After six years with the Raiders, Brandon Parker’s time with the team might actually, finally be over. The former third round pick has signed on with the 49ers, the team announced Monday.
The Raiders were so nervous they could miss out on Parker in the 2018 draft, that they traded three picks to jump up ten spots in the third round.
The North Carolina A&T product was seen as the answer to start at right tackle with first round pick Kolton Miller at left tackle. Miller developed into a solid starting tackle. Parker…did not.
It was not for lack of chances. He was thrust into the starting lineup as a rookie when Donald Penn was injured. He started a disastrouns 12 games that season.
He would start a handful of games over the next two seasons before, in the final year of his rookie contract, he was given another chance at being the starting right tackle, replacing draft bust Alex Leatherwood. Parker would give up eight sacks in 12 starts.
Somewhat surprisingly at that point, he was brought back the next season and suffered an injury that cost him all of 2022. Then he was brought back *again* last season, appearing in five games with one start.
After that run, it wouldn’t have surprised anyone if the Raiders brought him back for yet another go round. But this time, they actually let him walk. And for now he is a member of the San Francisco 49ers.