D'Marco Farr

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D'Marco Farr
No. 75
Position: Defensive tackle
Personal information
Born: (1971-06-09) June 9, 1971 (age 53)
San Pablo, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:276 lb (125 kg)
Career information
High school: John F. Kennedy
(Richmond, California)
College: Washington
Undrafted: 1994
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games:100
Sacks:36.5
Interceptions:3
Player stats at PFR

D'Marco Marcellus Farr (born June 9, 1971) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for the Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Rams from 1994 to 2000 and recorded 36.5 career sacks. He was a member of the Rams team that won Super Bowl XXXIV. He became a sideline reporter for the Los Angeles Rams.

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Early life and college

Farr played high school football at John F. Kennedy High School in Richmond, California. In college, he was a member of the undefeated 1991 University of Washington team that won the CNN/ USA Today NCAA National Championship.

NFL career

Farr was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Los Angeles Rams out of the University of Washington in 1994. He had his best season in 1995 when he recorded 11.5 sacks and 1 interception. Farr recorded 8.5 sacks in the Rams' 1999 Super Bowl season.

from left: Randy Karraker, Farr, and Michelle Smallmon Espn101stlouis2013.jpg
from left: Randy Karraker, Farr, and Michelle Smallmon

Farr was cut by the Rams after the 2000–01 season. [2]

Broadcasting

After his playing career ended, Farr became a regular on the sports talk show The Best Damn Sports Show Period on Fox Sports Net. He has remained on FSN as a co-host of the network's college football coverage.

From 2005 until September 2007, [3] Farr hosted the D'Marco Farr Show with Kevin Kiley on KSPN in Los Angeles.

[4] On September 21, 2007, co-host Kevin Kiley announced that Farr had "retired from sports radio" to "pursue opportunities in professional football".

Previously, until November 2006, Farr was the co-host with Gary Miller; however, Miller was fired and replaced by guest hosts [5] until January 2007, when Kevin Kiley joined the show as co-host.

[6] Farr was a part of the St. Louis Rams broadcasts, doing TV color commentary for KTVI FOX 2 in the preseason, and providing analysis for radio broadcasts during the season, previously for 103.3 KLOU, and from 2008 until 2016, 101.1 WXOS.

He was also a part of the station's afternoon drive program, The Fast Lane, with Randy Karraker and former St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Brad Thompson. From 2009 until 2016, Farr was the lead color commentator for the Rams Radio broadcasts on 101 ESPN. He replaced former coach Jim Hanifan. On August 5, 2016, Farr announced he was leaving 101.1 FM and joining the Los Angeles Rams broadcasting team on KSPN Los Angeles (which consists of J.B. Long and Maurice Jones-Drew).

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