Dennis Parks

#4 · WR · Rice6′2″ · Converse, TX · Judson

Dennis Parks: WR · Rice · #4.

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Dennis Parks

WR · Rice · #4

Moves the chains on third down. A two-star recruit with two seasons on the field at Rice since. A game that shows it: 163 receiving yards and 8 receptions against North Texas — Week 3, 2015.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Rice in the news

Rashee Rice out for Week 6Draftsharks Oct 16

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2015	Rice	33	498	15.1	3	54
2014	Rice	29	389	13.4	1	53
Career		62	887	14.3	4	54

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2015 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 28-42@ Texas	8	77	9.6	0	22
Wk 3	W 38-24@ North Texas	8	163	20.4	2	54	Season-high 163 yds
Wk 4	L 17-70@ No. 5 Baylor	3	63	21.0	1	35
Wk 5	L 10-49vs Western Kentucky	4	67	16.8	0	37
Wk 6	W 27-26@ Florida Atlantic	2	11	5.5	0	9
Wk 9	L 17-42vs Louisiana Tech	2	22	11.0	0	18
Wk 10	L 21-24@ UTEP	2	46	23.0	0	36
Wk 11	L 10-65vs Southern Miss	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 12	L 24-34@ UTSA	3	37	12.3	0	21
Total		33	498	15.1	3	54

Signature game

Week 3 · 2015

W 38-24

at North Texas

8 rec · 163 yds · 2 TD

With D. Jackson — 373 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.6 · J. Farrimond — 40.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 45 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 2 · Texas · 3rd and 13 · Q2 · EPA +3.71Driphus Jackson pass complete to Dennis Parks for 22 yds to the Texas 35 for a
Week 4 · Baylor · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +3.30Driphus Jackson pass complete to Dennis Parks for 35 yds to the Bayl 27 for a
Week 3 · North Texas · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.24Driphus Jackson pass complete to Dennis Parks for 43 yds to the NoTex 33 for a
Week 3 · North Texas · 3rd and 20 · Q1 · EPA +3.20Driphus Jackson pass complete to Dennis Parks for 20 yds to the Rice 47 for a
Week 3 · North Texas · 2nd and 6 · Q3 · EPA +3.17Driphus Jackson pass complete to Dennis Parks for 54 yds to the NoTex 8 for a
Week 3 · North Texas · 3rd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +2.97Driphus Jackson pass complete to Dennis Parks for 9 yds for a TD, (Jack Fox KICK)

4 more plays

Week 3 · North Texas · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.90Driphus Jackson pass complete to Dennis Parks for 13 yds for a TD, (Jack Fox KICK)
Week 4 · Baylor · 1st and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.68Driphus Jackson pass complete to Dennis Parks for 24 yds for a TD, (Hayden Tobola KICK)
Week 2 · Texas · 3rd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +2.57Driphus Jackson pass complete to Dennis Parks for 10 yds to the Texas 40 for a
Week 2 · Texas · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.12Driphus Jackson pass complete to Dennis Parks for 7 yds to the Rice 48 for a

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under David Bailiff — 13-12 over that span.

2014Rice8-5HC: David Bailiff · Run-heavy

2015Rice5-7HC: David Bailiff · Run-leaning

Our ratings

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2015 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: catch rate (23rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#154 / 684 · 77th pct

15.4%

Yards / catch#162 / 684 · 76th pct

14.6

EPA / target#165 / 684 · 76th pct

0.65

TD rate#223 / 684 · 67th pct

5.8%

Catch rate#528 / 684 · 23rd pct

59.6%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#134 / 521 · 74th pct

15.1

Long catch#197 / 521 · 62nd pct

Rec yards#223 / 521 · 57th pct

498

Rec TDs#203 / 521 · 54th pct

Receptions#241 / 521 · 53rd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

54th → 76th percentile

Explosive rate

73rd → 77th percentile

Catch rate

15th → 23rd percentile

TD rate

27th → 67th percentile

Yards / catch

70th → 76th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2015. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2015 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home3g	2.3	33.7	13.3	0.0
Road6g	4.3	66.2	15.3	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	5.0	76.2	14.7	0.6
Weeks 8+4g	2.0	29.2	14.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2015 season

Head Coach

David Bailiff

Pass share

41.2%

368 pass / 526 run

Plays / game

74.5

12 games

Team sack rate

9.4%

385 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2015

33 catches in 9 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Dennis Parks

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Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

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Splits

Awards

33 catches in 9 games

Four seasons at Rice

2012