He attended Floral Park Memorial High School, where he was a member of the basketball, football and track & field teams.

[1] Parris joined the Stony Brook Seawolves football team as a walk-on and eventually earned a scholarship.

[2] Overall, Parris started 41 games for Stony Brook and was named first-team All-CAA in each of his final three seasons and was an FCS All-American as a redshirt senior.

[4] He was cut by the Redskins at the end of training camp and subsequently re-signed to the team's practice squad on September 2, 2018.

[8][9] He was promoted to the active roster on December 14, 2019, after the Indianapolis Colts attempted to sign him off the Redskins practice squad.