Goulds, Fla., native Henry Parrish Jr. started his football career at Christopher Columbus High School. It would be here that ESPN would rate him as a three-star running back.
Parrish committed to Ole Miss to play under running back coach Kevin Smith, turning down offers from Miami (FL), Florida, Oregon, South Carolina and Penn State.
During his freshman season with Ole Miss in 2020, Parrish reached 263 yards for two touchdowns on 56 carries. His breakout game came in a 53-48 thrilling shootout loss to LSU on the road in which he scored two rushing touchdowns and ran for 87 yards on 16 carries in addition to catching an impressive four passes for 27 yards.
As a sophomore, Parrish rushed for 553 total yards with three touchdowns on 105 carries and had 21 receptions for 173 yards.
After the 2021 season, Smith took a new job at the University of Miami, and Parrish entered the transfer portal — ultimately following him to the Sunshine State.
In his standout first season with the Hurricanes, Parrish had 130 carries for 616 yards and four touchdowns, 17 receptions for 120 yards and another two touchdowns in the 2022 season. Parrish was named third team All-ACC. He continued his career at Miami in the 2023 season with 100 carries for 625 yards, six touchdowns and 11 receptions for 32 yards.
When Smith returned to Ole Miss, Parrish once again followed him.
In the season opener against Furman, Parrish had eight carries for 40 yards, with one reception for 12 yards. In week two, after being named the starter over Ulysses Bently IV, Parrish had another successful game, rushing for 165 yards on 14 carries with four touchdowns and one reception for 16 yards against MTSU.
In the Rebels’ 40-6 victory over Wake Forest, Parrish found the end zone twice and rushed for 133 yards on 22 carries.
Ole Miss returns home this weekend to face Georgia Southern on Saturday, Sept. 21 and will begin conference play against the University of Kentucky in Oxford on Saturday, Sept. 28.
