Roscoe Parrish
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| College: | University of Miami | ||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2005 / round: 2 / pick: 55 | ||||||||||
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Roscoe Parrish (born July 16, 1982) is an American football wide receiver and punt returner who currently plays for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Bills in the second round (55th overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Miami.
Collegiate career
Parrish attended the University of Miami and finished his college career with 81 receptions.
2005 NFL Draft
The Buffalo Bills chose Parrish in the second round (55th overall) during the 2005 NFL Draft. Parrish weighed in 170 pounds, ran a 4.37s 40-yard dash, 2.54s 20-yard dash, and a 1.56 10-yard dash. During his Pro Day, he ran 4.44s 40-yard dash, 4.20s 20-yard shuttle, 6.64 3-cone drill, recorded a 36-inch (910 mm) vertical leap.[1]
Professional career
2005 season
Parrish's NFL career with the Buffalo Bills got off to a slow start, with Parrish missing the first six games due to injury. Parrish played in a limited role for the next 10 games, finishing the 2005 season with 15 receptions for 148 yards (9.9 avg.) and one touchdown.
2006 season
Parrish served as the Bills fourth wide receiver. Parrish finished the year with 23 receptions for 320 yard (13.9 avg.) and 2 touchdowns.
As a punt returner, Parrish gained 364 yards on 32 attempts (11.4 avg.) and one score. Parrish's finest moment came when he ran back an 82-yard punt return for a touchdown in a win against the Jacksonville Jaguars.[2]
2007 season
Parrish returned his first punt return of the season for a touchdown against the Denver Broncos. He became the first player in the 2007 season to score a rushing touchdown, a receiving touchdown, and a punt return touchdown.
2008 season
On the Bills seasons opener against Seattle, Parrish returned a punt return 63 yards for a touchdown.
Personal
Parrish was stopped at 4:30 a.m. on February 17, 2008, said Miami Beach Police Department spokesman Juan Sanchez. Parrish was driving a 2005 Bentley westbound on MacArthur Causeway, which connects Miami Beach to the mainland.
Sanchez said Parrish was taken into custody on a DUI charge. A Miami-Dade County jail spokeswoman said he was released later Saturday on $1,000 bond. Parrish was reportedly suffering from a knuckle sandwich, or Knuckles-Sandwichastigo a rare brain defeciency, served by Stanford Samuels in the early part of the decade. Many of Parrish's friends credit his short term memory loss as well as a mild case of retardism to his run-in with Samuels and a rare zone defense by Mickey Andrews. TITTIES!!