Receiver, Tennessee Tech (from Austin Peay, Western Illinois), 2018–⁠24

Jay Parker

Number
No. 13
Height
5′5″
Weight
147 lb
Class (2024)
Senior
Hometown
Nashville, TN

Jay Parker played receiver at Austin Peay (2018–⁠21), Western Illinois (2022–⁠23) and Tennessee Tech (2024).

Career highs

10catches, career highvs. Lindenwood, 2023145receiving yards, career highvs. Lindenwood, 2023

Team titles: Big South–OVC Football Association champions, 2024

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2020Austin Peay1−1−1.000
2022Western Illinois1414910.6135
2023*Western Illinois604757.9228
2024Tennessee Tech1417412.4179
Career897979.0479

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2020Austin Peay5930180
2021Austin Peay6970–––
2022Western Illinois214720–––
2023*Western Illinois2746408800
2024Tennessee Tech5740–––
Career641,20009880

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2018Austin Peay100.000
2022Western Illinois781.104
2023*Western Illinois11252.309
2024Tennessee Tech3155.0012
Career22482.2012

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2018Austin Peay13WRYr 1
2020Austin Peay13WRYr 3
2021Austin Peay13WRYr 4
2022Western Illinois13WRYr 5
2023Western Illinois13WRYr 6
2024Tennessee Tech13WRSr. (Yr 7)5′5″147

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2018Austin Peay (FCS)1-0.70––-0.7–
2020Austin Peay (FCS)1-1.03––-1.0–
2022Western Illinois (FCS)200.16––3.36%
2023Western Illinois (FCS)700.5218th (n=681)0.8036.110%
2024Tennessee Tech (FCS)160.83––13.3–

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2024 Tennessee Tech 10 games, 14 catches, 174 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 31atMiddle TennesseeL 25–⁠323130459–
Sep 7atGeorgiaL 3–⁠48––––––
Sep 21vs.Tennessee StateW 24–⁠14–––115–
Oct 5vs.South Carolina StateL 20–⁠223801–––
Oct 12atSoutheast Missouri StateL 3–⁠34290–––
Oct 19atWestern IllinoisL 21–⁠371190–––
Oct 26vs.Charleston SouthernW 28–⁠231130–––
Nov 2vs.LindenwoodW 52–⁠10150–––
Nov 16atUT MartinW 10–⁠9130–––
Nov 23vs.Eastern IllinoisW 23–⁠62320–––
2023 Western Illinois 11 games, 60 catches, 475 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 2atNew Mexico StateL 21–⁠583280–––
Sep 9vs.Illinois StateL 18–⁠343001422
Sep 16vs.LindenwoodL 40–⁠431014512261
Sep 23atSouthern UtahL 17–⁠377480––1
Oct 7atNorth DakotaL 10–⁠4933215109–
Oct 14vs.Missouri StateL 7–⁠487380327–
Oct 21atNorth Dakota StateL 7–⁠5211006107–
Oct 28vs.Southern IllinoisL 0–⁠6352302183
Nov 4atNorthern IowaL 6–⁠509640211–
Nov 11atIndiana StateL 6–⁠276440249–
Nov 18vs.South DakotaL 6–⁠4864304751
2022 Western Illinois 9 games, 14 catches, 149 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 1atUT MartinL 25–⁠423130128–
Sep 10atMinnesotaL 10–⁠62140250–
Sep 17vs.Southern UtahL 10–⁠172220234–
Sep 24vs.Northern IowaL 17–⁠522390358–
Oct 1atSouth Dakota StateL 10–⁠342161235–
Oct 15atSouthern IllinoisL 7–⁠30130384–
Oct 22vs.Youngstown StateL 27–⁠282410–––
Oct 29atMissouri StateL 14–⁠6411107154–
Nov 5vs.North Dakota StateL 17–⁠56–––129–
2021 Austin Peay 1 game, 6 returns, 97 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 11atOle MissL 17–⁠54–––697–

No box score in the source for Sep 2 at Chattanooga, so that game is not listed.

2020 Austin Peay 1 game, 6 returns, 101 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 12atPittsburghL 0–⁠551−105931

No box score in the source for Aug 30 at Central Arkansas; Feb 21 at Tennessee Tech; Feb 28 vs. Tennessee State; Mar 14 at Southeast Missouri State; Mar 21 vs. UT Martin; Mar 28 at Jacksonville State; Apr 3 vs. Murray State, so those games are not listed.

2018 Austin Peay 1 game, 0 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 1atGeorgiaL 0–⁠45––––––

No box score in the source for Sep 8 vs. Presbyterian; Sep 15 at Morehead State; Sep 22 at UT Martin; Sep 29 at Jacksonville State; Oct 6 vs. Tennessee State; Oct 13 at Southeast Missouri State; Oct 27 vs. Tennessee Tech; Nov 3 vs. Eastern Kentucky; Nov 10 at Eastern Illinois; Nov 17 vs. Murray State, so those games are not listed.

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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