Thursday, January 14, 2010

About Corey Parchman

Ball State UniversityCorey Parchman, a former Indiana Football North-South All Star, was a four year starter at Ball State University. Under the tutelage of Head Coach Bill Lynch, Corey excelled at the wide receiver position. He was once known as the fastest wide receiver in college football clocking a 4.28 forty yard dash. While playing for Ball State, Parchman set several records that still stand. In 2001, Parchman was once featured on the David Letterman Show for his game wining 105yd kickoff return against Toledo.

NFL
Jacksonville JaguarsFollowing a stellar college career at Ball State, Corey joined the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League. While in Jacksonville, he was coached by Tom Coughlin of the Super Bowl Champion New York Giants. While he was a member of the Jaguars, Corey shared the wide receiver position with teammates such as four time Pro Bowler Jimmy Smith (currently 7th in all time NFL career catches) Bobby Shaw, Darney Scott, and Patrick Johnson. During Corey’s time in Jacksonville he was on the receiving end of passes thrown by three time Pro Bowler Mark Brunell(Jacksonville Jaguars All Time Leading Passer).

Indianapolis ColtsAfter leaving Jacksonville, Corey spent a brief time with the Indianapolis Colts. While with the Colts, Corey was coached by Tony Dungy and shared the wide receiver position with such notables as eight time Pro Bowler Marvin Harrison and four time Pro Bowler Reggie Wayne. Ten time Pro Bowl selection Peyton Manning was the quarterback.




St Louis Rams:After his brief stint with the Colts, Corey signed a free agent contract with the St. Louis Rams. The Rams are notorious for being one the most prolific passing attacks in the NFL. The team was also known as the greatest show on turf. During Corey’s tenure with the Rams, he was coached by Mike Martz, known throughout the NFL as an offensive genius. Corey’s wide receiver position coach was three time Pro Bowler Henry Ellard. Ellard is currently 5th all time on the NFL receiving yards list. While in St Louis, Corey shared the wide receiver position with seven time Pro Bowler Torrey Holt and four time Pro Bowler Isaac Bruce. The quarterbacks on that team were five time Pro Bowler Kurt Warner and two time Pro Bowler Marc Bulger.

Oakland RaidersAfter leaving St. Louis, Corey signed another free agent deal with the Oakland Raiders. While with the Raiders, Corey shared the wide receiver position with two future Hall of Famers: Jerry Rice and Tim Brown, both multiple time Pro Bowl selections. Corey’s wide receiver position coach while in Oakland was Fred Biletnikoff. Bilentkoff was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1988 and was voted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1991. The Fred Biletnikoff Award, awarded annually to the best wide receiver in college football since 1994, was named in his honor. In 1999, Biletnikoff was ranked number 94 on The Sporting News' list of the "100 Greatest Football Players".

Greenbay Packers
Corey would finish his NFL career up with the Greenbay Packers. There he was coached by Mike Sherman. Corey shared the wide receiver position with three time Pro Bowler Donald Driver and one time Pro Bowler Javon Walker. In Greenbay, Corey was on the receiving end of passes from current Vikings quarterback Brett Farve.

After the NFL

After retiring from the NFL, Corey began volunteering at different high football camps around the country. It was during these camps that he came up with the idea of hosting one on one camp. Corey noticed that most of the camps had a large number of athletes and a small staff. This caused a lot of athletes’ talent to be overlooked. Most camps are often on a strict time schedule that they must adhere to. Often because of this, coaches are forced to speed through the drills, leaving little or no time for the campers to ask questions or able to get a good view on the drill being taught.