Parrish lands offer, visit from Thomas Brown within same week

Stefan Adams

Nov 28, 2018 3 min read

2020 Columbus RB Henry Parrish already owned offers from the likes of Power 5 schools such as Indiana, Iowa, and Pitt, but had his recruitment ratcheted up a notch over the weekend when he received a verbal scholarship from running backs coach Thomas Brown and the Canes after making a visit for UM’s game vs. Pitt on Saturday.

“He called me, he couldn’t make it in person after Miami’s game, so he just called me over the phone,” Parrish said of Brown. “It felt great. My cousin always told me to be patient, that it would come. So, I was just staying humble and being patient, and it came.”

Parrish’s relationship with the Canes is very new, but Miami is already starting to make in-roads with the star running back.

“We just started talking really over the weekend,” Parrish said. “He tells me how the program was, all the great running backs that have come through there. And how they use the running back in different ways, like how DeeJay Dallas returned the punt for the touchdown.”

Even though UM came through with the offer, Miami has let him know that their interest in him is legit: Brown was at Columbus’ practice yesterday to watch Parrish play.

“I seen coach Brown yesterday at practice,” Parrish said. “I didn’t get to shake his hand cause I was in the middle of practice, but he was out there. It was cool.”

Now that Parrish has an offer from the Canes, what about Miami has his attention?

“It’s not that it’s close to home, but I don’t know, I just like the U,” Parrish said. “It’s hard to describe, it’s just that feeling.”

Despite an injured shoulder in the first round of the 8A Playoffs against Coral Gables, Parrish has stayed right on course with his huge junior season to help carry Columbus to their semifinal matchup this week against Deerfield Beach.

“My junior year is going great actually - 28 TD’s and 1,800 yards,” Parrish said. “I ain’t done yet, though.”

With word getting out about Parrish’s talents, schools like Florida, Bama, and LSU have begun to take interest and any one of them could be close to pulling the trigger now that Miami has thrown their hat in the ring.

While he has no current visits set up, Parrish is in no rush to end the process and will take his time with everything.

“I’m going to commit sometime next year, my senior year,” Parrish said.

What does a school need to show that will set them apart from the rest for Parrish?

“The one that’s showing the most love to me, that’s where I’ll be attending.”

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Zbrod95

Jan 14, 2022

fincane said:
As long as we're deluding ourselves into thinking we currently in a spot to take what Bama wants all the time then sure.

^ we already did

RaisingCane26

Jan 14, 2022

Considering what everyone has already stated, there is no reason to not add to our RB room. You bring in Parrish, take a swing at Citizen, bring in two in ‘23, and if someone doesn’t like it and wants to transfer then so be it. Scared money don’t make money. Time to nut up and let the dominos fall.

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fincane

Jan 14, 2022

Zbrod95 said:
^ we already did

We did for a skinny freshman TE. Not a proven RB which Alabama desperately needs.

Zbrod95

Jan 14, 2022

fincane said:
We did for a skinny freshman TE. Not a proven RB which Alabama desperately needs.

Lmao is this serious? Since when is Bama in need of a RB lol. I literally can’t believe that was your retort.

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fincane

Jan 14, 2022

Zbrod95 said:
Lmao is this serious? Since when is Bama in need of a RB lol. I literally can’t believe that was your retort.

Did you see who was on the field in the title game? Robinson is gone and Trey Sanders aint the same after injuries. The other guys were in sweat pants. You can't believe the retort? Alabama's best WR this year was a Buckeye transfer. Since when have they needed help at WR? You saw what they were when Metchie and Williams were gone. A slot WR and a bunch unproven freshmen not ready for the moment. So yes even Alabama needs help. WR help in 2021. RB help in 2022.

RVACane

Jan 14, 2022

DMoney said:
We want him, and I expect him to be here. We’ll see.

canes614

Jan 14, 2022

DMoney said:
I love Chaney and Rooster, but I want to see them average 5 yards per carry before we declare the RB room stacked.

