April 28, 2010
Former Kent State basketball center and rookie free agent Brandon Parks has been invited to tryout with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during rookie camp. Brandon is transitioning back into football at the offensive tackle position. In high school he was All State and a North South game selectee at Defensive End with a full ride offer to Louisville before choosing to play basketball instead. He projects as an agile, explosive offensive tackle in the NFL.
Athletic Accomplishments
- First Team All State at Defensive End, HS
- First Team All County at Defensive End, HS
- First Team All Conference at Defensive End, HS
- North South All Star at Defensive End – selected but did not play because he had to report to Kent State for basketball
- Had a full ride offer to play football at Louisville
- HS 4 year football and basketball – varsity, 1 year track – varsity
- 7th in the state in shot put
- All State in basketball junior and senior ear
- First team all conference in basketball junior and senior year
- Core 40 diploma from Maconaquah High School in Bunker Hill, Indiana
- Played basketball for 5 years at Kent State and won three MAC Championships
- Completed his BA in sports administration
- Near completion of his MA in sports administration
Vitals
- h. 6′10″
- w. presently is 315lbs – projects to about 335lbs in the NFL if playing OT
- vertical: 35″ best, 32.5″ measured on 4/6/10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl4EA0tda98
- broad jump: best: 9-8, 9-4 measured on 4/6/10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl4EA0tda98
- 40 dash: 4.9 best, 5.12 measured on 4/6/10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl4EA0tda98
Information
Standing at 6′10″ and presently weighing 315lbs, Brandon’s athleticism is in a league of its own for his size. He recently ran a 5.12 40 yard dash, jumped a 32.5 inch vertical and a 9′4″ broad jump. His basketball coach calls him one of the most explosive athletes he’s ever coached.
“Brandon projects as potentially one of the most athletic offensive tackles in the game. He’s 6′10″ and will probably weigh about 330lbs of pure muscle in the NFL – and he has the agility and coordination of a basketball player. He’s a special athlete and there’s no doubt he has a shot to compete for an NFL roster spot,” said Brandon’s agent, Mark Magazu of Atlas Strategies.
Brandon’s basketball coach at Kent State calls him “a great athlete, extremely powerful, strong, physical, really explosive….I recruited him out of high school and he was a great football player in high school. Athletically and physically he’s as strong and as gifted for his size as anyone I’ve ever coached on the basketball court.”
Brandon was a varsity letterwinner in football, basketball and track in high school.
More information is available here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl4EA0tda98
