After a diligent search, the Cowboys landed on 34-year-old Christian Parker, who is now the youngest DC in franchise history. Appearing on the Schrager Hour podcast with Peter Schrager (38:00 mark in the video), Parker revealed that he grew up a Washington Redskins fan. Dallas Cowboys DC Christian Parker grew up a Washington Football fanThough Parker grew up in New Jersey, he moved to Virginia at a young age and played football at the University of Richmond. There's more than a little comedy in Parker buying a Deion Sanders Cowboys jersey while rooting for Washington. It took Parker taking us through his journey to the NFL, but we finally found a red flag.