| Ohio Bobcats–No. 13 | |
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| Position | Quarterback |
| Class | Graduate Student |
| Major | Health Sciences (MS in Management) |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | November 16, 2001 |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | |
| High school | Desert Vista (Phoenix, Arizona) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Parker Navarro (born November 16, 2001) is an American football quarterback for the Ohio Bobcats. [1] He previously played for the UCF Knights.
Navarro attended Desert Vista in Phoenix, Arizona, where he was a two year starter at quarterback. His senior year in 2019 he led the Thunder to the Arizona 6A semifinals. [2] As a three-star recruit he committed to Central Florida. [3]
During the 2020 season he played in just one game while redshirting. The following season he appeared in five games while playing behind future Heisman Trophy finalist Dillon Gabriel. [4] [5]
He transferred to Ohio prior to the 2022 season where he spent is first two seasons backing up Kurtis Rourke. [6] He appeared in two games in 2022 as the primary backup before suffering a season ending injury against Penn State. [7] After the 2023 season, He started the Myrtle Beach Bowl against Georgia Southern after Rourke transferred to Indiana. [8] [9] He threw for 120 and rushed for 71 in leading Ohio to a bowl win. [10]
Navarro entered 2024 as Ohio's starting quarterback. He got off to a sluggish start with the low point being throwing three first half interceptions against FCS Morgan State in a game in which he was benched in the second half in favor of Nick Poulos. [11] [7] Ohio suffered a loss in its third MAC game of the season against rival Miami in a game where Poulos also saw significant playing time. After the loss to Miami, Ohio finished season on a seven game winning streak, where he stepped up substantially and led Ohio first MAC Championship since 1968, with a title game win over Miami, and a bowl win. [12] [13] [14] Navarro won MAC Offensive Player of the week four times during the season and also was the Offensive MVP of the MAC Championship game and the MVP of the 2024 Cure Bowl win over Conference USA champion Jacksonville State. [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] He finished the year with 2,423 passing yards and 13 touchdowns along with 1,054 rushing yards and 18 rushing touchdowns. [21] He was second-team All-MAC. [22] Navarro announced he is returning to Ohio for 2025. He'll enter the year with a 12–2 record as a starting quarterback.
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| UCF Knights | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 0−0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 66.8 | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 3 | |
| Ohio Bobcats | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0−0 | 5 | 12 | 41.7 | 43 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 71.8 | 9 | -4 | -0.4 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 1 | 1−0 | 18 | 26 | 69.2 | 185 | 7.1 | 3 | 1 | 159.4 | 25 | 178 | 7.1 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | 11−2 | 195 | 295 | 66.1 | 2,423 | 8.2 | 13 | 11 | 142.2 | 160 | 1,054 | 6.6 | 18 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 1−2 | 49 | 75 | 65.3 | 580 | 7.7 | 5 | 3 | 144.3 | 32 | 183 | 5.7 | 1 | |
| Career | 29 | 17 | 13−4 | 268 | 410 | 65.4 | 3,235 | 7.9 | 21 | 15 | 141.2 | 283 | 1,465 | 6.3 | 22 | |