Micah Parsons has accumulated 43.5 sacks in his career as of week 10 of the 2024 NFL season.Micah Parsons is an American football edge rusher for the Dallas Cowboys as of the 2024 NFL season. The Dallas Cowboys selected him as the 12th overall pick in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft. Parsons, a native of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, went to Central Dauphin High School before transferring to Harrisburg High School, where he played both defensive end and running back. He racked up 1,239 rushing yards and 27 rushing touchdowns yards in his senior year. He was also a five-star recruit coming out of high school. He then enrolled at Pennsylvania State University from 2018-2020. He was named Freshman All-American in his debut season and Consensus All-American in 2020. Further, he was also named the First-team All-Big Ten and Big Ten Linebacker of the Year twice in 2019.
How many sacks has Micah Parsons racked up?
As of week 10 of the 2024 NFL season, Parsons has piled up 43.5 sacks in his career. Parsons already had 40.5 sacks in the regular season from 50 games in his first three seasons. Unfortunately, though, he has not been able to find the same success in the postseason. In four playoff games, he has only 1 sack to his name.
However, what is really impressive is that in his rookie year in the league, Micah Parsons with 13 sacks was ranked ninth in the league in the company of some of the top defensive names such as Von Miller, Myles Garrett, Aaron Donald, and more. In 2022, he improved to 13.5 sacks and was sixth in the league again proving why he is such a nightmare for the opposition, while he added another 14 in his third year. He has 3 sacks in five games for the Cowboys through the first ten weeks of the 2024 NFL season.
Micah Parsons' regular season stats
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Fumbles | ||||||
| GP | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 2021 | DAL | 16 | 84 | 64 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | DAL | 17 | 65 | 42 | 23 | 13.5 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 1 |
| 2023 | DAL | 17 | 64 | 36 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 50 | 213 | 142 | 71 | 40.5 | 7 | 4 | 36 | 1 | |
Micah Parsons' postseason stats
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Fumbles | ||||||
| GP | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
| 2021 | DAL | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | DAL | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | DAL | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 3 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
How the Cowboys have used Parsons
In his rookie year, Parsons was initially used as a defensive end, the same position he used to play in high school. The Cowboys starting defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence went down with a foot injury before game 2 of the 2021 season, and Parsons took on the role and flourished immediately, especially in the pass rush game. In a period of continuous dominance, Parsons went on a six-game period achieving at least one sack per game. Ultimately, his 2021 season ended up being named the unanimous Defensive Rookie of the Year.
He picked up 2022 from where he left the previous year. In all, he had another six games with a minimum of two sacks. His all-around gameplay earned him his second successive First-team All-Pro and Pro Bowl honors.
Cowboys have been primarily using him as a defensive end for the majority of the year as evidenced by his snaps count (87% on defensive end according to PFF) in 2023.
FAQs
A. Micah Parsons became a father at a very young age while he was still in college. His firstborn from 2018 is a son by the name of Malcolm and in 2023 he became a father to a daughter.
A. Micah Parsons attended Penn State University where he switched from defensive end to a middle linebacker.
A. Micah Parsons plays as an edge rusher, who predominantly plays as a defensive end.
A. As of September 2024, Micah Parsons plays for the Dallas Cowboys.
