2025 Football Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 13
Parker Navarro
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 211
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Tempe, Ariz.
- High School:
- Desert Vista
- Major:
- MS in Management
- Position:
- QB
2025: Started all 13 games at quarterback for Ohio…One of two offensive captains... Threw for 2,375 yards and 14 passing touchdowns…Rushed for 866 yards and nine rushing touchdowns…Had a career high 28 completions for 315 yards against Eastern Michigan (Oct. 25)...Two-time MAC Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 1 and Oct. 27)... Davey O’Brien QB Class (Oct. 30) …Hispanic College Football Player of the Year Award watchlist (Oct. 1)…William V. Campbell Trophy finalist (Oct. 30), making him Ohio’s first National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete…All-MAC Second Team selection… Became Ohio’s sixth all-time career passer in terms of yardage…Earned Academic All-MAC Honors... Named Academic All-District® and Academic All-America Second Team®... Phil Steele All-MAC Postseason Second Team honoree.
2024: Made 13 starts for the Bobcats… Tallied 2,423 passing yards on 295 passes with 195 completions… Finished with a 66 percent completion rate and 13 passing touchdowns… Rushed for 1,054 yards on 160 attempts with 18 touchdowns…Second quarterback in program history to log over 1,000 rushing yards in a single season, an accomplishment an Ohio quarterback hasn't claimed since Kareem Wilson (1996, 1,072 yds)... First quarterback in program history to record over 2,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards in the same season... Four-time MAC Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 30, Nov. 15, Dec. 2)… MAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Week (Nov. 20)… Davey O’Brien Postseason “Great 8” Recognition (Dec. 2)… MAC Championship Offensive Player of the Game… MAC Second Team Offense… 2024 StaffDNA Cure Bowl MVP... Academic All-MAC.
2023: Appeared in six games with one start… Passed for 185 yards on 18 completions with three touchdowns and one interception… Rushed for 178 yards on 25 attempts… Recorded 71 rushing yards against Georgia Southern (Dec. 16)… Career long 52-yard rush against Kent State (Oct. 7)… Passed for 120 yards against Georgia Southern (Dec. 16).
2022: Appeared in two games for the Bobcats… Completed five passes for 43 yards.
2021 (UCF): Appeared in five games at quarterback and on special teams... Tied for third on the team with three rushing touchdowns, one each in the final three games of the regular season... Rushed seven times for 54 yards, an average of 7.7 yards per rush... Went 1-for-2 through the air, passing for four yards in the Gasparilla Bowl against Florida... Earned UCF President's List honors for fall 2021... at SMU (11/13): Rushed twice for seven yards, including a 6-yard touchdown... UConn (11/20): Ran the ball three times for 41 yards, including a 32-yard rush and a 5-yard touchdown... South Florida (11/26): Rushed one time, a 3-yard score
2020 (UCF): Appeared in one game as a true freshman, making collegiate debut at Georgia Tech (9/19)... Earned AAC All-Academic Team honors
HIGH SCHOOL: Completed 170 of 265 passes (.642) for 2,749 yards and 29 TDs with six interceptions as senior quarterback in 2019 at Desert Vista High School in Phoenix, Arizona... Carried 168 times for 959 rushing yards and 11 rushing TDs in 2019... Two-year starter at quarterback for Thunder team that finished 9-4 in 2019 and was seeded sixth in Arizona 6A playoff bracket... Helped Desert Vista to Arizona 6A semifinals in 2019 before 33-30 loss to Liberty despite his 22-of-29 passing for 230 yards and a TD... Completed 19 of 24 passes for 435 yards and seven TDs in 6A first-round 70-63 win over Perry... Ran 19 times for 108 yards in that game, capped by game-winning five-yard TD run in final minute... As junior in 2018 completed 98 of 170 passes for 1,568 yards and 17 TDs with five interceptions and also carried 73 times for 284 yards and three TDs... Played for coach Dan Hinds... Also a track standout, competing in 100- (personal best of 11.51) and 200-meter (24.08) dashes and 110- (16.85) and 300-meter (45.24) hurdles
Personal: Born November 16, 2001… Son of Joel and Kimberly… Has one brother, Henley, and one sister, Jillian… His father played football at New Mexico State… Favorite athlete is Drew Brees and he is a fan of the New Orleans Saints and the Arizona Cardinals… Likes fishing, golfing, reading and hanging out with friends and family in his spare time.
