AJ Parker: DB · Kansas State · #12.
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AJ Parker
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. 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 this player 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 — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bill Snyder → Chris Klieman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
