin Houser for a loss of 8 yards ... turned in a pair of tackles against #25 Tulane ... credited with his first-career tackle for loss and tackle in Navy’s win at USF ... recorded a career-high 3 tackles in Navy’s Homecoming win over Charlotte ... made his first-career tackle in Navy’s win over Temple in the AAC opener.
• High School / Personal: A 2023 graduate of Riverbend High School in Fredericksburg, Va., Parker attended the Naval Academy Prep School during the 2023-24 academic year ... three-sport athlete who earned letters in basketball (1), football (3) and track & field (2) ... garnered Virginia High School League Class 5 Second-Team All-State recognition his senior year ... three-time (So, Jr, Sr) All-District football selection who was named the Commonwealth AAA District Defensive Player of the Year his senior year ... two-time (Jr, Sr) All-Region performer ... named Honorable Mention All-Area as a junior ... led Riverbend HS to back-to-back (Jr, Sr) District Championships in football and the state title in track his senior year ... received a combined 12 FBS / FCS offers, including James Madison ... member of the National Honor Society ... brother, Anthony, is a 2008 graduate of the Naval Academy who was a four-year defender for the Mids’ soccer team ... son of Anthony and Denise Parker ... majoring in english.
