Parks is a 6-1, 194, Senior safety from Philadelphia, PA. He is the only Senior on the team who has played in every game of the past 3 years. He started 4 games as a bandit his Sophomore year and then last year Parks started every game at spur. He has 121 tackles on his career (81 from last year), 13.5 tackles for a loss (13 from last year), 4 interceptions (2 last year), and 1 sack (from last year).
Parks will be the stating spur in 11 days and also one of the team leaders. He is already on the Bednarik Award watch list and based on his off season work-outs Park has prepared himself for a big season. With 3 seniors graduating last year, Parks will be looked at to be a leader in the secondary and is one of the players Coach Rod hopes will replace Bondurant's big play ability.
Oh, yeah, and girls go wild for Willy from Philly!
Chris McAlister was a first team All-Pac 10 selection in each of the 3 years he played at Arizona (1996-98). He intercepted a pass on his first defensive play as a Wildcat and ended up with 18 for his career (3rd best in school history). By his Senior year teams were not even throwing to McAlister's side of the field. He is simply the best corner that has ever played at Arizona.
McAlister was also a terror on special teams and won the Mosi Tatupu Special Teams POY Award. As a senior he blocked 2 punts, returned a kick off 100 yards for a TD, and had a punt return for a TD. McAlister was the 7th person in CFB history to return a kickoff, punt and interception for TDs all in the same season and is the only Wildcat to accomplish that feat.
11 is the Arizona record for TD receptions in a season. It is a record shared by Austin Hill (2012), Juron Criner (2010 and 2011), Mike Thomas (2007) and Theopolis Bell (1974). Cayleb Jones had 9 TD catches last year with an injured hand in his first year playing for Arizona and a Freshman QB. Just sayin'.
