“That was a really scary moment for me,” he recalled. He was taken away on a stretcher to UCLA Harbor Medical Center, where he was diagnosed with a concussion. He lay motionless on the field, his arms locked in a rigid position. The 6-foot-8, 255-pound athlete jumped up to catch a touchdown pass in the end zone, landed hard and slammed his head against the turf. But he arrived for classes a week late in January because he was recuperating from “a really bad accident” in a game against the Kansas City Chiefs in December. He enrolled for the spring semester during the NFL’s offseason. “It will be very important for my family and friends to see me walking across that stage.” “I’ll be back next spring and we’ll be walking, hopefully graduating and making sure that I’m closing that chapter in my life, reaching that milestone,” Parham said during an interview in the CUB in April, as he was wrapping up two classes and an internship on campus.
He enrolled for the Spring 2022 semester and will return again next spring, graduating in May 2023. Now a tight end for the Los Angeles Chargers, Parham said he always knew he would be back for his degree. returned to Los Angeles as soon as the Spring 2022 semester ended, so he could join the Los Angeles Chargers as they prepare for the 2022 season.
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