:Mark Parson

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1986)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Mark Parson

| image = Mark Parson.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Parson with the Texans in 2010

| number = 38

| position = Cornerback

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|5|9}}

| birth_place = Chesterfield, Virginia

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 9

| weight_lbs = 170

| high_school = Fork Union Military Academy (Fork Union, Virginia)

| college = Ohio

| undraftedyear = 2009

| pastteams =

• Houston Texans ({{NFL Year|2009}})*
• New Orleans Saints ({{NFL Year|2009}})*
• Houston Texans ({{NFL Year|2009}}){{cite web |title=Mark Parson |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/ParsMa99.htm |website=Pro Football Reference |access-date=19 July 2024}}
• New Orleans Saints ({{NFL Year|2010}}–{{NFL Year|2011}})*
• Edmonton Eskimos ({{CFL Year|2012}})*

}}

Mark Parson (born May 9, 1986) is a former American football cornerback. He was signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2009. Born in Chesterfield Court House, Virginia, Parson attended Monacan High School in Richmond, Virginia and the Fork Union Military Academy. He played college football at Ohio University.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nbc12.com/story/14688171/monacan-grad-parson-ready-for-nfl-lockout-to-end |title=Monacan grad Parson ready for NFL lockout to end |website= nbc12.com |language=en-US |access-date=2019-11-23}} Mark now runs a YouTube channel where he helps high school and college cornerbacks reach their goal of making the National Football League.

Parson was also a member of the New Orleans Saints and Edmonton Eskimos. He was released by the Edmonton Eskimos on June 3, 2012.