Player Dossier

2017-2020

Kansas State

AJ Parker

DB • 5'11" • 178 lbs • Bartlesville, OK, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

AJ Parker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28 disruption score.

Usage / Role

45%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

86

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back

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Reliability

75

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

81

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Kansas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Kansas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Charlotte

Player Story

AJ Parker built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive back from Bartlesville, OK wearing No. 12, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of AJ Parker's career was his defensive...

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AJ Parker, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Kansas State. AJ Parker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
145
TFL
8.5
Passes defended
18
Touchdowns
2
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Season
2020
Type
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Quick Answers

AJ Parker quick answers

Latest team and position
Kansas State · DB
Career Tackles
145
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 36 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Kansas State
Top game
Charlotte
Latest roster
No. 12 · Senior
2020 Tackles rank
40 tackles · DB 106th (top 14%) · Big 12 52nd (top 12%) · National 470th (top 10%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonKansas State7241.50-3027.8
2018 Regular SeasonKansas State125310-6055.4
2019 Regular SeasonKansas State8282.50-5061.7
2020 Regular SeasonKansas State9403.50-4250.7

Related Context

AJ Parker played DB for Kansas State. Across 4 tracked seasons, AJ Parker recorded 145 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Kansas State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Kansas State paired 10.5 primary output with 27.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 27.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 87.5th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Regular Season · Kansas State

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

27.7

Usage

8

Consistency

52.2

Best Game by takeover score

Baylor

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Nicholls: 1. Bowling Green: 1. Mississippi State: 1. Oklahoma State: 2. Baylor: 2. TCU: 0. Oklahoma: 2.5. Kansas: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nicholls: 1 by 14.2. Bowling Green: 1 by 14.2. Mississippi State: 4 by 26.7. Oklahoma State: 6 by 45. Baylor: 8 by 53.3. TCU: 4 by 16.7. Oklahoma: 2 by 33.3. Kansas: 2 by 18.3

Split Comparison

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Wins1.1 · Games = 6 · -0.9 vs Losses
Losses2 · Games = 2 · +0.9 vs Wins

Game Log

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8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Baylor

Best efficiency game

53.3 vs Baylor

Result
Sat 11/2@ KansasW 38-1022001
Sat 10/26vs OklahomaSplash gameW 48-41200.50011
Sat 10/19vs TCUW 24-1743000
Sat 10/5vs BaylorSplash gameL 12-3186101
Sat 9/28@ Oklahoma StateSplash gameL 13-2666101
Sat 9/14@ Mississippi StateW 31-24410010
Sat 9/7vs Bowling GreenW 52-011001
Sat 8/31vs NichollsW 49-14110010

Player Story

AJ Parker story

AJ Parker built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a defensive back from Bartlesville, OK wearing No. 12, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of AJ Parker's career was his defensive production: 145 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 6 interceptions, and 18 passes defended across 36 career games in the available record. His career also includes 7 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives AJ Parker's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Kansas State

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonKansas State4.520.74.6
2018 Regular SeasonKansas State925.96.74.5
2019 Regular SeasonKansas State10.527.781.5
2020 Regular SeasonKansas State8.5285-2

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Charlotte

Week 2 · W 55-7

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#2

vs Baylor

Week 6 · L 12-31 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

77.8 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.

#3

@ Oklahoma State

Week 5 · L 13-26 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

73.1 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.1 takeover score.

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vs Oklahoma

Week 9 · W 48-41 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

70.5 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 70.5 takeover score.

#5

@ Baylor

Week 13 · L 31-32 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

65.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Kansas State

10.5 primary output · 27.7 efficiency · 8 usage

61.7

#2

2018 Regular Season · Kansas State

55.4

9 primary · 25.9 efficiency · 6.7 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Kansas State

50.7

8.5 primary · 28 efficiency · 5 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

9

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games