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Parker Ehinger (born December 30, 1992) is an American former professional football guard. He played college football at the University of Cincinnati. He was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL draft.
Ehinger in the 2017 NFL season | |||||||
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| Position: | Guard | ||||||
| Personal information | |||||||
| Born: | December 30, 1992 Rockford, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 310 lb (141 kg) | ||||||
| Career information | |||||||
| High school: | Rockford (MI) | ||||||
| College: | Cincinnati | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 2016 / round: 4 / pick: 105 | ||||||
| Career history | |||||||
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||||
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Ehinger attended Rockford High School, where he was a two-year starter on the offensive line, while also seeing some action at tight end. As a senior, he helped the team achieve an 11–2 record, a district championship, and an appearance in the state semifinals. He received Division 1-2 All-State and Detroit Free Press Dream Team honors. He was named First-team All-OK-RED and All-Area in his last 2 seasons.
He also practiced the discus throw and shot put.
Ehinger accepted a football scholarship from the University of Cincinnati. He started 13 games at right tackle as a redshirt freshman. He started at right guard as a sophomore and junior.
He started at left tackle as a senior, helping the offense rank No. 6 nationally in total offense with a 537.8-yard average per game.
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||||
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| 6 ft 6+1⁄4 in (1.99 m) |
310 lb (141 kg) |
33 in (0.84 m) |
9+7⁄8 in (0.25 m) | 5.26 s | 1.75 s | 3.01 s | 27.5 in (0.70 m) | 8 ft 1 in (2.46 m) | ||||
| All values from NFL Combine[1][2] | ||||||||||||
Ehinger was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round (105th overall) of the 2016 NFL draft.[3] As a rookie, he started 4 games at left guard.[4] On November 5, He was placed on the injured reserve list, after tearing the ACL, MCL and meniscus in his right knee during the week 8 game against the Indianapolis Colts.[5]
On August 21, 2017, he was activated from the Physical Unable to Perform list. He started in the season opener at right guard, but was declared inactive the rest of the season.
On August 30, 2018, Ehinger was traded to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for cornerback Charvarius Ward.[6] He suffered a knee injury in practice and was placed on the injured reserve list on September 7, 2018.[7]
On April 10, 2019, the Cowboys waived Ehinger.[8]
On April 11, 2019, Ehinger was claimed off waivers by the Jacksonville Jaguars.[9] He was waived on May 9, 2019.
On August 2, 2019, Ehinger was signed by the Arizona Cardinals.[10] He was released on August 31, 2019.[11]
On September 16, 2019, Ehinger was signed to the practice squad of the Baltimore Ravens.[12] He was promoted to the active roster on November 30, 2019.[13] He was placed on injured reserve on January 8, 2020.
Ehinger re-signed with the Ravens on July 29, 2020.[14] He was released on September 5, 2020.[15][16] He was re-signed to their practice squad on December 4, 2020.[17] He was placed on the practice squad/injured list on January 12, 2021.[18] His practice squad contract with the team expired after the season on January 25, 2021.[19]
On June 4, 2021, Ehinger signed with the Las Vegas Raiders.[20] He was released on August 23, 2021.[21]
On October 6, 2021, Ehinger was signed to the Detroit Lions practice squad.[22]
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