Former Kansas City Chief Returns To Command

The Kansas City Command have announced the assignment of wide receiver Samie Parker.  Parker was with the Command at the beginning of the 2012 season before being signed by the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League on March 29th.
Heading into the final four games of the season, Command head coach Danton Barto said “Samie brings great leadership skills to the team.  He is a very talented player that will only make our offense better.”
Parker (5’11, 180, University of Oregon) was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round (105th overall) of the 2004 NFL Draft and played for the Chiefs from 2004 to 2007.  He appeared in 47 games catching 110 passes for 1,529 receiving yards and hauling in 7 touchdowns.  Parker also had brief NFL stints with the Broncos, Panthers, Seahawks, and Raiders.
Parker played for the AFL’s Chicago Rush in 2010 tallying 78 receptions for 1,137 yards and 15 touchdowns.  In 2008 and 2009, Parker played with the UFL’s Las Vegas Locomotives, playing in 14 games totaling 36 receptions for 457 yards and 4 receiving touchdowns.
His four-year career at the University of Oregon landed Parker at the top of the all-time lists for Pass Receptions and Receiving Yards with 178 receptions for 2,761 yards and 19 touchdowns.  Parker also ran the ball 9 times for 60 yards. He was voted MVP for the 2003 Sun Bowl appearance against Minnesota; breaking bowl records for catches (16), yards (200) and touchdown catches (2).  In the 2002 Fiesta Bowl vs. Colorado, Parker caught a season-long 79-yard TD pass, heralded as the longest scoring play in Oregon bowl history and tied for the longest pass in Fiesta Bowl history to date.