Skip to main content
Join Now

Tampa Bay Buccaneers select Jacob Parrish in third round of 2025 NFL Draft

Meby: Nick Geddes04/26/25NickGeddesNews

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have selected Kansas State cornerback Jacob Parrish in the third round of the 2025 NFL Draft. He was taken with the No. 84 overall pick in the draft.

Parrish’s stock had been rising throughout the draft process. He showed off his athleticism at the NFL Scouting Combine, with a 4.35 40-yard dash and 10-foot-9-inch broad jump.

He wrapped up his three-year collegiate career with 108 combined tackles, six tackles for loss, five interceptions and 19 passes defended. Four of his five career interceptions came in 2023. ESPN‘s Benjamin Solak is high on Parrish’s NFL potential.

“Really like what I’ve seen from Kansas State CB Jacob Parrish,” Solak wrote earlier this month on X. “Feisty, twitchy player who is extremely comfortable in the press. Watch him smother this route [top] into the sideline — all over his film. Probably an NFL nickel but I want him on my team. Max Melton vibes.”

As a recruit, Parrish was ranked as a three-star prospect and the No. 1932 overall recruit in the 2022 class, according to the On3 Industry Rankings. Parrish checked in as the No. 162 cornerback in the class and No. 13 overall player from the state of Kansas, hailing from Olathe North High School (Olathe, Kan.).

What NFL Draft analysts are saying about Jacob Parrish

Still just 21, Parrish has a lot of football ahead of him. NFL Network‘s Lance Zierlein wrote the following in evaluating Parrish:

“Two-year starter with ball skills and athleticism for inside/outside versatility,” Zierlein wrote. “Parrish glides around the field powered by quick feet and smooth hips. He can stay tight to underneath routes from press man and plays with poise and timing when the throw goes deep. He has adequate long speed and twitchy short-area burst to challenge throws from off-man and zone but struggles to gather and redirect quickly to match comebacks and double-breakers.

“He played with better coverage physicality in 2024 but is still lacking as a run defender and open-field tackler. He needs more seasoning but has the athletic tools and ball skills to compete for a role as a CB2/3.”