Parker Washington

Former wide receiver at Penn State. 2022: 46 catches, 611 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Penn State · So. · #3

5′10″ · 215 lb · Sugar Land, TX

CFB Index 56 · #160 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceJacksonville — drafted 2023, Rd 6, Pick 8, #185 overall

Recruiting

4★

WR recruit

No. 262 nationally · Signed with Penn State

Statement game11 rec · 179 yds · 1 TDvs Ohio State (FBS) · L 31-44

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Penn State. 2022: 46 catches, 611 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Penn State in 2020.
Drafted round 6 by the Jacksonville in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Penn State, 1,920 receiving yards — drafted at #185 overall by Jacksonville.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 179 yds vs Ohio State.Ohio State · L 31-442022

20209 games

Signed with Penn State4-star out of Fort Bend Travis

2023

Drafted by Jacksonvilleround 6, pick 185

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#262 national

CFB

College

Penn State

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #185

Jacksonville · 2023

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

1 coach

2020–2022

James Franklin

Penn State

Played his entire career under James Franklin.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

JacksonvilleEntering 4th NFL season

#185Rd 6 · Pick 8

JacksonvilleEntering 4th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under James Franklin — 22-13 over that span.

2020Penn State4-5HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced

2022Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

56Quality starter #160 of 488?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: fumbles lost (84th percentile). Concern: td rate (28th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#133 / 636 · 79th pct

19.6%

Yards / catch#216 / 636 · 66th pct

13.3

Catch rate#233 / 636 · 63rd pct

82.1%

EPA / target#274 / 636 · 57th pct

0.73

TD rate#456 / 636 · 28th pct

3.6%

Box-score rates (8)

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 84th pct

Receptions#146 / 550 · 73rd pct

Rec yards#150 / 550 · 73rd pct

611

Long catch#174 / 550 · 67th pct

Yards / catch#249 / 550 · 54th pct

13.3

Rush yards#140 / 275 · 47th pct

Rush TDs#48 / 275 · 41st pct

Rec TDs#293 / 550 · 39th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

83rd → 57th percentile

Explosive rate

69th → 79th percentile

Catch rate

79th → 63rd percentile

TD rate

44th → 28th percentile

Yards / catch

48th → 66th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	5.5	76.7	14.0	0.3
Road4g	3.2	37.8	12.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.8	53.0	14.1	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	5.8	73.2	11.9	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Campbell

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

56 · #160 of 488 WRs

Former four-star. Now #160 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Penn State	46	611	13.3	2	--
2021	Penn State	64	820	12.8	4	--
2020	Penn State	36	489	13.6	6	--
Career		146	1,920	13.2	12	--

Season	Team
2022	Penn State	2	8	--	99	--
2021	Penn State	2	12	--	23	--
2020	Penn State	--	--	75	--	--
Career		4	20	75	122	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Ohio State · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +5.93Sean Clifford pass complete to Parker Washington for 58 yds for a TD, (Jake Pinegar KICK)
Week 3 · Auburn · 2&24 · Q3 · EPA +3.99Sean Clifford pass complete to Parker Washington for 26 yds to the Aub 36 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Northwestern · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.72Sean Clifford pass complete to Parker Washington for 43 yds to the Nwest 30 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Minnesota · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.97Sean Clifford pass complete to Parker Washington for 35 yds for a TD, (Jake Pinegar KICK)
Week 2 · Ohio · 3&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.96Sean Clifford pass complete to Parker Washington for 34 yds to the Ohio 7 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Indiana · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.74Sean Clifford pass complete to Parker Washington for 14 yds to the Ind 48 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Central Michigan · 4&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.47Sean Clifford pass complete to Parker Washington for 5 yds to the CMich 39 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Ohio State · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.15Sean Clifford pass complete to Parker Washington for 8 yds to the PnSt 46 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Ohio State · 3&9 · Q2 · EPA +1.91Sean Clifford pass complete to Parker Washington for 13 yds to the PnSt 35 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Ohio · 2&6 · Q3 · EPA +1.86Drew Allar pass complete to Parker Washington for 7 yds to the Ohio 47, OHIO Penalty, Roughing Passer (Keye Thompson) to the Ohio 32 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 35-31@ Purdue	2	30	15.0	0	20
Wk 2	W 46-10vs Ohio	4	60	15.0	0	34
Wk 3	W 41-12@ Auburn	4	58	14.5	0	26
Wk 4	W 33-14vs Central Michigan	6	64	10.7	0	27
Wk 5	W 17-7vs Northwestern	4	73	18.3	0	43
Wk 7	L 17-41@ Michigan	3	33	11.0	0	15
Wk 8	W 45-17vs Minnesota	7	70	10.0	1	35
Wk 9	L 31-44vs Ohio State	11	179	16.3	1	58	Season-high 179 yds
Wk 10	W 45-14@ Indiana	4	30	7.5	0	14
Wk 11	W 30-0vs Maryland	1	14	14.0	0	14
Total		46	611	13.2	2	58

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology