Kyle Parker Class: RS Freshman Hometown: Jacksonville, FL High School: Bartram Trail Height / Weight: 6-1 / 200 Position: QB Experience: RS Major: Communication Studies

Parker Fact: Joins C.J. Spiller and Jacoby Ford as members of the 2009 team who have been First-Team All-ACC in another sport.
Depth Chart Position: Co-first-team quarterback

Overview: Named most improved quarterback for the 2009 spring practice...had an outstanding Spring Game; he completed 13-21 passes for 171 yards and a touchdown; he also ran for a touchdown in leading the White team to a 30-13 win...in three spring scrimmages, he was 25-47 for 345 yards and six touchdowns against no interceptions...became the first athlete in Tiger history to earn All-ACC honors (2008 spring for baseball) in a semester that could have been his second semester of his senior year in high school...signed to play football at Clemson as one of the nation's top quarterback prospects...from March 5 to April 11, he went through spring football and also was a starter on the baseball team...hit .341 with seven homers while doing double-duty...after the Spring Game, he played a doubleheader against #5 Miami (FL) in the late afternoon and evening; he hit a homer in each game...emerged as one of the best freshmen in the ACC and country in 2008...has tremendous power and outstanding instincts at the plate...hits for power to all fields...successfully juggled playing baseball as a freshman when he should still have been a senior in high school along with the rigors of spring football practice; he spent many early-season games in 2008 and 2009 being shuttled from spring football practice to Doug Kingsmore Stadium, sometimes arriving just prior to "first pitch"...a career .278 hitter in 120 games (115 starts) over two seasons...has 19 doubles, 26 homers, 102 RBIs, and eight steals in his career...reached 25 career homers in just 103 games, quicker than any other Tiger in history...17 of his 26 career homers have come in ACC regular-season games...because of his early arrival on the baseball scene in 2008, he is listed as a junior in baseball and a red-shirt freshman in football for the 2009-10 academic year.

2008: Red-shirted.

Baseball (2009): Hit .255 with 48 runs, seven doubles, 12 homers, 52 RBIs, and six steals in 63 games (60 starts, including 49 in right field and 11 as the DH)...third on the team in homers...hit .295 with seven homers and 23 RBIs in 27 ACC regular-season games...had 22 two-out RBIs...received the Bob Bradley Award as Clemson's MVP of the four-game series against South Carolina; he was 6-for-15 (.400) with two doubles, one homer, seven RBIs, four runs, and three walks in four starts...named ACC Player-of-the-Week on April 13 for his five games from April 7-12; he went 8-for-18 (.444) with two doubles, two homers, and 11 RBIs...went 2-for-4 with a key two-run homer in the 11th inning at #24 Florida State on Mar. 21...missed the entire series at Boston College in order to attend spring football practice...came off the bench and went 2-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs in the first game of a doubleheader against #5 Miami (FL) on Apr. 11...hit a two-run homer in the second game of a doubleheader against #5 Miami (FL) on Apr. 11; it was a memorable day for Parker, who went 3-for-7 with two homers, five RBIs, and three runs in the doubleheader...went 3-for-3 with two runs, two RBIs, and a walk at Western Carolina on Apr. 14...went 4-for-5 with his first career grand slam, three runs, and a walk against Western Carolina on Apr. 15; he went 7-for-8 in the series and had a streak of eight straight hits, one shy of the school record, over a three-game span...hit a long solo homer over the "batters' eye" against UNC Wilmington on May 9...came off the bench and lined a two-out, two-run single in the eighth inning to give Clemson the lead for good against Oklahoma State in the Clemson Regional on Jun. 1.

Baseball (2008): First-team freshman All-American by Baseball America...freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball...First-Team All-ACC selection; he was one of only two freshmen to earn first-team honors...hit .303 with 44 runs, 12 doubles, 14 homers, 50 RBIs, a .400 on-base percentage, and two steals in 57 games (55 starts, including a team-high 29 as the DH, 16 in right field, nine at third base, and one at first base); he also saw action at second base...tied for sixth in the ACC in home runs...led the team in home runs and was second in RBIs, slugging percentage (.559), and walks (32)...batted .336 with six doubles, 10 homers, 34 RBIs, and a .441 on-base percentage in 29 ACC regular-season starts...tied for second in the ACC in homers, was second in RBIs, and was fifth in slugging percentage (.673) in ACC regular-season games...named ACC Player-of-the-Week on April 28 for his performances in five games from April 22-27; he went 6-for-16 (.375) with six runs, two doubles, three homers, 12 RBIs, six walks, and a 1.063 slugging percentage to lead Clemson to a 5-0 record...went 5-for-5 with three homers, a double, 15 total bases, five runs, and seven RBIs in the second game of a doubleheader at Wake Forest on Mar. 9; his three-run homer in the ninth inning tied the score and helped the Tigers to a 12-11 comeback win from an 11-4 deficit; he became the 12th Tiger in history to hit three home runs in a game...went 3-for-4 with two homers, a double, two runs, and five RBIs against Virginia Tech on Apr. 26.

Before Clemson: #34 prospect in the nation according to ESPN.com...#4 quarterback in the nation by ESPN.com...#62 prospect in Florida and #10 pro-style quarterback in the nation by Rivals.com...#13 quarterback in the nation by Scout.com...#39 prospect in Florida by SuperPrep...played in the ESPN/Under Armour All-American game; he threw the game-winning touchdown pass to fellow Tiger signee Jamie Harper...totaled over 2,500 passing yards and 15 touchdowns along with over 1,000 rushing yards as a senior...high school teammate of fellow Tiger signee Xavier Brewer...coached by Darrell Sutherland...son of former NFL wide receiver Carl Parker, who was a member of the Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets, and Minnesota Vikings for a total of six seasons; he played three games in 1989 and had one reception for 45 yards that season; he also played three games in 1988 during the Bengals' Super Bowl season...his mother Cathy was featured on ESPN's "Outside the Lines" in 2007, as she helped raise over $800,000 for Barrow (AK) High School's new artificial turf field that was named Cathy Parker Field in her honor...recruited by Dabo Swinney...chose Clemson over Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Mississippi, and Nebraska...born Sept. 30, 1989...majoring in communication studies.