Completed Event: Football versus Illinois State on August 30, 2025 , Win , 35, to, 3
Final
Football
35
vs Illinois State
3
University of Oklahoma Athletics
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Parker, Daniel
Daniel Parker
- Position:
- TE
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 239
- Hometown:
- Kansas City, MO
- Prev School:
- Missouri
Bio
2021 (AT MISSOURI)
Played in 11 of team's 13 games and made 10 starts (first eight contests) ... missed season's final two games vs. Florida and Arkansas ... caught 12 passes for 97 yards and a career-high three touchdowns ... registered multiple receptions in five contests ... caught two passes for 19 yards and a TD vs. South Carolina (11/13), two for eight yards vs. No. 21 Texas A&M (10/16), two for six yards vs. North Texas (10/9), two for 26 yards vs. Tennessee (10/2) and a career-high three for 21 yards and two TDs at Kentucky (9/11) ... season-long receptions of 17 yards came against South Carolina, Tennessee and Southeast Missouri State.
2020 (AT MISSOURI)
Played in seven of team's 10 games and made six starts ... missed three consecutive games near middle of season (10/31-11/28) ... caught eight passes for 37 yards ... registered season-long 16-yard reception in regular season finale at Mississippi State (12/19).
2019 (AT MISSOURI)
Played in all 12 games and made seven starts ... recorded 15 catches for 140 yards ... posted a pair of four-reception outings against Tennessee (for 25 yards on 11/23) and South Carolina for a career-high 46 yards on 9/21) ... recorded career-long 21-yard catch vs. South Carolina ... caught two passes for 14 yards at Arkansas (11/29) and hauled in an 18-yard pass vs. Troy (10/5).
2018 (AT MISSOURI)
Converted from defensive end to tight end during training camp and went on to earn SEC All-Freshman honors ... played in 12 games and made two starts (vs. Vanderbilt on 11/10 and vs. Oklahoma State in the Liberty Bowl on 12/31) ... finished with six receptions for 63 yards and a touchdown ... caught three passes for 42 yards and first career TD in bowl-clinching win over Vanderbilt (11/10) ... made first career catch at Florida (11/3) and also made one reception against Arkansas (11/23) and Tennessee (11/17).
HIGH SCHOOL
Starred as a defensive end and on the offensive line ... a four-star defensive end prospect by Rivals and a three-star recruit by 247Sports and ESPN at Blue Springs (Mo.) High School ... rated as the nation's No. 18 strongside defensive end recruit by Rivals and No. 26 by 247Sports ... the No. 6 prospect in Missouri by Rivals, No. 7 by 247Sports and No. 10 by ESPN ... helped team to a 2017 Class 6A runner-up finish ... totaled 16 sacks as a senior ... a second-team All-Suburban Gold selection as an offensive lineman ... earned first-team all district, all-suburban (unanimous) and all-state honors as an offensive lineman as a junior ... a Buck Buchanan Award finalist his final two seasons ... also competed in track and field and won the Rusty Hodge Award in May 2017.
PERSONAL
Pursuing a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in sports business at OU.
Played in 11 of team's 13 games and made 10 starts (first eight contests) ... missed season's final two games vs. Florida and Arkansas ... caught 12 passes for 97 yards and a career-high three touchdowns ... registered multiple receptions in five contests ... caught two passes for 19 yards and a TD vs. South Carolina (11/13), two for eight yards vs. No. 21 Texas A&M (10/16), two for six yards vs. North Texas (10/9), two for 26 yards vs. Tennessee (10/2) and a career-high three for 21 yards and two TDs at Kentucky (9/11) ... season-long receptions of 17 yards came against South Carolina, Tennessee and Southeast Missouri State.
2020 (AT MISSOURI)
Played in seven of team's 10 games and made six starts ... missed three consecutive games near middle of season (10/31-11/28) ... caught eight passes for 37 yards ... registered season-long 16-yard reception in regular season finale at Mississippi State (12/19).
2019 (AT MISSOURI)
Played in all 12 games and made seven starts ... recorded 15 catches for 140 yards ... posted a pair of four-reception outings against Tennessee (for 25 yards on 11/23) and South Carolina for a career-high 46 yards on 9/21) ... recorded career-long 21-yard catch vs. South Carolina ... caught two passes for 14 yards at Arkansas (11/29) and hauled in an 18-yard pass vs. Troy (10/5).
2018 (AT MISSOURI)
Converted from defensive end to tight end during training camp and went on to earn SEC All-Freshman honors ... played in 12 games and made two starts (vs. Vanderbilt on 11/10 and vs. Oklahoma State in the Liberty Bowl on 12/31) ... finished with six receptions for 63 yards and a touchdown ... caught three passes for 42 yards and first career TD in bowl-clinching win over Vanderbilt (11/10) ... made first career catch at Florida (11/3) and also made one reception against Arkansas (11/23) and Tennessee (11/17).
HIGH SCHOOL
Starred as a defensive end and on the offensive line ... a four-star defensive end prospect by Rivals and a three-star recruit by 247Sports and ESPN at Blue Springs (Mo.) High School ... rated as the nation's No. 18 strongside defensive end recruit by Rivals and No. 26 by 247Sports ... the No. 6 prospect in Missouri by Rivals, No. 7 by 247Sports and No. 10 by ESPN ... helped team to a 2017 Class 6A runner-up finish ... totaled 16 sacks as a senior ... a second-team All-Suburban Gold selection as an offensive lineman ... earned first-team all district, all-suburban (unanimous) and all-state honors as an offensive lineman as a junior ... a Buck Buchanan Award finalist his final two seasons ... also competed in track and field and won the Rusty Hodge Award in May 2017.
PERSONAL
Pursuing a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in sports business at OU.
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