Quarterback, Eastern Kentucky, 2019–⁠23

Parker McKinney

Number
No. 18
Height
6′3″
Weight
208 lb
Class (2023)
Junior
Hometown
Coalfield, TN

Parker McKinney played quarterback at Eastern Kentucky (2019–⁠23).

Career highs

454passing yards, career highvs. Gardner-Webb, 20225touchdown passes, career highthree times; last vs. Gardner-Webb, 202298rushing yards, career highvs. Tarleton State, 20233rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Southern Utah, 2022

Team titles: Atlantic Sun champions, 2022

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2019Eastern Kentucky3475.0−1−0.300
2020*Eastern Kentucky375764.94417.722
2021Eastern Kentucky213265.61294.002
2022Eastern Kentucky31545968.63,9568.6338
2023Eastern Kentucky23837663.32,8057.5189
Career61492866.27,3307.95321

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2019Eastern Kentucky4389.5020
2020*Eastern Kentucky17−2−0.107
2021Eastern Kentucky8445.5017
2022Eastern Kentucky893544.0844
2023Eastern Kentucky612213.6330
Career1796553.71144

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.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2019Eastern Kentucky18QBYr 1
2020Eastern Kentucky18QBYr 2
2021Eastern Kentucky18QBYr 3
2022Eastern Kentucky18QBYr 4
2023Eastern Kentucky18QBJr. (Yr 5)6′3″208

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
2019Eastern Kentucky (FCS)80.04––0.3–
2020Eastern Kentucky (FCS)740.24––17.659%
2021Eastern Kentucky (FCS)380.02––0.668%
2022Eastern Kentucky (FCS)5310.5298th (n=250)0.32276.565%
2023Eastern Kentucky (FCS)4080.4376th (n=255)0.32176.559%

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

2023 Eastern Kentucky 10 games, 2,805 passing yards, 18 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 2atCincinnatiL 13–⁠66132417712−15
Sep 9atKentuckyL 17–⁠2819292191114
Sep 16vs.Western CarolinaL 24–⁠2727463662159
Sep 23vs.Southeast Missouri StateW 41–⁠3827452452073
Sep 30atNorth AlabamaW 32–⁠2214212562221
Oct 14vs.Tarleton StateW 41–⁠3519331901098
Oct 28atUtah TechW 34–⁠30223432231−4
Nov 4vs.Austin PeayL 30–⁠33345239630−27
Nov 11atCentral ArkansasL 24–⁠27385437722−3
Nov 18vs.Stephen F. AustinW 36–⁠242538257105

No box score in the source for Oct 21 at Gardner-Webb, so that game is not listed.

2022 Eastern Kentucky 12 games, 3,956 passing yards, 33 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 2atEastern MichiganL 34–⁠4235513513149
Sep 10atBowling GreenW 59–⁠5733473243136
Sep 17vs.Charleston SouthernW 40–⁠17202935241−7
Sep 24atAustin PeayL 20–⁠3121362131157
Oct 1vs.Southern UtahW 35–⁠2821263311165
Oct 15vs.Sam HoustonL 17–⁠2521372342045
Oct 22vs.North AlabamaW 56–⁠5322333105065
Oct 29atSoutheast Missouri StateW 28–⁠2335423981015
Nov 5vs.Central ArkansasW 42–⁠1419292533152
Nov 12atJacksonville StateL 17–⁠42263730901−4
Nov 19vs.Kennesaw StateW 45–⁠38253542750−1
Nov 26vs.Gardner-WebbL 41–⁠52375745451−18
2021 Eastern Kentucky 1 game, 129 passing yards
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 11atLouisvilleL 3–⁠3021321290244

No box score in the source for Sep 4 at Western Carolina, so that game is not listed.

2020 Eastern Kentucky 2 games, 441 passing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 5atMarshallL 0–⁠597107101−11
Oct 17atTroyL 29–⁠313047370219

No box score in the source for Sep 26 at The Citadel; Oct 3 vs. Houston Christian; Oct 24 vs. Central Arkansas; Nov 7 vs. Stephen F. Austin; Nov 14 at Central Arkansas; Nov 21 vs. Western Carolina, so those games are not listed.

2019 Eastern Kentucky 1 game, −1 passing yards
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 7atLouisvilleL 0–⁠4234−10038

No box score in the source for Aug 29 vs. Valparaiso; Sep 14 at Indiana State; Sep 21 at Presbyterian; Sep 28 vs. Tennessee State; Oct 5 vs. UT Martin; Oct 19 at Murray State; Oct 26 at Eastern Illinois; Nov 2 vs. Austin Peay; Nov 9 at Southeast Missouri State; Nov 16 vs. Tennessee Tech; Nov 23 at Jacksonville State, so those games are not listed.

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

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