{"id":85762,"date":"2020-04-19T13:30:35","date_gmt":"2020-04-19T17:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/?p=85762"},"modified":"2021-05-31T17:25:08","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T21:25:08","slug":"aaron-parker-2020-nfl-draft-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2020\/04\/19\/aaron-parker-2020-nfl-draft-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Parker 2020 NFL Draft Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Aaron Parker Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Position: <\/strong>Wide Receiver<br \/>\n<strong>Height: <\/strong>6\u2019-2\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Weight: <\/strong>209 pounds<br \/>\n<strong>School<\/strong>: Rhode Island<\/p>\n<p><strong>NFL Combine Performance Data<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>40 Yard Dash<\/strong>: 4.57 seconds (unofficial)<br \/>\n<strong>Bench Press<\/strong>: 12 reps<br \/>\n<strong>Vertical Jump: <\/strong>26.5\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Broad Jump: <\/strong>112.0\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>3 Cone Drill: <\/strong>6.94 seconds<br \/>\n<strong>20 Yard Shuttle<\/strong>: 4.23 seconds<\/p>\n<h2>Aaron Parker 2020 NFL Draft Profile<\/h2>\n<p>After four seasons with the Rhode Island Rams, wide receiver <strong>Aaron Parker<\/strong> is looking to take his talents to the NFL level. Rhode Island typically doesn\u2019t produce too many NFL hopefuls, but Parker hopes to be the exception to the rule. During his final season in college, Parker recorded 81 receptions for 1,224 yards and nine touchdowns. The receptions and yards were a career-high while the nine touchdowns was only one behind his career-high set in 2018. For good measure, Parker added another six rushing yards on five attempts.<\/p>\n<p>Parker first made his collegiate debut as a true freshman in the 2016 season. Primarily serving as depth, the Maryland native recorded 23 receptions for 441 yards and four touchdowns. His 19.2 yards-per-reception remain a career-high. Parker continued to be a larger part of the offense, recording 51 receptions for 823 yards and seven touchdowns in 2017 before recording 61 receptions for 972 yards and a career-high 10 receptions as a junior in 2018.<\/p>\n<h3>Strengths<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Contested catch specialist in college;<\/li>\n<li>Capable of disguising his routes early in the snap;<\/li>\n<li>Fantastic catch radius and can adjust to off-target passes;<\/li>\n<li>Great at high pointing the football;<\/li>\n<li>Increased production with each year of experience;<\/li>\n<li>Decent work after the catch with ability to avoid tacklers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Weaknesses<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Below-average NFL athleticism;<\/li>\n<li>Struggles to get open against man coverage;<\/li>\n<li>Not the fastest guy in the open field;<\/li>\n<li>Route running leaves a lot to be desired;<\/li>\n<li>Might have to move into the slot full-time;<\/li>\n<li>Stiff route runner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NFL Comparison: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/D\/DaviGe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Geremy Davis<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Teams With Need at Position: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Buffalo Bills<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/broncos\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Denver Broncos<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/packers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Green Bay Packers<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/colts\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Indianapolis Colts<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/jaguars\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Jacksonville Jaguars<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/raiders\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Las Vegas Raiders<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/jets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>New York Jets<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprofootball.com\/nfl-teams\/eagles\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Philadelphia Eagles<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Projection: <\/strong>7<sup>th<\/sup> Round\/Priority UDFA<\/p>\n<h3>Bottom Line on Aaron Parker<\/h3>\n<p>Aaron Parker is one of the best products to come out of Rhode Island in quite some time, but he probably won\u2019t be much of anything at the NFL level. In college, Parker primarily won by being bigger and stronger than his collegiate competition. Parker excels at getting the football at its\u2019 highest point, outmuscling cornerbacks, and catching anything thrown in his general direction. He improved each and every year while at college and has ability to make guys miss in the open field.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, what Parker does typically doesn\u2019t translate very well to the NFL. Parker primarily won by being bigger and stronger than his competition, and that won\u2019t be the case in the pros. Contested catch specialists can succeed in the NFL, but they need to be near-flawless athletes, which Parker isn\u2019t. Parker tested in the 67<sup>th<\/sup> percentile in height, and had the worst vertical jump of any receiver at the NFL Combine. That\u2019s not going to be good enough for the NFL. Unless he dramatically improves his route running and ability to get open, it\u2019s hard to picture Aaron Parker making much of an impact in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"qmtlJ9fqRnp-ZuJy3yHg4w\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1182781077\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'qmtlJ9fqRnp-ZuJy3yHg4w',sig:'hSQXqEuS0VlDlvd8SaIV30amwD11zQq6nWuepiV2034=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1182781077',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After four seasons at Rhode Island, wide receiver Aaron Parker is hoping to take his talents to the professional level in the 2020 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":85763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1647],"tags":[5273,6295],"class_list":["post-85762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-draft","tag-2020-nfl-draft","tag-aaron-parker"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}