Parnell Motley: CB · Oklahoma · #11.
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Parnell Motley
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. The four seasons at Oklahoma span two head coaches: Bob Stoops and Lincoln Riley. The first career honor came in 2019: All-Big 12. On tape: 7 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against LSU, Bowl, 2019.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
41 tackles. 13 passes defended. 1 interception. 1.5 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.
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth Nov 3
On3 Oct 29
ABC News Oct 28Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-31vs Houston | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 70-14vs South Dakota | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-14@ UCLA | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 55-16vs Texas Tech | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-20@ Kansas | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-27vs No. 11 Texas | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 52-14vs West Virginia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-41vs Iowa State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-31@ No. 12 Baylor | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-24vs TCU | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 34-16@ No. 21 Oklahoma State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 28-63vs No. 1 LSU | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 41 | 31 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 13 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
32%13 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
41tackles this season41 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 13 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| Road4g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lincoln Riley
Pass share
40.8%
381 pass / 552 run
Plays / game
66.6
14 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
410 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Oklahoma, 176 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2019) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 45 games over four seasons.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Big 12 1st team (2019)
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bob Stoops → Lincoln Riley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
