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Topic: Parker Navarro has filed an NCAA waiver for a 7th season of eligibility
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Victory
11/30/2025 8:50 PM
TWT wrote:expand_more
He ain’t coming back to Ohio. So who cares.
Once a bobcat always a bobcat.
We expect this but do we KNOW this? I suspect that he fits only at very specific P5 programs.
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OhioBobcat
12/8/2025 6:00 PM
Andrew Ruck wrote:expand_more
Love Parker....on principal I hope the NCAA denies him. There is no reasonable basis for a 7th year of college athletics.
I couldn't agree more!!! SEVEN YEARS??? Come one man - move with your life! And yes, I know he's not alone and that's not a personal attack on just him. But for the love of college athletics, this $hit is getting ridiculous. I remember walking back onto campus around 7 years after I first stepping onto it. Half the student body looked like kids. Seven years after your freshman year - you're a grown-a$$ man by then. Sadly, I fully expect the NCAA to award it. I'd be stunned if they didn't. If he gets it and comes back to Ohio - he's stunting the growth of the guys behind him. If he's doing it to transfer and try and get a pay day, then he should have done it this past season.
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M.D.W.S.T
12/9/2025 9:13 AM
OhioBobcat wrote:expand_more
Love Parker....on principal I hope the NCAA denies him. There is no reasonable basis for a 7th year of college athletics.
I couldn't agree more!!! SEVEN YEARS??? Come one man - move with your life! And yes, I know he's not alone and that's not a personal attack on just him. But for the love of college athletics, this $hit is getting ridiculous. I remember walking back onto campus around 7 years after I first stepping onto it. Half the student body looked like kids. Seven years after your freshman year - you're a grown-a$$ man by then. Sadly, I fully expect the NCAA to award it. I'd be stunned if they didn't. If he gets it and comes back to Ohio - he's stunting the growth of the guys behind him. If he's doing it to transfer and try and get a pay day, then he should have done it this past season.
We don't really know what we have with Tim and/or Hype (I'm excited for both though), until then Parker can live in my house if he wants.


But like I said, if he is granted a 7th year - its not to come back to Athens. It's to start a nest egg or have one last shot to play games in front of 100K people week in and week out.
Last Edited: 12/9/2025 9:14:38 AM by M.D.W.S.T
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greencat
12/9/2025 9:43 AM
M.D.W.S.T wrote:expand_more
Love Parker....on principal I hope the NCAA denies him. There is no reasonable basis for a 7th year of college athletics.
I couldn't agree more!!! SEVEN YEARS??? Come one man - move with your life! And yes, I know he's not alone and that's not a personal attack on just him. But for the love of college athletics, this $hit is getting ridiculous. I remember walking back onto campus around 7 years after I first stepping onto it. Half the student body looked like kids. Seven years after your freshman year - you're a grown-a$$ man by then. Sadly, I fully expect the NCAA to award it. I'd be stunned if they didn't. If he gets it and comes back to Ohio - he's stunting the growth of the guys behind him. If he's doing it to transfer and try and get a pay day, then he should have done it this past season.
We don't really know what we have with Tim and/or Hype (I'm excited for both though), until then Parker can live in my house if he wants.


But like I said, if he is granted a 7th year - its not to come back to Athens. It's to start a nest egg or have one last shot to play games in front of 100K people week in and week out.
Is that Grant Foster guy at Gonzaga (basketball) going to be like 27 years old when he gets drafted for pro ball? Unless the NCAA gives him permanent life-long eligibility.

The guy that was QB at Tennessee this season started college in 2019 and was on his 4th school. This has turned into an epidemic.
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OhioBobcat
12/14/2025 5:32 PM
M.D.W.S.T wrote:expand_more
Love Parker....on principal I hope the NCAA denies him. There is no reasonable basis for a 7th year of college athletics.
I couldn't agree more!!! SEVEN YEARS??? Come one man - move with your life! And yes, I know he's not alone and that's not a personal attack on just him. But for the love of college athletics, this $hit is getting ridiculous. I remember walking back onto campus around 7 years after I first stepping onto it. Half the student body looked like kids. Seven years after your freshman year - you're a grown-a$$ man by then. Sadly, I fully expect the NCAA to award it. I'd be stunned if they didn't. If he gets it and comes back to Ohio - he's stunting the growth of the guys behind him. If he's doing it to transfer and try and get a pay day, then he should have done it this past season.



