Player Dossier

2021-2024

Arkansas State

Justin Parks

S • 6'0" • 197 lbs • Gardendale, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Justin Parks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

91%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a safety

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

78

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Arkansas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Arkansas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: South Alabama

Player Story

Justin Parks built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a safety from Gardendale, AL wearing No. 29, spending time with Arkansas State. The clearest part of Justin Parks' career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8389

Gardendale · Gardendale, AL

Committed To
Arkansas State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Justin Parks, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Arkansas State. Justin Parks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 41.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
181
TFL
7
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
10

Quick Answers

Justin Parks quick answers

Latest team and position
Arkansas State · S
Career Tackles
181
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 38 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Arkansas State
Top game
South Alabama
Recruit profile
3-star · Gardendale · Arkansas State
High school pipeline
Gardendale · 10 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 29 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
96 tackles · S 9th (top 2%) · Sun Belt 6th (top 1%) · National 62nd (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonArkansas State37-0--041.7
2022 Regular SeasonArkansas State11341.50-4024.6
2023 Regular SeasonArkansas State1144-0-3018.4
2024 PostseasonArkansas State131010--067.6
2024 Regular SeasonArkansas State13864.5033067.6

Related Context

Justin Parks played S for Arkansas State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Justin Parks recorded 181 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Arkansas State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Arkansas State paired 13.5 primary output with 41.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 41.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: South Alabama

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Postseason · Arkansas State

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.0

Efficiency

41.1

Usage

9.2

Consistency

52.6

Best Game by takeover score

South Alabama

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Bowling Green: 1. Central Arkansas: 0. Tulsa: 0. Michigan: 1. Iowa State: 1.5. South Alabama: 3. Texas State: 1. Southern Miss: 2. Troy: 1. Louisiana: 0. Georgia State: 3. UL Monroe: 0. Old Dominion: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Bowling Green: 10 by 51.7. Central Arkansas: 4 by 16.7. Tulsa: 12 by 50. Michigan: 8 by 43.3. Iowa State: 7 by 44.2. South Alabama: 11 by 75.8. Texas State: 8 by 43.3. Southern Miss: 5 by 40.8. Troy: 10 by 51.7. Louisiana: 5 by 20.8. Georgia State: 2 by 38.3. UL Monroe: 3 by 12.5. Old Dominion: 11 by 45.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.3 · Games = 8 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 5 · -0.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

South Alabama

Best efficiency game

75.8 vs South Alabama

Result
Fri 12/27@ Bowling Green10+ tacklesW 38-31108100
Sat 11/30vs Old Dominion10+ tacklesL 32-40118000
Sat 11/23vs UL MonroeW 28-2133000
Sat 11/16@ Georgia StateSplash gameW 27-20210010
Sat 11/9@ LouisianaL 19-5553000
Sat 10/26vs Troy10+ tacklesW 34-31107100
Sat 10/19@ Southern MissSplash gameW 44-2853101
Sat 10/12@ Texas StateL 9-4184001
Sat 10/5vs South Alabama10+ tackles · Splash gameW 18-161141010
Sat 9/21@ Iowa StateL 7-52730.5001
Sat 9/14@ MichiganL 18-2884100
Sat 9/7vs Tulsa10+ tacklesW 28-24124000
Sat 8/31vs Central ArkansasW 34-3144000

Player Story

Justin Parks story

Justin Parks built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a safety from Gardendale, AL wearing No. 29, spending time with Arkansas State. The clearest part of Justin Parks' career was his defensive production: 181 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 10 passes defended across 38 career games in the available record. That gives Justin Parks' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Arkansas State

    2021-2024

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonArkansas State09.71.8
2022 Regular SeasonArkansas State5.517.92.95.5
2023 Regular SeasonArkansas State319.42.8-2.5
2024 PostseasonArkansas State13.541.19.210.5
2024 Regular SeasonArkansas State13.541.19.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs South Alabama

Week 6 · W 18-16 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

91.9 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 91.9 takeover score.

#2

@ Georgia State

Week 12 · W 27-20 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

77.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 77.2 takeover score.

#3

vs South Alabama

Week 9 · L 3-31 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

75 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.

#4

vs Troy

Week 9 · W 34-31 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

61.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.7 takeover score.

#5

@ Bowling Green

Week 1 · W 38-31 · Postseason

1

Havoc Plays

61.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Arkansas State

13.5 primary output · 41.1 efficiency · 9.2 usage

67.6

#2

2024 Regular Season · Arkansas State

67.6

13.5 primary · 41.1 efficiency · 9.2 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Arkansas State

41.7

0 primary · 9.7 efficiency · 1.8 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

4

Splash games

6

10+ tackle games