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About Corey Parchman

From Indianapolis to the NFL. From the boardroom to the delivery room. From the classroom to the keynote stage. Corey Parchman has never done anything halfway, and every chapter of his life proves it.
Indianapolis, Indiana
NFL Wide Receiver
Ball State University
CorePar Holdings
Best-Selling Author
TEDx Speaker
CBS Mornings
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"My aim is to expand services more than laws."

  • — Corey Parchman
  • The Beginning

Born in Indianapolis.
Built by Everything That Followed.

Corey Parchman was born and raised on the east side of Indianapolis, Indiana, the youngest of three children raised by Vivian Parchman.
That loss arrived without warning and without a roadmap for how a nine-year-old boy was supposed to carry it. What Corey did with that grief, how he transformed it into fuel, into purpose, into a standard he would spend the rest of his life trying to live up to, is the foundation of every chapter that followed.
He attended Indianapolis Public Schools and graduated from Manual High School, where he didn’t just play sports he dominated them. City champion in the 100 meter dash. Two-time Long Jump Sectional and Regional Champion. Two-time All-City and All-Conference quarterback. First Team All-State. District 7 All-Star. Selected as the starting quarterback for the South in the Annual Indiana North South All-Star Football Classic.
Indianapolis shaped Corey Parchman. But Corey Parchman shaped everything that came after it.
  • Early Loss

Father Passed at Age Nine

The defining chapter of Corey's life began not with a trophy but with a loss. His father Edward Parchman passed away when Corey was nine a wound that became the bedrock of his legacy work, his fatherhood journey, and every talk he gives about purpose.

  • High School Athletics

Manual High School Indianapolis

City champion sprinter. Multi-event track champion. Two-time All-City and All-State quarterback. The fastest and most decorated athlete in Indianapolis Public Schools history. Inducted into the IPS Hall of Fame.

  • The Foundation

Indianapolis Public Schools Hall of Fame

Corey's athletic career at Manual High School earned him one of the city's highest sports honors induction into the IPS Hall of Fame cementing his legacy as one of Indianapolis's all-time greats before he ever stepped onto a college or NFL field.

The Football Life

From Ball State to the NFL, five teams, one record that still stands today, and a career built on being the fastest player in any room he walked into.

From Indianapolis to the League

  • Manual High School

Indianapolis, Indiana

City and conference sprinting champion. Two-time All-State quarterback. Starting QB for the Indiana North-South All-Star Classic. Fastest athlete in IPS history.

  • Jacksonville Jaguars

NFL Undrafted Free Agent

Selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent, beginning a professional career that would span five teams and define a decade of elite- level performance.

  • Oakland Raiders · Green Bay Packers

Five Teams. One Standard.

A professional career that included the Oakland Raiders and Green Bay Packers five NFL franchises in total. Each stop reinforced the discipline, preparation, and competitive standard that would later define his business career.

  • Ball State University

Bachelor's & Master's Degrees

Once recognized as the fastest player in college football. Holds multiple Ball State records including highest kick return average in a season and career. Set a Ball State and NCAA record with a 105-yard kick return still the record today. Featured on CBS Late Show with David Letterman.

  • Indianapolis Colts · St. Louis Rams

Returning Home Then West

Signed with the Indianapolis Colts a homecoming that meant everything to the city that raised him. Followed by a stint with the St. Louis Rams, continuing to prove his speed and playmaking ability at the professional level.

  • NFL Career

Five Teams. One Journey.

Jacksonville Jaguars

NFL

Indianapolis Colts

NFL

St. Louis Rams

NFL

Oakland Raiders

NFL

Green Bay Packers

NFL

  • Ball State Records

Records That Still Stand.

105

Yards

NCAA record-setting kick return the longest in Ball State and NCAA Football history. A record that stands to this day. The play that earned Corey a spot on the CBS Late Show with David Letterman.

  • Ball State & NCAA Record Active

#1

All-Time

Highest kick return average in a single season in Ball State history. A record held by the man once recognized as the fastest player in college football.

  • Ball State Record Season Average

#1

All-Time

Most kick return yards in a single game, season, and career at Ball State University a trifecta of records set by the fastest athlete to ever wear a Cardinal uniform.

  • Ball State Records Game, Season & Career
  • After the NFL

20 Years of
Building What Lasts.

When Corey retired from professional football, he didn’t coast on the credential. He built. Over the past two decades, he has founded and operated multiple successful business ventures developing real estate, acquiring companies, and creating infrastructure that employs people and serves communities.
CorePar Holdings is his flagship acquisition vehicle, actively buying and operating businesses across Indianapolis and Miami. His real estate development arm, CorePar Development, has been a driving force in workforce housing in Central Indiana identifying and filling gaps that the market had ignored.

In 2026, Corey published Already Built: How to Buy a Business Instead of Starting One the definitive playbook on entrepreneurship through acquisition, now available on Audible. The book reflects 20 years of deal-making experience distilled into a framework any first-generation entrepreneur can execute.

CorePar Holdings

Business acquisition and private equity operations Indianapolis & Miami lower middle market.

CorePar Development

Real estate development focused on workforce housing in Central Indiana and beyond.

Clear Vision Media & Executive Concierge

Media and executive services built to serve high-level entrepreneurs and professionals.

  • On Stage

TEDx. CBS Mornings. Rooms That Remember Him.

Corey’s speaking career is not a side business it is the natural extension of 20 years of living the stories he tells on stage. From TEDx to CBS Mornings to packed ballrooms across the country, he brings a presence that very few speakers can

  • Education & Philanthropy

Investing in the Next Generation.

After everything the game gave him, Corey turned his attention to giving back not through a check, but through presence and infrastructure. He became a community educator and philanthropist, and founded two nonprofit preschools dedicated to changing the trajectory of children’s lives before kindergarten ever begins.
Mini Men Pre-K Leadership Academy and Pre-K University Academy both focus on delivering high-quality early childhood education while building leadership, confidence, and character development in young children from underserved communities.
Corey’s vision blends rigorous academics with social and emotional learning because he believes that a child who enters kindergarten knowing who they are is already ahead. His philanthropic work reflects the simple conviction that investing in early education is the single highest-return investment a community can make.
Corey was inducted into the Indianapolis Public Schools Hall of Fame the same school system that shaped him a full-circle recognition that is among the honors he holds most closely.
  • Family

The Legacy Starts at Home.

Everything Corey has built the businesses, the books, the stages runs second to life at home.
He is married to Dr. Elisha Parchman, and together they are the proud parents of Corey Parchman Jr.
  • Work With Corey

Ready to Bring Corey to Your Stage?.

Whether you need a keynote, a VIP workshop, a consulting engagement, or a conversation about what comes next Corey is ready to show up the same way he always has. All the way in.
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