Transfer OL Daijon Parker Flips Commitment from Virginia to Iowa

Nearly a month after asserting his dedication to Virginia, Saginaw Valley State offensive lineman switch Daijon Parker has introduced that he’ll as a substitute be transferring to Iowa for the 2023 soccer season. 

A 6’6″, 300-pound offensive deal with, Parker initially dedicated to Virginia again on December eleventh and signed a grant-in-aid with UVA on early signing day on December twenty first. Sadly for the Cavaliers, a grant-in-aid is binding solely to the college and to not the athlete, which implies that the switch can proceed to contemplate different faculties even after signing a grant-in-aid. Daijon Parker took a go to to Iowa this weekend and introduced his dedication to the Hawkeyes on Saturday night. 

In accordance with a report by 247Sports’ Sean Bock, Parker cited UVA’s lack of an offensive line coach as the first consider his resolution to flip his dedication to Iowa. “The factor that made me flip was the truth that they nonetheless do not have an offensive line coach at UVA and right here at Iowa they’ve every thing able to go for me,” Parker instructed 247Sports.

The information that Virginia offensive line coach Garett Tujague was leaving to take the identical job at NC State broke only a few hours after Parker initially dedicated to UVA on December eleventh. The Cavaliers have but to announce the hiring of Tujague’s alternative as the following offensive line coach and that in the end led to UVA shedding the dedication of Daijon Parker, who was going to provide Virginia some much-needed reinforcement on the offensive line. 

As an alternative, Tony Elliott and the Hoos must renew their seek for offensive linemen within the switch portal and it has develop into painfully clear that the hiring of a brand new offensive line coach must be approached with elevated urgency. 

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