Glenn Parker

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Glenn Parker

| number = 74, 62

| position = Guard
Tackle

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|4|22}}

| birth_place = Westminster, California, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 305

| high_school = Edison {{nowrap|(Huntington Beach, California)}}

| college = Arizona

| draftyear = 1990

| draftround = 3

| draftpick = 69

| pastteams =

Buffalo Bills ({{NFL Year|1990|1996}})
Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|1997|1999}})
New York Giants ({{NFL Year|2000|2001}})

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 174

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 141

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 6

| pfr = ParkGl20

}}

Glenn Andrew Parker (born April 22, 1966) is an American former professional football player who was a offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL) who played for the Buffalo Bills, the Kansas City Chiefs, and the New York Giants. After his retirement, he became a television NFL analyst.

Biography

=Playing career=

Parker attended Edison High School in Huntington Beach, but was not in the athletics programs. He first played for Golden West College, a junior college in Huntington Beach.

That led him to Tucson, where he played for the University of Arizona and was selected in the third round of the 1990 NFL draft by the Buffalo Bills.{{Cite web |title=1990 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1990/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en |archive-date=April 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412043905/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1990/draft.htm |url-status=live }} He played for the Bills until 1997, playing in all four Super Bowls the team lost from 1990-1993. He then went to play three years for the Chiefs, then was released during the 2000 offseason. He was picked up as a free agent by the Giants, where he played two more seasons, and was an integral part of the Super Bowl XXXV team.{{Cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/05/sports/plus-pro-football-it-s-official-giants-drop-parker.html?ref=glennparker|title = Plus: Pro Football; It's Official, Giants Drop Parker|newspaper = The New York Times|date = June 5, 2002|last1 = Olney|first1 = Buster|access-date = February 19, 2017|archive-date = October 26, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171026001345/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/05/sports/plus-pro-football-it-s-official-giants-drop-parker.html?ref=glennparker|url-status = live}} He retired after the 2001 season after being released by the Giants, being one of only three players (along with Cornelius Bennett and Gale Gilbert{{Cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/arizona-cardinals/post/_/id/4411/cards-broadcaster-lost-5-super-bowls|title=Cards broadcaster lost 5 Super Bowls|date=January 31, 2014|access-date=November 3, 2015|archive-date=February 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204140033/http://espn.go.com/blog/arizona-cardinals/post/_/id/4411/cards-broadcaster-lost-5-super-bowls|url-status=live}}) to play in, and be on the losing team in five separate Super Bowls. He started in 141 of the 174 games he played, as well as all 16 of his postseason appearances.

=Broadcasting career=

Parker has been an analyst on the NFL Network's Playbook since late 2003, and is the main college football analyst for the CBS College Sports Network, The AFL on NBC. Parker also has appeared on Fox Sports, covering features on NFL Europa, and appeared on ESPN's NFL 2Nite. He was also one of the main analysts for College Football on Versus. Starting the 2012 season, he can be heard as the lead college football analyst for the new Pac-12 Network. He has also called Arizona Cardinals preseason games with Mike Goldberg.