But like I said, if he is granted a 7th year - its not to come back to Athens. It's to start a nest egg or have one last shot to play games in front of 100K people week in and week out.
No - That is what his SIXTH year was set up to do. In his FIFTH year he won a MACC, a bowl game and was 1st Team All-MAC. What more was he really going to do by staying his SIXTH year at Ohio??? His had hit his ceiling in Athens. But he decided to stay at Ohio and pass on that opportunity. Then, he didn't get back to the MACC, he was named 2nd Team All-MAC and maybe he'll win another bowl game. Hence, the reason he's applying for a freakin' SEVENTH year. If making some bank in college was always his intention he obviously passed on it by coming back to Ohio this year. He was at his highest position at Ohio but didn't pounce on the chance to capitalize on it. Seeking a SEVENTH year screams as a last-ditch attempt at making money in college football. Sadly, the NCAA will probably grant it, and hell, they'll probably even throw in an EIGHTH year if he says please.
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Victory
12/14/2025 6:17 PM
OhioBobcat wrote:expand_more
Sadly, the NCAA will probably grant it, and hell, they'll probably even throw in an EIGHTH year if he says please.
No, I don't see a path to an eighth year unless he gets hurt before next season or something. But he has a redshirt year, a COVID year which didn't count against anyone, and missed nearly all of 2022 with some lost time in other seasons. He has a pretty decent argument to make to the NCAA for another year.
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M.D.W.S.T
12/15/2025 9:45 AM
greencat wrote:expand_more
Love Parker....on principal I hope the NCAA denies him. There is no reasonable basis for a 7th year of college athletics.
I couldn't agree more!!! SEVEN YEARS??? Come one man - move with your life! And yes, I know he's not alone and that's not a personal attack on just him. But for the love of college athletics, this $hit is getting ridiculous. I remember walking back onto campus around 7 years after I first stepping onto it. Half the student body looked like kids. Seven years after your freshman year - you're a grown-a$$ man by then. Sadly, I fully expect the NCAA to award it. I'd be stunned if they didn't. If he gets it and comes back to Ohio - he's stunting the growth of the guys behind him. If he's doing it to transfer and try and get a pay day, then he should have done it this past season.
We don't really know what we have with Tim and/or Hype (I'm excited for both though), until then Parker can live in my house if he wants.


But like I said, if he is granted a 7th year - its not to come back to Athens. It's to start a nest egg or have one last shot to play games in front of 100K people week in and week out.
Is that Grant Foster guy at Gonzaga (basketball) going to be like 27 years old when he gets drafted for pro ball? Unless the NCAA gives him permanent life-long eligibility.

The guy that was QB at Tennessee this season started college in 2019 and was on his 4th school. This has turned into an epidemic.
Didn't the NCAA just grant a kid who played in the g league for a few years eligibility? I can't think of his name, but he'll be 22 as freshman.

Aguilar was at City College of San Francisco in 2019. Max Rodarte was (several years) behind him, but fun little connection there.
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LuckySparrow
12/24/2025 7:37 AM
Marty mentioned on the radio last night the waiver was denied. But Parker planned to appeal it further.

Very unlikely a 7th season is granted.
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Andrew Ruck
12/24/2025 8:31 AM
Not sure if this is the right place to do it, but want to proclaim my appreciation for Parker. What a find he has been for us. A great guy, great student, great leader. Not sure what the last 3 years would have looked like without him around. I'll miss watching his elite elusiveness and playmaking ability. We have been incredibly spoiled at QB with Rourke-Rourke-Navarro.
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M.D.W.S.T
12/24/2025 1:19 PM
Andrew Ruck wrote:expand_more
Not sure if this is the right place to do it, but want to proclaim my appreciation for Parker. What a find he has been for us. A great guy, great student, great leader. Not sure what the last 3 years would have looked like without him around. I'll miss watching his elite elusiveness and playmaking ability. We have been incredibly spoiled at QB with Rourke-Rourke-Navarro.
What a run. And I hope it doesn’t stop.

Rourke -> Rourke -> Parker

Sieh -> Tyus -> Sieh ( Ouellette, Blankenship, McRae etc before)

Wigs -> Owen -> Chase

Frank built the foundation and the entire first floor. Incredible to look back at that hire and the trajectory it set off.
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Victory
12/24/2025 1:22 PM
Andrew Ruck wrote:expand_more
Not sure if this is the right place to do it, but want to proclaim my appreciation for Parker. What a find he has been for us. A great guy, great student, great leader. Not sure what the last 3 years would have looked like without him around. I'll miss watching his elite elusiveness and playmaking ability. We have been incredibly spoiled at QB with Rourke-Rourke-Navarro.
21-6 as a starting QB
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Bobcat1996
12/26/2025 9:17 AM
Andrew Ruck wrote:expand_more
Not sure if this is the right place to do it, but want to proclaim my appreciation for Parker. What a find he has been for us. A great guy, great student, great leader. Not sure what the last 3 years would have looked like without him around. I'll miss watching his elite elusiveness and playmaking ability. We have been incredibly spoiled at QB with Rourke-Rourke-Navarro.
You nailed it Andrew! Parker is a great person who will leave Athens with at least one graduate degree. It was fun to watch him play. And yes, we have been spoiled at the QB spot for the last several years. Coach Isphording should be commended for the outstanding job he did developing these QB's.
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71 BOBCAT
12/27/2025 9:28 AM
Let's face it, Ohio gave Parker the opportunity to play and start where as his other stops did not, whatever those reason were.

