Player Dossier

2013-2017

Northern Illinois

Jonathan Parker

CB • 5'8" • 185 lbs • St. Louis, MO, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jonathan Parker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 2.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a corner

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Reliability

4

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

16

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Iowa

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Iowa • Northern Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Player Story

Jonathan Parker built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a cornerback from St. Louis, MO wearing No. 2, spending time with Iowa and Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Jonathan Parker's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.7852

Christian Brothers College · St. Louis, MO

Committed To
Iowa
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

Jonathan Parker, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Postseason · Iowa. Jonathan Parker shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 2.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
4
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Jonathan Parker quick answers

Latest team and position
Northern Illinois · CB
Career Tackles
4
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 21 games
Best season
2014 Postseason · Iowa
Top game
Eastern Michigan
Recruit profile
2-star · Christian Brothers College · Iowa
High school pipeline
Christian Brothers College · 29 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
4 tackles · CB 292nd (top 78%) · Mid-American 349th (top 64%) · National 3,620th (top 63%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonIowa00-0--0-
2014 PostseasonIowa120-0--050
2014 Regular SeasonIowa120-0--150
2015 Regular SeasonIowa30-0--050
2016 Regular SeasonIowa00-0--0-
2017 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois64-0--035.6

Related Context

Jonathan Parker played CB for Iowa and Northern Illinois. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jonathan Parker recorded 134 rushing yards, 42 receiving yards, and 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Iowa.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2014 Postseason

Iowa paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 2.8 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Iowa, Northern Illinois.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Michigan

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

2.8

Usage

0.5

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Eastern Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Eastern Illinois: 0. San Diego State: 0. Buffalo: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Toledo: 0

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. Bowling Green: 1 by 4.2. Eastern Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Toledo: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Eastern Michigan

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs Eastern Michigan

Result
Thu 11/2@ ToledoL 17-2711000
Thu 10/26vs Eastern MichiganW 30-2721000
Sat 10/21@ Bowling GreenW 48-1711000
Sat 10/14@ BuffaloW 14-13
Sun 10/1@ San Diego StateL 28-34
Sat 9/9vs Eastern IllinoisW 38-10

Player Story

Jonathan Parker story

Jonathan Parker built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a cornerback from St. Louis, MO wearing No. 2, spending time with Iowa and Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Jonathan Parker's career was his return-game role: 663 return yards across 21 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with Iowa. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 134 rushing yards, 42 receiving yards, and 4 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 21 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Iowa and Northern Illinois.

The arc is straightforward: Jonathan Parker 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

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

  1. 1

    Iowa

    2013-2016

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Northern Illinois

    2017

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201320142014201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonIowa0
2014 PostseasonIowa000
2014 Regular SeasonIowa000
2015 Regular SeasonIowa000
2016 Regular SeasonIowa00
2017 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois02.80.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 9 · W 30-27 · Conference game

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0

Havoc Plays

7.2 takeover

0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.2 takeover score.

#2

@ Bowling Green

Week 8 · W 48-17 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

3.3 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

#3

@ Toledo

Week 10 · L 17-27 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

3.1 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Tennessee

Week 1 · L 28-45 · Postseason

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

#5

vs Nebraska

Week 14 · L 34-37 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2014 Postseason · Iowa

0 primary output · 0 efficiency · usage

50

#2

2014 Regular Season · Iowa

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · Iowa

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games