Rick Parros
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| Position | Running back | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Born | June 14, 1958 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school | Granite (South Salt Lake, Utah) | ||||||||
| College | Utah State | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1980: 4th round, 107th overall pick | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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Rick U. Parros (born June 14, 1958) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Utah State Aggies. Parros was selected by the Denver Broncos in the fourth round of the 1980 NFL draft, for whom he played from 1981 through 1984.[1] He was Denver's leading rusher in 1981 with 749 yards on 176 carries.[2]
Parros also played for the Seattle Seahawks in 1985 and 1987.
NFL career statistics
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| Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||
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| GP | GS | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1981 | DEN | 16 | 16 | 176 | 749 | 4.3 | 25 | 2 | 25 | 216 | 8.6 | 26 | 1 |
| 1982 | DEN | 9 | 9 | 77 | 277 | 3.6 | 14 | 1 | 37 | 259 | 7.0 | 24 | 2 |
| 1983 | DEN | 6 | 5 | 30 | 96 | 3.2 | 13 | 1 | 12 | 126 | 10.5 | 33 | 2 |
| 1984 | DEN | 15 | 2 | 46 | 208 | 4.5 | 25 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 4.2 | 9 | 0 |
| 1985 | SEA | 4 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 2.4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| 1987 | SEA | 1 | 1 | 13 | 32 | 2.5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| 51 | 33 | 350 | 1,381 | 3.9 | 25 | 7 | 82 | 660 | 8.0 | 33 | 5 | ||
References
[edit]- ↑ "1980 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
- ↑ Morton, Craig; Dater, Adrian (2008). "Then Morton Said to Elway. . .": The Best Denver Broncos Stories Ever Told. Triumph Books. p. 70. ISBN 9781617491993. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
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