Parrish was 5.3 last year on decent volume. Chaney is a career 4.6. Knighton was 3.9 last year. Too low for backs with their explosiveness.

while agree with you on the room not being stacked......despite running behind a bad line Knighton still had more all purpose yards than Parish...

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manu64788

Jan 14, 2022

fincane said:
Did you see who was on the field in the title game? Robinson is gone and Trey Sanders aint the same after injuries. The other guys were in sweat pants. You can't believe the retort? Alabama's best WR this year was a Buckeye transfer. Since when have they needed help at WR? You saw what they were when Metchie and Williams were gone. A slot WR and a bunch unproven freshmen not ready for the moment. So yes even Alabama needs help. WR help in 2021. RB help in 2022.

They already got Gibbs from GT to transfer. He will be the assumed RB1 next year. They also brought in the #1 RB in the nation for 2022. They will be fine as always at RB

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fincane

Jan 14, 2022

manu64788 said:
They already got Gibbs from GT to transfer. He will be the assumed RB1 next year. They also brought in the #1 RB in the nation for 2022. They will be fine as always at RB

We were talking about Gibbs. They got him because of lack of ready to go talent

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rayray

Jan 14, 2022

Zbrod95 said:
Lmao is this serious? Since when is Bama in need of a RB lol. I literally can’t believe that was your retort.

it's pretty clear that Gibbs left GT in order to step up in competition, and from what I can tell he didn't even entertain any other school aside from Bama. he certainly wasn't trying to transfer within the ACC Coastal. there were tons of ppl on this board who kept bringing up Eli Ricks' name, he was also always going to Bama. there's a certain kind of transfer who isn't looking for playing time or a fresh start, they're looking, basically, to go to Bama.

PIPO

Jan 14, 2022

Zbrod95 said:
The guy who ran for 1,200 yards and 16 TDs last year.

Maybe Dye wants to stay on the west coast. You don’t think that Mario is all over this one way or another in regards to Dye and Parrish?

We aren’t talking about Manny here but I know you know that. Nothing is happening here without Mario giving his thumb print on things.

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rayray

Jan 14, 2022

Zbrod95 said:
So Miami wouldn’t have a shot at Travis Dye with multiple of his former coaches here? Miami couldn’t go get Jared Broussard who’s from Dallas? Or FCS transfer Dante Miller, Minnisota transfer Ky Thomas, Buffalo transfer Dylan McDuffie or Stanford transfer Nathaniel Peat? I could go on and on.

Miami fans always have excuses to take average SFL players.

you would have to imagine that Dye is in the picture.

I posted this earlier in this thread, but you can clearly see a trend this portal cycle of kids going to places where they have connections to coaches and/or returning home, especially kids who are transferring from P5 schools. it's starting to resemble high school recruiting more than pure free agency. the smaller school kids still tend to be looking at playing time/situation.

if you look at Nathaniel Peat, he played at Stanford and is from Missouri. his offers since he jumped in the portal, based on his twitter feed, are Oklahoma State, Iowa, Oregon State, Western Kentucky, Washington State, Purdue, Missouri. all west coast and midwest schools. doesn't feel like a coincidence.

Cribby

Jan 14, 2022

He’s being “ pursued “ lol

htownkidd

Jan 14, 2022

At end of the day, Mario wants Parrish too..not just posters on this site. So what’s the fuss about?

Cane_J15

Jan 14, 2022

fincane said:
I've said this before about other positions but just because those 3 1000 yard rushers are available doesn't mean Miami has a shot. So is Miami gonna spend time chasing RBs who haven't reached out and tell a guy who got plenty of power 5 carries hold on just for him to go some place else? The portal is different. Guys will let you know real quick if they have interest because they want to find a spot.

Facts a thousand yard rusher is looking to be RB1 that's a question when we have Chaney and Knighton Parrish would be a nice 3 headed monster rushing attack going with whose hot! Which is what he did last year and gained 600 yards in the SEC west! I definitely like Parrish over 1 of those backs (Dye)