Life within the NFL will be fickle.
But for Jets S Will Parks, who was minimize on the finish of coaching camp, added again to the follow squad in August and elevated to the 53-man roster on Wednesday, is a survivor.
“My upbringing helps me out a lot,” Parks stated. “You know, coming from the city of Philadelphia, it helps you out a lot as far as that survival mode.”
Parks, who says his upbringing in Germantown, a neighborhood in Northwest Philly instilled a toughness to endure the tough enterprise of the NFL, graduated and earned a scholarship to play on the University of Arizona. A sixth-round choose of the Broncos within the 2016 NFL Draft, Parks has appeared in 76 video games and made 20 begins with 5 totally different groups. His background has put his skilled upheaval in perspective.
“I grew up in seeing people go through things. Seeing death right in front of me and things of that sort,” Parks stated. “So, this kind of stuff with the football world kind of does not faze me.”
After 4 seasons collegiately with the Wildcats, Parks was helped with the skilled transition in Denver by the likes of T.J. Ward, Bradley Roby, Aqib Talib and Justin Simmons. He spent 4 years with the Broncos, showing in 62 video games and beginning 15, registering 104 tackles, 13 PDs, 4 interceptions and a couple of pressured fumbles.
“There’s something from each and every single last one of those people’s games that I like to feel like I got in my game,” Parks stated. “I learned a lot from all the guys in my room. When I am in a meeting room, I kind of write down not just my mistakes, but I write everybody else’s mistakes, so I can learn from them, too.”