Player Dossier

2017-2019

Stanford

Colby Parkinson

TE • 6'7" • 251 lbs • Simi Valley, CA, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Colby Parkinson reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

38

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

28

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

58

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Stanford

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Stanford
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: USC

Player Story

Colby Parkinson built his college career from 2017 through 2019 as a tight end from Simi Valley, CA wearing No. 84, spending time with Stanford. The clearest part of Colby Parkinson's career was his receiving role:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.9826

Oaks Christian · Thousand Oaks, CA

Committed To
Stanford
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2020
Selection
Round 4 · Pick 27
Overall
No. 133
NFL Team
Seattle Seahawks

Colby Parkinson, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Stanford. Colby Parkinson reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,171
Receptions
87
Touchdowns
13

Quick Answers

Colby Parkinson quick answers

Latest team and position
Stanford · TE
Career Receiving Yards
1,171
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 31 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Stanford
Top game
USC
Recruit profile
4-star · Oaks Christian · Stanford
High school pipeline
Oaks Christian · 30 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
NFL Draft
2020 · Round 4 · Pick 27 · Seattle Seahawks
Latest roster
No. 84 · Junior
2019 Receiving yards rank
589 receiving yards · TE 13th (top 4%) · Pac-12 21st (top 12%) · National 178th (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonStanford61097441.8
2018 PostseasonStanford1319058.2
2018 Regular SeasonStanford1328476758.2
2019 Regular SeasonStanford1248589279.4

Related Context

Colby Parkinson played TE for Stanford. Across 3 tracked seasons, Colby Parkinson recorded 8 passing yards, 1,171 receiving yards, and 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Stanford.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Stanford paired 589 primary output with 81 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 70.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2019 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Rice

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Stanford

Games

6

Receiving Yards / G

16.2

Efficiency

70.7

Usage

10.1

Consistency

46

Best Game by takeover score

Rice

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Rice: 40. Utah: 14. Oregon: 10. Washington State: 12. Washington: 10. Notre Dame: 11

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Rice: 3 by 88.9. Utah: 1 by 93.3. Oregon: 3 by 22.2. Washington State: 1 by 80. Washington: 1 by 66.7. Notre Dame: 1 by 73.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins17 · Games = 5 · +5 vs Losses
Losses12 · Games = 1 · -5 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

6 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Rice

Best efficiency game

93.3 vs Utah

Result
Sun 11/26vs Notre DameW 38-201111111011
Sat 11/11vs WashingtonW 30-221101010010
Sat 11/4@ Washington StateL 21-241121212012
Sun 10/15vs Oregon2+ TDW 49-73103.33.3025
Sun 10/8@ UtahW 23-201141414014
Sun 8/27@ Rice2+ TDW 62-734013.313.30224

Player Story

Colby Parkinson story

Colby Parkinson built his college career from 2017 through 2019 as a tight end from Simi Valley, CA wearing No. 84, spending time with Stanford. The clearest part of Colby Parkinson's career was his receiving role: 87 catches, 1,171 receiving yards, and 12 touchdowns across 31 career games in the available record. His career also includes 8 passing yards and 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Colby Parkinson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Stanford

    2017-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonStanford9770.710.1
2018 PostseasonStanford48574.111.9388
2018 Regular SeasonStanford48574.111.90
2019 Regular SeasonStanford5898119.3104

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ USC

Week 2 · L 20-45 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

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Receiving Yards

94.9 takeover

89 receiving yards with a 84.8 efficiency score.

#2

vs Oregon State

Week 11 · W 48-17 · Conference game

166

Receiving Yards

93.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

166 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Washington State

Week 12 · L 22-49 · Conference game

80

Receiving Yards

80.6 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

80 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

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@ Rice

Week 1 · W 62-7

40

Receiving Yards

78.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

40 receiving yards with a 88.9 efficiency score.

#5

@ Colorado

Week 11 · L 13-16 · Conference game

54

Receiving Yards

75.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

54 receiving yards with a 72 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Stanford

589 primary output · 81 efficiency · 19.3 usage

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#2

2018 Postseason · Stanford

58.2

485 primary · 74.1 efficiency · 11.9 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Stanford

58.2

485 primary · 74.1 efficiency · 11.9 usage

Milestones

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100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

3

2+ TD games