AT SAN JOSE STATE: Third season with the Spartans ...A linebacker hopeful in 2012...Originally a wide receiver/defensive back prospect who joined the team in 2010.
2011: Did not see any game action.
2010: Completed the season as a redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduate of San Francisco[apos]s Sacred Heart Cathedral (Coach John Lee) played wide receiver, running back, cornerback, safety and outside linebacker...As a senior, caught 41 passes for 755 yards and eight touchdowns and averaged 7.1 yards per rush...A first-team All-West Catholic Athletic League and second-team All-Metro pick by the San Francisco Chronicle and his team[apos]s Most Valuable Player...Also lettered in basketball.
MORE ON DOUG: A communication studies major...His dad, Doug Parrish, was a defensive back drafted in the seventh-round by the New York Jets in the 1991 draft...Dad went on to play for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League...The native of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, was born on July 24, 1992.