Last confirmed: Kansas State, 2020. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · 178 lb · Bartlesville, OK
AJ Parker: DB · Kansas State · #12.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
AJ Parker
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. AJ Parker has played for two head coaches in four seasons at Kansas State. On tape: 8 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Oklahoma, Week 4, 2020.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 3.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Kansas State | 40 | 32 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | -- |
| 2019 | Kansas State | 28 | 20 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 2018 | Kansas State | 53 | 47 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 2 | -- |
| 2017 | Kansas State | 24 | 19 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| Career | 145 | 118 | 8.5 | 0.0 | 18 | 6 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 31-35vs Arkansas State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-35@ No. 3 Oklahoma | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 31-21vs Texas Tech | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 21-14@ TCU | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 55-14vs Kansas | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 18-20vs No. 14 Oklahoma State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 0-45@ No. 17 Iowa State | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-32@ Baylor | 7 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 31-69vs Texas | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 32 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 |
Week 4 · 2020
W 38-35
at Oklahoma
0.5 tackles for loss · 8 tackles · 1 pass breakup
Edged out Oklahoma on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
10%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
40tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%4 TFL40 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road4g | 6.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 5.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Klieman
Pass share
41.5%
246 pass / 347 run
Plays / game
59.3
10 games
Team sack rate
4.8%
269 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2020
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Kansas State, 145 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bill Snyder → Chris Klieman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
