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2025 Football Roster

6 Ricky Parks

  • Position RB
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 210
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Tampa, Fla.
  • Highschool Gaither (Utah)

Biography

Took over the starting spot at running back in 2025 ... Led 2025 squad in rushing ... Returned to action in 2024 after missing most of his first season at Fordham due to injury ... Second leading rusher in 2024 ... Saw first year at Fordham cut short by injury ... A transfer from the University of Utah … Did not see action with Utes … A four-star recruit out of Gaither High School … Earned All-Western Conference honors as a senior.
 
2025 (Fifth Year)
• Appeared in eleven games, making eight starts at running back.
• Rushed 90 times for 334 yards (3.7 yards/carry) with one touchdown.
• Also caught eleven passes for 36 yards (3.3 yards/catch).
• Rushed 12 times for 81 yards and one score (45 yards) in win over Holy Cross.
• Gained 46 yards on 12 carries and caught two passes for 13 yards versus Dartmouth.
• Carried 12 times for 45 yards and caught two passes for six yards at Lafayette.

2024 (Senior Season)
• Appeared in eight games, making one start at running back.
• Rushed 57 times for 240 yards (4.2 yards/rush).
• Also caught one pass for seven yards.
• Gained 63 yards on seven carries at Dartmouth.
• Rushed eleven times for 54 yards versus Stony Brook.
• Had seven carries for 46 yards and caught one pass for seven yards at Central Connecticut.

2023 (Junior Season)
• Appeared in one game before suffering a season-ending injury.
• Rushed four times for 33 yards in season opener at Albany.

2022 (Sophomore Season at Utah)
• Did not see action.

2021 (Freshman Season at Utah)
• Did not see action.
 
High School
• A graduate of Gaither High School in Tampa where he played football for head coach Kirk Karsen.
• A four-star recruit on 247Sports and Rivals, rated the No. 14 running back nationally.
• Named All-Western Conference as a senior.
• 96 carries for 688 yards (7.2 ypc) with 11 touchdowns in 2020.
• Earned MaxPreps Offensive Player of the Week for his 14 carries and 80 rushing yards against Chamberlain in 2020, scoring one touchdown.
• Led Gaither to its first undefeated regular season in school history in 2020.
• Played at Jesuit High School in Tampa his junior season, earning first-team all-county and second-team All-Tampa Bay.
• Rushed for 1,251 yards and 14 touchdowns as a junior.
• Also competed in track and field.

Personal
• A Film and Television major.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2023Sophomore

    RB
    5'10" 210 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2024Junior

    RB
    5'10" 210 lbs
    9
  • 6

    2025Senior

    RB
    6'0" 210 lbs
    6