Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2021Middle Tennessee
Wayne Parks
LB • 5'11" • 210 lbs • Fellsmere, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Wayne Parks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
15
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Middle Tennessee
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Duke
Player Story
Wayne Parks built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Fellsmere, FL wearing No. 26, spending time with Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Wayne Parks' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Middle Tennessee
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Wayne Parks, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee. Wayne Parks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 43
- TFL
- 1
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Wayne Parks quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Middle Tennessee · LB
- Career Tackles
- 43
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
- Top game
- Duke
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Sebastian River · Middle Tennessee
- High school pipeline
- Sebastian River · 10 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 26 · Junior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 6 tackles · LB 892nd (top 72%) · Conference USA 373rd (top 56%) · National 3,281st (top 55%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | Middle Tennessee | 8 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 8 | 9 | - | 0 | - | - | 2 | 37.6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 33.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 7 | 13 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.2 |
| 2021 Postseason | Middle Tennessee | 5 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 5 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.7 |
Related Context
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Wayne Parks played LB for Middle Tennessee. Across 4 tracked seasons, Wayne Parks recorded 43 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Middle Tennessee.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Middle Tennessee paired 0 primary output with 7.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UConn
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Postseason · Middle Tennessee
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
5
Usage
1
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
UConn
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Toledo: 0. Liberty: 0. UConn: 0. Southern Miss: 0. Western Kentucky: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Toledo: 1 by 4.2. Liberty: 1 by 4.2. UConn: 2 by 8.3. Southern Miss: 1 by 4.2. Western Kentucky: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins
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Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UConn
Best efficiency game
8.3 vs UConn
Player Story
Wayne Parks story
Wayne Parks built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Fellsmere, FL wearing No. 26, spending time with Middle Tennessee. The clearest part of Wayne Parks' career was his defensive production: 43 tackles and 1 tackle for loss across 28 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Middle Tennessee. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Wayne Parks' production has multiple signals. His career also includes 35 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 28 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Middle Tennessee.
The arc is straightforward: Wayne Parks moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Middle Tennessee
2018-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201820182019202020212021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | Middle Tennessee | 0 | 5.2 | 0.9 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 0 | 5.2 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 1 | 8.6 | 2.6 | 1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 0 | 7.7 | 1.2 | -1 |
| 2021 Postseason | Middle Tennessee | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Middle Tennessee | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Duke
Week 3 · L 18-41
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
74.2 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 74.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Florida International
Week 9 · W 50-17 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
11.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Florida Atlantic
Week 7 · L 13-28 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
11.1 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.1 takeover score.
#4
@ UTSA
Week 4 · L 35-37 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
9.7 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.7 takeover score.
#5
@ Marshall
Week 6 · W 34-24 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
7.8 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
0 primary output · 7.7 efficiency · 1.2 usage
39.2
#2
2021 Postseason · Middle Tennessee
37.7
0 primary · 5 efficiency · 1 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Middle Tennessee
37.7
0 primary · 5 efficiency · 1 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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