I would like to think that he would have strong feelings for all that Ohio did for him.





GO BOBCATS
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Kevin Finnegan
12/27/2025 10:55 AM
71 BOBCAT wrote:expand_more
Let's face it, Ohio gave Parker the opportunity to play and start where as his other stops did not, whatever those reason were.

I would like to think that he would have strong feelings for all that Ohio did for him.





GO BOBCATS
Only one other stop, not multiple. And, who knows what happens at UCF if he stayed past freshman year. Great resume at OHIO, but he wasn’t necessarily slighted elsewhere.
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cc-cat
12/27/2025 11:39 AM
71 BOBCAT wrote:expand_more
Let's face it, Ohio gave Parker the opportunity to play and start where as his other stops did not, whatever those reason were.

I would like to think that he would have strong feelings for all that Ohio did for him.

GO BOBCATS
I'm sure he has very strong, positive feelings towards the university, the community, and the fans. No one here is suggesting otherwise. He's done great at Ohio (and has done as much for the university, as Ohio did for him) and doesn't owe the program or fans anything more. I wish him good fortune going forward and hope he gets the 7th year and makes the most of it - even if it means playing somewhere else.
Last Edited: 12/27/2025 11:45:58 AM by cc-cat
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mid70sbobcat
12/27/2025 4:05 PM
And he is also a finalist for the William Campbell 2025 trophy that goes to the top scholar-athlete in college football, with close to a 4.0 and I believe is in grad school.
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M.D.W.S.T
1/27/2026 2:51 PM
It would appear his appeal for a 7th year was denied.

He posted a thank you to Athens and the game of football on his instagram and was reposting/liking things that said good run, checkered flags, and so forth.


We'll truly miss ya, kid.
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bobcatsquared
1/27/2026 4:32 PM
And yet Miami Hurricanes linebacker Mohamed Toure will return for an unprecedented eighth season of college football in 2026.

And o$u, bama and santa clara are among multiple college basketball teams with former G League players and/or NBA draft picks on their current roster.
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bobcatgrad
1/27/2026 10:18 PM
M.D.W.S.T wrote:expand_more
It would appear his appeal for a 7th year was denied.

He posted a thank you to Athens and the game of football on his instagram and was reposting/liking things that said good run, checkered flags, and so forth.


We'll truly miss ya, kid.

Yes, we will. We should never forget the role Parker played in getting us our first MAC title since 1968 and our first 11-win season in school history. He also represented OHIO with class and always had his academics in order. I saw he was just named to the 2025 Academic All-America Second Team. Thanks for everything!
Last Edited: 1/27/2026 10:20:04 PM by bobcatgrad
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OhioCatFan
1/27/2026 10:33 PM
bobcatgrad wrote:expand_more
It would appear his appeal for a 7th year was denied.

He posted a thank you to Athens and the game of football on his instagram and was reposting/liking things that said good run, checkered flags, and so forth.


We'll truly miss ya, kid.

Yes, we will. We should never forget the role Parker played in getting us our first MAC title since 1968 and our first 11-win season in school history. He also represented OHIO with class and always had his academics in order. I saw he was just named to the 2025 Academic All-America Second Team. Thanks for everything!
+1 Couldn't have said it better.
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Bobcat1998
1/31/2026 4:41 PM
Any news on Parker? He hs to be wanted. What if he wants to come back?
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awrightdesigns
2/2/2026 6:32 PM
He posted this on his Instagram page on 1/27. The post includes photos from his time at OHIO, UCF, and in high school. I read it as a goodbye to football, but I'm not sure if a decision has been made publicly about his appeal.

"There may be nothing more effective at exposing the depth of character and determination that resides within a person than engaging in the sport of Football. To Athens, Ohio, I thank you; and to the game that has given me so much, I hope one day to give even a fraction of it back."


https://www.instagram.com/p/DUBfSPeAenI/?img_index=1
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STVCastle
2/9/2026 12:15 PM
Well, it's been confirmed by 247 Sports on their Transfer Portal page that Parker Navarro "transferred" to Professional. (Kinda funny how 247 did that.)
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bobcatsquared
2/9/2026 4:13 PM
Aren't all DI football players (or most of them) professionals in 2026?
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