2012 Football Roster

1 Parker Showers

  • Position RB
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Aspers, Pa.
  • Highschool Biglerville

Biography

2012: A Second Team All-MAC selection as a running back and as a kick returner … Started all 10 games … Logged 155 rushing attempts for 765 yards and eight touchdowns … Caught eight passes for 74 yards … Recorded 50-plus rushing yards in nine games … Fielded 17 kick returns for 456 yards … Earned Capital One Academic All-District honors … Earned the MAC’s Special Teams Player of the Week award after breaking the school’s career kickoff return yardage record against Lebanon Valley in week three … Finished career ninth in school history with 1,977 rushing yards and 18 rushing touchdowns … Honored at the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame banquet … Named team’s MVP and Special Teams Player of the Year … Earned squad’s David Busey Award for athletic and academic achievement … semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy … A member of the MAC Academic Honor Roll.
 
2011: Second Team All-MAC running back … Started nine games … Logged 173 rushing attempts for 816 yards and six touchdowns … Caught 18 passes for 136 yards … Recorded 100-plus rushing yard games against Wilkes, Lebanon Valley and FDU-Florham … earned his first career Middle Atlantic Conference Offensive Player of the Week award after gaining a career-high 152 yards and scoring twice against Wilkes ... Named the team’s Offensive Player of the Year ... Finished fourth in the league with an average of 90.7 yards per game, as his 816 rushing yards were 13th in school history … A member of the MAC Academic Honor Roll.
 
2010: Played in all 10 games as a running back and return specialist ... Logged 93 rushing attempts for 367 yards and four touchdowns ... Caught seven passes for 105 yards and a touchdown ... Returned 17 kickoffs for 402 yards and finished second in the conference with an average of 23.65 yards per return ... Returned four punts for 29 yards ... Had six tackles, including four solo ... Caught a 65-yard touchdown pass and had an eight-yard rushing touchdown within a five-minute span against Albright ... Ran for season-high 104 yards and a touchdown at FDU-Florham … A member of the MAC Academic Honor Roll.
 
2009: Saw action in nine games as a running back and return specialist ... Rushed for 29 yards on 17 attempts and caught four passes for 31 yards ... Averaged a MAC-leading 27.9 yards per kick return, including an 85-yard touchdown run at Bridgewater ... Added 52 yards on three punt returns and averaged 52.8 all-purpose yards per game.
 
High School: Earned Gettysburg Times’ MVP honors.
 
Personal: Son of Mike and Ann Showers ... Has a brother, Spencer, and a sister, Kortney ... A business management major ... Favorite movie is “Rambo.”

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Historical Player Information

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    2009First Year

    RB
    5'9" 190 lbs
    1
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    C

    2010Sophomore

    RB
    5'9" 190 lbs
    1
    C
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    2011Junior

    RB
    5'11" 195 lbs
    1
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    2012Senior

    RB
    5'10" 200 lbs
    1