Colin Parker Season 2009

ASU's Colin Parker Unlikely Leader (Fox Sports/Sept. 14, 2011)

A converstation with ASU's Colin Parker (Azcentral.com/March 1, 2011)

ASU Linebacker Parker optimistic about defensive improvement (The State Press/Oct. 30, 2010)

ASU: Local five-year member of the Sun Devil football team...four-year letterman...totaled 140 career tackles, including nine for loss (27 yards) and 2.5 career sacks...added four forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and an interception...set a career high in starts and tackles in 2011...saw action in 44 career games, making 18 starts...three-time Academic All-Conference recipient (one second team, two honorable mention)...moved back to linebacker, his high school position, in 2008 after being recruited as a safety...a Sun Devil legacy, he is the son of former ASU and NFL star Anthony Parker, who played cornerback for ASU from 1984 to 1987...participated in 2012 Casino Del Sol College All-Star Game...graduated in spring of 2011 with a B.S. degree in Marketing.

2011: Started all 13 games at linebacker...garnered Honorable Mention All-Pac-12 honors...finished the season with a team-leading and career-high 75 tackles, including six for loss...added 2.5 sacks and an interception...in the Pac-12, tied for third in forced fumbles with three and tied for sixth in fumble recoveries with two...led the team with 11 tackles, including 10 solo, in a win over then-No. 19 Missouri Sept. 9...credited for a half sack at Illinois, the first of his career, and added eight tackles...forced and recovered his first career fumble at Oregon Oct. 15, and added five tackles, including four solo and 1.5 for losses...made seven tackles, including five solo, and a forced fumble vs. California Nov. 25...collected seven tackles, including three solo, a three-yard sack and a pass breakup at Utah on Oct. 8...recorded six solo tackles, including two for losses and a seven-yard sack, and forced and recovered a fumble at UCLA on Nov. 5...in the MAACO Bowl Las Vegas, intercepted his first career pass and returned it 40 yards, and added eight tackles...recorded five tackles, including three solo, in the season opener vs. UC Davis on Sept. 1...earned Second Team Academic All-Pac-12 honors...named a team captain...earned Hard Hat player recognition for his work in ASU's offseason strength and conditioning program.

2010: Started five games this season, including four straight beginning with game vs USC Nov. 6, 2010...appeared in all 12 games...against Washington had a career-high 10 tackles...overall he had 57 tackles (three for loss), which ranked fifth on the team...in first start vs. Cal blocked punt resulted in a recovery by Oliver Aaron for a score...one of six Sun Devils to block a kick this year, tying a school record set in 1992...had eight tackles (seven solo) vs #6 Stanford...had fourth most tackles in win over Arizona...garnered honorable mention Academic All-Pac-10 honors...earned Hard Hat player recognition for his work in ASU's offseason strength and conditioning program.

2008: Played in seven games as a reserve linebacker and on the special teams units...recorded three solo tackles on the season...made his collegiate debut against No. 3 Georgia on Sept. 20...collected his first career tackle at California on Oct. 4...had two solo tackles against Oregon on Oct. 25...garnered honorable mention Academic All-Pac-10 honors...earned Hard Hat player recognition for his work in ASU's offseason strength and conditioning program.

2007: Redshirted as a member of ASU's scout team.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2007 graduate of Hamilton High School in Chandler, Ariz....ASU's first verbal commitment of the Class of 2007, pledging on April 16, 2006...regarded as the No. 35 outside linebacker in the nation, the No. 9 player in the state of Arizona and the state's top linebacker prospect in the preseason by Rivals.com...listed as the No. 12 prospect in the state of Arizona by SuperPrep in the preseason...ranked as the No. 14 player in the state of Arizona for the postseason by Rivals.com...listed as the No. 48 weak side linebacker in the nation by Scout.com...rated as the No. 51 outside linebacker and the top prospect at his position in the state of Arizona by Scouts, Inc....would have been rated higher were it not for an injury that prevented him from playing both as a junior and a senior...Hamilton has also produced current Sun Devils Gerell Robinson and Anthony Jones and former ASU All-American and current Baltimore Raven Pro Bowl defender Terrell Suggs...chose ASU over Florida, Michigan, California, Michigan State and Arizona...coached by Steve Belles at Hamilton.

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