Parnell Motley, 2022
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Cornerback, Oklahoma, 2016–⁠19

Parnell Motley

Number
No. 11
Height
6′0″
Weight
178 lb
Class (2019)
Senior
Hometown
Washington, DC
Born
Oct 28, 1997, in Washington, D.C.

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Parnell Motley played cornerback at Oklahoma (2016–⁠19).

Career highs

8tackles, career highat Ohio State, 2017

Honors

Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2016Oklahoma9800000
2017Oklahoma63494.50290
2018Oklahoma63421.502110
2019Oklahoma41311.501130
Career1761307.505330

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. 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
2016Oklahoma11CBFr.
2017Oklahoma11CBSo.
2018Oklahoma11CBJr.
2019Oklahoma11CBSr.6′0″178

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.

Game by game

2019 Oklahoma 12 games, 41 tackles, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 1vs.HoustonW 49–⁠31110001
Sep 7vs.South DakotaW 70–⁠14100003
Sep 14atUCLAW 48–⁠14430000
Sep 28vs.Texas TechW 55–⁠16210.5001
Oct 5atKansasW 45–⁠20550000
Oct 12vs.TexasW 34–⁠27210.5001
Oct 19vs.West VirginiaW 52–⁠14110002
Nov 9vs.Iowa StateW 42–⁠41320002
Nov 16atBaylorW 34–⁠31550000
Nov 23vs.TCUW 28–⁠24430000
Nov 30atOklahoma StateW 34–⁠16650011
Dec 28 ✦vs.LSUL 28–⁠63740.5002
2018 Oklahoma 14 games, 63 tackles, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 1vs.Florida AtlanticW 63–⁠14750000
Sep 8vs.UCLAW 49–⁠21000001
Sep 15atIowa StateW 37–⁠27760012
Sep 22vs.ArmyW 28–⁠21321000
Sep 29vs.BaylorW 66–⁠33740001
Oct 6vs.TexasL 45–⁠48710001
Oct 20atTCUW 52–⁠27110010
Oct 27vs.Kansas StateW 51–⁠14540000
Nov 3atTexas TechW 51–⁠46530.5000
Nov 10vs.Oklahoma StateW 48–⁠47660002
Nov 17vs.KansasW 55–⁠40530001
Nov 23atWest VirginiaW 59–⁠56220001
Dec 1vs.TexasW 39–⁠27430001
Dec 29 ✦vs.AlabamaL 34–⁠45420001
2017 Oklahoma 13 games, 63 tackles, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 2vs.UTEPW 56–⁠7220000
Sep 9atOhio StateW 31–⁠16881011
Sep 16vs.TulaneW 56–⁠14421010
Sep 23atBaylorW 49–⁠41431001
Oct 7vs.Iowa StateL 31–⁠38530002
Oct 14vs.TexasW 29–⁠24440001
Oct 21atKansas StateW 42–⁠35330000
Oct 28vs.Texas TechW 49–⁠27640000
Nov 4atOklahoma StateW 62–⁠52330001
Nov 18atKansasW 41–⁠3661000
Nov 25vs.West VirginiaW 59–⁠31640001
Dec 2vs.TCUW 41–⁠17620.5002
Jan 1 ✦vs.GeorgiaL 48–⁠54650000
2016 Oklahoma 6 games, 9 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 10vs.UL MonroeW 59–⁠17440000
Sep 17vs.Ohio StateL 24–⁠45110000
Oct 8vs.TexasW 45–⁠40110000
Oct 29vs.KansasW 56–⁠3110000
Dec 3vs.Oklahoma StateW 38–⁠20110000
Jan 2 ✦vs.AuburnW 35–⁠19100000

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

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2020
Height6′0″
Weight183 lb
Arm length31½″
Hand size8⅞″
40-yard dash4.50 s
10-yard split1.62 s
Vertical jump30″
Broad jump9′0″
Bench press12 reps
3-cone drill7.10 s
20-yard shuttle4.36 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

1 season, 2 games with a stat; latest team: Detroit Lions.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2020Denver Broncos2700

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2022CFLCalgary Stampeders *
2023XFLDC Defenders *
2023USFLNew Orleans Breakers
2023CFLToronto Argonauts *
2023CFLMontreal Alouettes *
2024UFLDC Defenders *
2024CFLBC Lions *

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.

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