Career: Completed 367-of-611 passes for 5,632 yards and 69 TDs...Ranks third in career pass efficiency rating (168.9), fourth in TD passes thrown (69), seventh in completions (367), passing yards (5,632) and total offense (5,740).
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2013: Earned third varsity letter...Member of the GLIAC Academic All-Excellence Team...Played in 10 games with 10 starts...Started the season-opener and then missed three games...Missed two games in the second half of the season and then started the final seven games...Completed 155-of-273 passes for 2,441 yards and 27 TDs...Recorded a pass efficiency rating of 158.6...Tallied a 3.4-1.0 TD pass-to-INT ratio...Tossed four or more TDs in a game four times...Averaged 15.7 yards per completion and 244.1 yards per game passing...Completed 14-of-24 passes for 177 yards and two TDs vs. Azusa Pacific (9/7)...Completed 19-of-24 passes for 264 yards and four TDs vs. Michigan Tech (10/5)...Averaged 3.2 TD passes per game in final five games...Completed 14-of-26 passes for 274 yards and four TDs in regular season finale vs. Saginaw Valley State (11/16)...Completed 15-of-27 passes for 204 yards and three TDs vs. SVSU in NCAA Playoff game (11/23)...Completed 16-of-28 passes for 316 yards and four TDs at Colorado State-Pueblo (11/30) in NCAA Playoffs...Completed 16-of-32 passes for 219 yards and four TDs vs. West Texas A&M in NCAA Playoff regional final.
2012:Injured in third game of the year and missed the remainder of the season as a medical redshirt...Named to the GLIAC Academic All-Excellence team...Named GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week (9/10)...Completed 38-of-59 passes for 525 yards and six TDs...Rushed for 43 yards on six carries...Completed 15-of-24 passes for 159 yards and one TD, while rushing for 19 yards on three carries at Western Oregon (9/1)...Named GLIAC Player of the Week after completing 21-of-31 passes for 307 yards and four TDs vs. Notre Dame (9/8)...Was 2-4 for 59 yards and a TD in two series at Tiffin (9/15) before leaving with a seson-ending injury.
2011: Bilo D2 Quarterback of the Year finalist...GLIAC  Academic Excellence honoree...Named GVSU's Most Improved Offensive Player...Finished the year with the highest pass efficiency rating in DII football (180.3)...Completed 154-of-249 passes (61.8) for 2.415 yards and 34 TDs...Led the nation in pass efficiency rating (180.3) and ranked third in TD passes with 34...His 34 TD passes ranks fifth all-time in Laker anals for a single-season...26 percent of his pass completions went for TDs...2,415 passing yards ranks 11th all-time for a single-season...Completed 21-of-28 passes for 336 yards and six TDs in three quarters of action vs. Ferris State (10/22) and was named GLIAC Offensive Player of the Week...Parling's completions (21), yards (336) and TD passes (6) were all career highs, while his six TDs tied a Lubbers Stadium record that Curt Anes accomplished twice....His 336 passing yards equalled Brad Iciek's total vs. Saginaw Valley State in 2009 and is the 10th-best single-game total at Lubbers Stadium....Parling's 34 passing TDs also set a GVSU sophomore record that was previously set by Cullen Finnerty (25) in 2005...Rushed 31 times for 128 yards and one TD...Tossed just two interceptions in 155 throws to end the season...Completed 16-of-28 passes for 226 yards and four TDs at Indianapolis (9/17)...Completed 17-of-22 passes for 298 yards and five TDs in just over two quarters of action vs. Tiffin (10/1)...Connected on 12-of-16 passes for 189 yards and five TDs at Northern Michigan (10/8).
2010: Academic All-GLIAC selection...Earned first varsity letter as a reserve quarterback...Completed 20-of-30 passes for 251 yards and two TDs...Completed 66.7 percent of his passes and recorded a pass efficiency rating of 158.95...Rushed 10 times for 69 yards and three TDs...Recorded 320 yards of total offense...Completed 7-of-9 passes for 134 yards and two TDs at Tiffin (10/2)...Completed 10-of-16 passes for 79 yards at Ferris State (10/23).
2009: Redshirted.
High School: Prepped at Salem High School...Played for head coach Parker Salowich...Named to the All-Kensington Lakes Athletic Association conference team...Ranked the #79 player in the state of Michigan by Scout.com following his senior season...Also participated in baseball and basketball.
Personal: Son of Craig Parling and Linda Manni...Also participated in baseball and basketball in high school.
