Sanders and Woodson were among the NFL stars gathered in Parker's hometown of Fort Wayne, Indiana, to remember one of the first prominent African-American football agents, according to WANE-TV (http://bit.ly/1MA6XDG) . Parker died in Atlanta on March 31 of cancer. He was 60.
Parker is survived by his wife, June, and five children.
"Without Eugene I don't know where I would be today," Woodson said.
Parker's company, Relativity Sports, represented three of the top seven picks in the 2015 draft.
FORT WAYNE,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Ind. (AP) — Deion Sanders recalled Eugene Parker as a father figure and Rod Woodson said Saturday at the influential agent's funeral that Parker taught him how to be a good man.
Among Parker's Hall of Fame clients were Sanders, Woodson and Curtis Martin.
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In 1995, Parker put together a $35 million contract for Sanders with the Dallas Cowboys that made Sanders the league's highest-paid defensive player.