Kettle Run’s (Nokesville, VA) Michael Parker earned major FBS scholarship offer number six last Friday, following what Cougars head coach Jeff Lloyd called the best game of the 6’4″, 210-pound junior’s varsity career. Parker, in his second season on the varsity level, played a different position defensively last week and responded well.

“You can tell he has a D1 body. He has the height, size, and speed [D1 college coaches] look for. There aren’t a whole lot of kids that look like him on the high school level,” Lloyd said of Parker. “Looking like a top player and being a top player is what Michael is doing now. His best game was last Friday. We moved him from free safety to more of a strong safety position, and he had eight tackles, two sacks, and a pass interception.”

A member of the Kettle Run freshman football squad in 2009, Parker made the move to the varsity level in 2010. Coach Lloyd further discussed the promising prospect’s improvement while on the varsity level.

“A lot of it is usual progression. Some of it is a maturing thing and figuring out what we’re asking him to do,” Lloyd said. “A year ago, he was trying to grasp the information. He was thinking more than reacting.”

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