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Prep Football: Old Spice names Parks National Player of Year

Wednesday, February 03, 2010 12:00 AM | Printer friendly version | E-mail to a friend |

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By Ronnie Gallagher

rgallagher@salisburypost.com

Just when you thought there were no more football awards for K.P. Parks to win, well, here's another one.

The West Rowan running back, who led the Falcons to back-to-back state 3A championships, was named Tuesday as the Old Spice Red Zone National Player of the Year.

Parks was selected from a pool of players from 10,000 high school football teams.

As one of the 50 Red Zone players of the year, Parks will be honored in a full page ad in USA Today on Thursday.

The 5-foot-7 Parks was a walking record book:

- He finished his career with 10,895 yards, the best in North Carolina history and the third-most nationally.

- His 55 100-yard games was easily a national record.

- He carried the ball more than anyone in the history of prep football: 1,370.

- He finished with 158 career touchdowns.

Parks will officially sign with the Virginia Cavaliers today.

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