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2016 Football Roster

80 Gary Farquhar

  • Position Tight End
  • Ht./Wt. 6-6 / 228
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Throckmorton, Texas
  • Prev School Throckmorton HS
  • Major Geoscience/Petroleum Engineering

Biography

At Midwestern State

Sophomore (2016)
played in 10 games as a reserve tight end... finished season with two receptions for 24 yards and a touchdown... caught a pass for 12 yards in collegiate debut -- a 31-19 win -- at Truman State (9/3)... recorded first career touchdown in a 12-yard reception near the end of the first quarter in a 76-21 rout of UT-Permian Basin (10/29)... played a role on an offensive line unit that paved the way for the second-best rushing attack in the LSC while ranking 37th nationally at 196.1 yards per game while limiting opposing defenses to 5.1 tackles for loss a game -- second in the LSC and 38th in NCAA Division II... MSU permitted just 11 sacks all season...

Redshirt Freshman (2015)
missed season due to injury...

Freshman (2013)
served redshirt season...

At Throckmorton High School
remarkable athlete in multiple sports, becoming the first six-man football player to sign at MSU... 2012 Texas Six-Man Player of the Year... two-time first-team Texas Six-Man Division I All-State wide receiver as a junior and senior... led coach Mike Reed's Greyhounds to back-to-back State Championships in 2011 and 2012 after finishing as state runner-up in 2010... caught 55 passes for 1,432 yards and 30 touchdowns as a senior... picked the 2012 State Championship game MVP after posting 14 tackles and a fumble recovery in Throckmorton's 72-30 win over Abbott... named the Wichita Falls Times Record News Super Six MVP... honored as first-team All-Texas Six-Man Division I Region II on as a receiver and a defensive lineman as a senior... first-team All-Texas Six-Man Region III as a receiver as a junior... named District 8-1A Division I Offensive Player of the Year as a senior... selected first-team All-District as receiver and defensive lineman both junior and senior year... named first-team Texas Six-Man Coaches Association All-State Basketball as a sophomore, junior and senior at forward/post... chosen Texas Association of Basketball Coaches first-team All-State at forward as a junior... District 14-1A Basketball Player of the Year as a junior and District 11-1A Division II Defensive Player of the Year as a senior... won gold medal as the Texas UIL State 1A Division II Champion as a senior in the 110-meter high hurdles (14.31) and 300-meter hurdles (38.78), while taking the silver in the high jump (6-3)... as a junior, placed fourth in the 1A State Meet in the 110 and 300 hurdles and placed fifth in the high jump...

Personal
son of David and Leisa Farquhar... born Dec. 15, 1994...

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    6'5" 200 lbs
  • 86

    2014Freshman

    Wide Reciever
    6'6" 212 lbs
    86
  • 80

    2015Sophomore

    Wide Reciever
    6'6" 225 lbs
    80
  • 80

    2016Sophomore

    Tight End
    6'6" 228 lbs
    80