2024: Made 13 starts for the Bobcats… Tallied 2,423 passing yards on 295 passes with 195 completions… Finished with a 66 percent completion rate and 13 passing touchdowns… Rushed for 1,054 yards on 160 attempts with 18 touchdowns…Second quarterback in program history to log over 1,000 rushing yards in a single season, an accomplishment an Ohio quarterback hasn't claimed since Kareem Wilson (1996, 1,072 yds)... First quarterback in program history to record over 2,000 passing yards and 1,000 rushing yards in the same season... Four-time MAC Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 30, Nov. 15, Dec. 2)… MAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Week (Nov. 20)… Davey O’Brien Postseason “Great 8” Recognition (Dec. 2)… MAC Championship Offensive Player of the Game… MAC Second Team Offense… 2024 StaffDNA Cure Bowl MVP... Academic All-MAC.
2023: Appeared in six games with one start… Passed for 185 yards on 18 completions with three touchdowns and one interception… Rushed for 178 yards on 25 attempts… Recorded 71 rushing yards against Georgia Southern (Dec. 16)… Career long 52-yard rush against Kent State (Oct. 7)… Passed for 120 yards against Georgia Southern (Dec. 16).
2022: Appeared in two games for the Bobcats… Completed five passes for 43 yards.
2021 (UCF): Appeared in five games at quarterback and on special teams... Tied for third on the team with three rushing touchdowns, one each in the final three games of the regular season... Rushed seven times for 54 yards, an average of 7.7 yards per rush... Went 1-for-2 through the air, passing for four yards in the Gasparilla Bowl against Florida... Earned UCF President's List honors for fall 2021... at SMU (11/13): Rushed twice for seven yards, including a 6-yard touchdown... UConn (11/20): Ran the ball three times for 41 yards, including a 32-yard rush and a 5-yard touchdown... South Florida (11/26): Rushed one time, a 3-yard score
2020 (UCF): Appeared in one game as a true freshman, making collegiate debut at Georgia Tech (9/19)... Earned AAC All-Academic Team honors
HIGH SCHOOL: Completed 170 of 265 passes (.642) for 2,749 yards and 29 TDs with six interceptions as senior quarterback in 2019 at Desert Vista High School in Phoenix, Arizona... Carried 168 times for 959 rushing yards and 11 rushing TDs in 2019... Two-year starter at quarterback for Thunder team that finished 9-4 in 2019 and was seeded sixth in Arizona 6A playoff bracket... Helped Desert Vista to Arizona 6A semifinals in 2019 before 33-30 loss to Liberty despite his 22-of-29 passing for 230 yards and a TD... Completed 19 of 24 passes for 435 yards and seven TDs in 6A first-round 70-63 win over Perry... Ran 19 times for 108 yards in that game, capped by game-winning five-yard TD run in final minute... As junior in 2018 completed 98 of 170 passes for 1,568 yards and 17 TDs with five interceptions and also carried 73 times for 284 yards and three TDs... Played for coach Dan Hinds... Also a track standout, competing in 100- (personal best of 11.51) and 200-meter (24.08) dashes and 110- (16.85) and 300-meter (45.24) hurdles
Personal: Born November 16, 2001… Son of Joel and Kimberly… Has one brother, Henley, and one sister, Jillian… His father played football at New Mexico State… Favorite athlete is Drew Brees and he is a fan of the New Orleans Saints and the Arizona Cardinals… Likes fishing, golfing, reading and hanging out with friends and family in his spare time.
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