6′1″ · 190 lb · Houston, TX · Blinn College
Kirkland Parker: DB · Washington State · #10.
Kirkland Parker
Second year in the Washington State secondary. On tape: 2 tackles against California, Week 7, 2017.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
10 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Washington State | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2016 | Washington State | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Career | 20 | 12 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 52-23vs Oregon State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 45-7vs Nevada | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 30-27vs No. 5 USC | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 33-10@ Oregon | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 3-37@ California | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 28-0vs Colorado | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-41@ No. 15 Washington | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 17-42@ No. 18 Michigan State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
2 seasons under Mike Leach, all pass-heavy, fast tempo offenses — 17-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Leach
Pass share
70.5%
713 pass / 299 run
Plays / game
77.8
13 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
765 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Washington State, 20 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2015–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mike Leach.
