It’s a bye week for your No. 22 Kansas State Wildcats, but that did not stop K-State’s weekly barrage of personal honors to carry on as senior defensive back AJ Parker was named the Jim Thorpe Award Player of the Week. Parker earned Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors earlier this week.
Parker is coming off a strong performance in K-State’s 24-17 win at TCU where he grabbed the Wildcats’ first pick-six since Duke Shelley took one back to the house in 2017. Parker has had a really solid season after being moved over to nickelback and ranks 15th-nationally in career interceptions with six.