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 | Class: Senior
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 | Hometown: Athens, Ala.
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 | High School: Athens
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 | Height / Weight: 5-10 / 200
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 | Position: WR/KR
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 | Birthdate: 12/19/1978
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 | Experience: 2L
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World-class sprinting ability from scrimmage or in the kick return game ... hits the seam at 100 percent on kickoff returns ... will need to assume a leadership role on offense ... receiving numbers must increase as he becomes the Cards' No. 2 receiver.
2000: Second nationally in kickoff returns with a 28.9 average ... second team all-C-USA choice as a kick returner ... led Conference USA in same category ... three returns of more than 60 yards in 2000, giving him six for his career ... a pair of 70+yard returns in win over Tulane to set up short U of L scoring drives ... 69-yard return vs. Kentucky following a Wildcats defensive TD to give U of L the momentum back ... U of L's No. 3 receiver with career-highs in catches (30) and touchdowns (5) ... seven plays of 30 yards or more including three long KO returns ... 10 of his 30 catches in 2000 turned third downs into first downs for the Cardinals ... career-high seven catches for 77 yards in win over Tulane ... five of his seven grabs vs. Tulane converted third downs ... two scores among his four grabs versus Army ... 46-yard catch and 26-yard run with a reverse in his only two touches from scrimmage vs. Houston ... opened scoring for U of L versus Grambling and UConn with 50 and 32-yard TD grabs, respectively ... caught a pass in 10 of 11 games in 2000 ... matched a then-career best with six catches for 80 yards and a TD in win at UAB ... four catches for 14 yards at Liberty Bowl.
1999: Started nine games for the Cardinals ... first Cardinal since Ernest Givins in 1985 to return a pair of kickoffs for scores in the same season ... caught 20 passes for 193 yards ... limited to just 9.3 yards per catch after topping team in that category in '98 ... added a 91-yard kickoff return for score versus Boise State in bowl game ... registered U of L's first TD of the season on a three-yard pass from Redman vs. Kentucky ... 97-KO return for a score to go with two catches versus UTC ... season-best performance versus Oklahoma with five catches for 63 yards and a second quarter TD ... four catches for 45 yards against Army ... caught just three passes for 29 yards over the final five weeks of the regular season ... 93-yard kickoff return for score to quickly regain the lead for U of L against Southern Miss.
1998: Starter in eight of the Cards' 12 games ... sixth on the team with 23 catches for 429 yards ... led team averaging 18.7 yards per catch ... one of six Cardinals to catch 20 or more passes in 1998 ... team's top kick returner averaging 22 yards in his 31 returns ... returned five punts for an eight-yard average ... quietly caught 11 passes over the first seven weeks of the season ... exploded for a six-catch, 159-yard, two-TD performance versus Memphis ... his over-the-shoulder 73-yard TD grab from Chris Redman gave U of L a 7-0 lead versus Memphis ... added a 43-yard score later in the first half ... combined with Redman for the Cardinals' two longest plays from scrimmage in 1998 ... three catches for 95 yards versus East Carolina ... turned a 10-yard stop pattern into an 81-yard TD versus ECU streaking untouched into the end zone ... three catches for 27 yards in Motor City Bowl loss ... five of his 23 catches turned third downs into first downs ... named Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Week after averaging 46 yards on a pair of kickoff returns and seven yards per punt return in win over Boston College.
1997: Did not participate due to NCAA academic requirements.
High School: Earned letters in football (3), track (4), basketball (2) and tennis (1) ... an all-county and all-state selection on the gridiron ... standout in track winning state sprint titles his junior and senior season ... captured 110 and 300-meter hurdles as a junior ... repeated in both events and added a 100-meter dash title as a senior ... broke Alabama state mark with a 14.13 in the 110 hurdles ... travelled to Spain for World Juniors and won 110 hurdles and finished third in 100 dash.
Personal: Education major ... born Dec. 19, 1978 ... full name is Ezekiel Kirk Parker ... son of Kirk and Lula Parker.
Receiving rec yds avg td long
1998 23 429 18.7 3 81
1999 20 193 9.6 2 22
2000 30 425 14.2 5 50
Totals 73 1047 14.3 10 81
KO Returns no yds avg td long
1998 21 463 22.0 0 49
1999 35 860 24.6 2 97
2000 26 752 28.9 0 78
Totals 82 2075 25.3 2 97
PARKER GAME-BY-GAME
1998
Game rec yds td
Kentucky 0 0 0
*Utah 1 17 0
Illinois 1 12 0
*Boston College 3 26 0
*Cincinnati 1 48 1
*Southern Miss 1 4 0
*Tulane 4 37 0
*Memphis 6 159 2
*Western Ky. 3 31 0
East Carolina 3 95 0
*Army 0 0 0
Motor City Bowl
*Marshall 3 27 0
*- game started
1999
Game rec yds td
*Kentucky 2 7 1
*Chattanooga 2 7 0
*Illinois 3 38 0
*Oklahoma 5 63 1
*E. Michigan 1 4 0
*Army 4 45 0
*Memphis 1 12 0
Houston 0 0 0
*UAB 0 0 0
Cincinnati 1 11 0
*Southern Miss 1 6 0
Humanitarian Bowl
*Boise State 1 6 0
* - game started
2000
Game rec yds td
Kentucky 1 4 0
*Grambling 2 67 1
*Florida State 3 10 0
*Connecticut 2 39 1
*UAB 6 80 1
*Cincinnati 0 0 0
*East Carolina 3 31 0
*Tulane 7 77 0
*Southern Miss 1 4 0
*Army 4 67 2
*Houston 1 46 0
Liberty Bowl
*Colorado State 4 14 0
* - game started