Seahawks TE Colby Parkinson Dynasty Rookie Analysis
- Draft Position: 4.133 | School: Stanford
- Height: 6’7” | Weight: 252 pounds
- 40-yard dash: 4.77 seconds
- 2020 Age: 21 | Class: Junior
- Recruitment Stars: 4-5
I want to be clear: There's almost nothing on the field that's special about Parkinson. He has great hands: He has only three drops on 165 career targets (per PFF). And across his career, he's had acceptable raw production.
- 2017 (14 games): 10-97-4 receiving
- 2018 (13 games): 29-485-7 receiving
- 2019 (12 games): 48-589-1 receiving
But this production has come with a subpar 51% catch rate, and over the past two years he's had just 1.5 yards per route (per SIS).
It's disturbing that he's not more efficient as a receiver because he's an average-at-best blocker.
But he's worth a speculative pick because he's just 21 years old, he was a top-30 national recruit when he enrolled at Stanford and he has long-term potential on the Seahawks, who have an unsettled tight end depth chart: Greg Olsen and Jacob Hollister are both on one-year deals, and Will Dissly has missed most of the past two seasons with first a torn patella tendon and then a torn Achilles tendon — injuries that normally derail NFL careers.
It's not unfathomable that Parkinson could be the starting tight end for quarterback Russell Wilson in 2021.
NFL Prospect Comp: Kevin Boss with more draft capital and significantly more youth but also less production
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Matthew Freedman is the Editor-in-Chief of FantasyLabs, part of The Action Network.
