Former edge rusher at Texas State. 2024: 5 sacks, 9 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.
6′4″ · 260 lb · Dallas, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
WDE recruit
No. 333 nationally · Signed with Kansas
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former edge rusher at Texas State. 2024: 5 sacks, 9 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.
Steven Parker
Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes. Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles, 1 TFL against Sam Houston, Week 5, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Texas State, 5 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jake Spavital → G.J. Kinne. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (95th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (94th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 4.0 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.7 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 3.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
G.J. Kinne
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Former four-star. Now #283 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Texas State | 29 | 15 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Kansas | 11 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Kansas | 27 | 20 | 3.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Kansas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 69 | 41 | 13.0 | 5.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024
W 34–27
vs Lamar
1 QB HUR · 0 TFL · 4 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
With J. McCloud — 238 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.9 · 9 rush yds (3 car) · I. Mahdi — 156 rush yds (28 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-27vs Lamar | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 49-10vs UTSA | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-31vs Arizona State | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 39-40@ Sam Houston | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-17@ Troy | 6 | 6 | 4.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 41-9vs Arkansas State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-24@ Old Dominion | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-23vs Louisiana | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 15 | 9.0 | 5.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 9 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.
Player DNA
Turns pressure into sacks — when he gets there, he finishes.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Mitchell Melton’s 2024 season.
Matches Mitchell on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
Player DNA