Penn State football’s Micah Parsons to sit out 2020 season, report says
Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons’ career as a Nittany Lion has reportedly come to an end. Yahoo! Sports reported late Tuesday night that Parsons will sit out the 2020 season and declare for the 2021 NFL Draft.
Parsons was expected to make the announcement official Wednesday afternoon, but as of late Wednesday afternoon, neither he nor Penn State had made an announcement.
If he makes it official, Parsons will join Minnesota WR Rashod Bateman as the second high-profile Big Ten player to forgo the season. A potential third, Penn State tight end Pat Freiermuth, seemingly shot down rumors on Twitter Wednesday afternoon that he’d follow suit.
Shortly after the 2020 NFL Draft, the Nittany Lion linebacker was projected as a top-five pick in next April’s 2021 NFL Draft by ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr.
Parsons was named a Consensus All-American by the NCAA after a dominant 2019 season in which he tallied 109 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, five sacks and four forced fumbles. The Nittany Lion capped off the season with an impressive 14 tackles, two sacks, two forced fumbles and two passes defended in Penn State’s 53-39 Cotton Bowl win over Memphis in December.
This story was originally published August 4, 2020 at 10:47 PM.
