Mark Parson (born May 9, 1986) is a former

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wit ...

cornerback A cornerback (CB) is a member of the defensive backfield or secondary in gridiron football. Cornerbacks cover receivers most of the time, but also blitz and defend against such offensive running plays as sweeps and reverses. They create turnove ...

. He was released by the

Edmonton Eskimos The Edmonton Elks are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta. The club competes in the Canadian Football League (CFL) as a member of the league's West Division and plays their home games at the Brick Field at Comm ...

on June 3, 2012. He was signed by the Houston Texans as an

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in 2009. Born in Chesterfield Court House, Virginia, Parson attended

Monacan High School Monacan High School is a public secondary school in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States, near the city of Richmond. The school was founded in 1979, and is a part of Chesterfield County Public Schools. It’s enrollment is roughly 1550 ...

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and the

Fork Union Military Academy Fork Union Military Academy (abbreviated as FUMA) is a private, all-male, college preparatory military boarding school located in Fork Union, Virginia. Founded in 1898, Fork Union is considered one of the premier military boarding academies in ...

. He played college football at

Ohio University Ohio University is a public research university in Athens, Ohio. The first university chartered by an Act of Congress and the first to be chartered in Ohio, the university was chartered in 1787 by the Congress of the Confederation and subsequ ...

. Mark now runs a YouTube channel where he helps high school and college cornerbacks reach their goal of making the National Football League. Parson has also been a member of the

New Orleans Saints The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans. The Saints compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. Since 1975, the te ...

External links

New Orleans Saints bioCornerback Guru YouTube Channel

References

1986 births Living people American football cornerbacks Edmonton Elks players Houston Texans players New Orleans Saints players Ohio Bobcats football players People from Chesterfield, Virginia Players of American football from Richmond, Virginia Sportspeople from Richmond, Virginia Players of Canadian football from Virginia {{defensiveback-1980s-stub