DJ Parker

Photo by: Jack Verdeur

Photo by: Channing Holloway/University of Oklahoma

Weight:
197
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Moline, Ill.

Year	Overall	Duals	Big 12 Finish	Major Decisions	Tech Falls	Pins
2021-22	22-14	6-5	6th	5	5	4
2022-23	18-11	10-4	5th	3	4	1
2023-24	0-0	0-0	DNC	0	0	0
2024-25	21-8	7-2	5th	9	5	2
2025-26	19-10	9-4	4th	9	1	2
Totals	70-43	32-15	--	26	15	9

2025-26
Compiled a 19-10 record as Oklahoma’s starter at 197 pounds … Reached as high as No. 8 in the InterMat rankings … Posted a 9-4 dual record with nine major decisions, one technical fall and two pins … Tallied eight wins over ranked opponents … Entered the NCAA Championships as the No. 8 seed and went 0-2 (3/19) … Qualified for the NCAA Championships with a 3-2 record and fourth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship (3/6) … Dominated Missouri’s two-time NCAA qualifier No. 12 Evan Bates in an 18-4 major decision (2/12) … Went 2-0 with a pair of bonus-point wins over 2025 NCAA qualifiers in consecutive duals, defeating Rutgers’ No. 18 Remy Cotton by 16-3 major decision and Rider’s No. 23 Brock Zurawski by 18-3 technical fall (12/13-14) … Finished fourth at the Cliff Keen Invitational (12/5) with a 4-2 record, highlighted by ranked wins over Purdue’s No. 23 Ben Vanadia and West Virginia’s No. 21 Rune Lawrence … Named Big 12 Wrestler of the Week (11/26) … Earned a 14-4 major decision over Indiana’s No. 13 Gabe Sollars to secure consecutive wins over top-15 opponents and 2025 NCAA qualifiers (11/23) … Picked up a 6-5 decision over Bucknell’s No. 11 Dillon Bechtold for first dual win of the season (11/15) … Posted a 3-0 record to capture the 197-pound title at the Tiger Style Invite (11/9) … Named an NWCA Scholar All-American.

2024-25
Compiled a 21-8 record as a starter at 184 pounds … Reached as high as No. 16 in the InterMat rankings ... Posted a 7-2 dual record ... Tallied two falls, five tech falls and nine major decisions ... Notched five wins against ranked opponents ... Earned dual wins against Air Force (11/8), Wyoming (11/23), Central Michigan (12/6), CSU Bakersfield (12/21), Chattanooga (12/21), Missouri (2/1) and Arizona State (2/16) ... Went 6-1 for a third-place finish at the Southern Scuffle (1/4) ... Started for the Sooners at the Big 12 Championships, wrestling as the No. 5 seed in the 184-pound bracket while picking up three wins for a podium finish (fifth place) … Qualified for the NCAA Championships as the No. 14 seed, advancing to Session IV before falling in the Blood Round to Maryland's eighth-seeded Jaxon Smith ... Dominated through the consolation bracket in Session III, securing his team-leading 15th and 16th bonus-point victories of the season. He opened with a 16-1 technical fall (5:16) over Princeton's Kole Mulhauser before pinning No. 11 Gabe Arnold of Iowa in just 48 seconds to set up a shot at All-America honors.

2023-24
Did Not Compete – Medical Redshirt.

2022-23 SEASON (At North Dakota State)
Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team … Received an at-large selection for the NCAA Championships at BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla., where he was selected as a No. 29 seed in the 184-pound bracket … Finished with a 0-2 record at nationals … Recorded a fifth-place finish at the Big 12 Championships, also at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla., finishing with a 3-2 record … Compiled an overall record of 18-12 … Finished with a record of 2-9 against ranked opposition … Compiled a 10-4 record in dual matches, including a 7-1 record in Big 12 duals … Scored 39 team points in dual competition ... Took second overall at the Southern Scuffle … Recorded eight bonus-point victories … Recorded one pin in a time of 2:58 in the Oklahoma dual ... Secured four tech fall victories … Picked up three major decision victories … Scored 176 total match points … Secured 33 takedowns … Turned four two-point nearfalls … Turned 17 four-point nearfalls … Recorded one reversal … Scored 23 escapes … Finished with nine riding-time points.

2021-22 SEASON (At North Dakota State)
Competed at 184 pounds and recorded a sixth-place finish at the Big 12 Championships at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla., finishing with a 2-3 record … Compiled an overall record of 22-14 … Finished 0-12 against ranked competition … Compiled a 6-5 record in dual matches, including a 3-4 record in Big 12 duals … Scored 25 team points in dual competition ... Claimed the Cobber Invitational title (Nov. 6) … Recorded 14 bonus-point victories to lead all Bison on the season … Finished with a record of 4-0 in matches decided by falls, including a season best pin of 1:44 … Finished with a record of 5-4 in matches decided by tech fall … Finished with a record of 5-3 in matches decided by major decision … Scored 279 total match points to lead all Bison on the season … Recorded 52 takedowns … Scored nine two-point nearfalls … Scored 25 four-point nearfalls to lead all Bison … Recorded four reversals … Scored 39 escapes to lead all Bison … Scored five riding-time points … Went 3-1 to place second at Bison Open (Nov. 13) … Went 3-2 to place fourth at Daktronics Open (Nov. 21) … Went 3-3 to place eighth at Southern Scuffle (Jan. 1-2) … Named to the Amateur Wrestling News 2022 All-Rookie Team.

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letter winner and two-year captain under the eye of Jacob Ruettiger at Moline … Two-time Illinois 3A state qualifier in 2019 and 2020, placing third in 2020 … Fargo qualifier in 2019 and 2021 … Won the Junior Greco-Roman national championship at 182 in Fargo in 2021 … Finished seventh in the Freestyle national championship at 182 in Fargo in 2021 … Went undefeated as a senior at Moline and helped program to a pair of conference championships … Also coached youth wrestling for Young Guns Youth team in Illinois.

PERSONAL
Son of Moneesha … Has one sister; Monique … Has one brother; DeAvione.