Kris Farris
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| Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||
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| Born: | March 26, 1977 St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. | ||||
| Height: | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | ||||
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| High school: | Santa Margarita Catholic (Rancho Santa Margarita, California) | ||||
| College: | UCLA | ||||
| NFL draft: | 1999 / Round: 3 / Pick: 74 | ||||
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Kristofer Martin Farris (born March 26, 1977) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for a single season in 2001. He played college football for the UCLA Bruins, earning consensus All-American honors and winning the Outland Trophy in 1998. He was selected in the third round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers, and played professionally for the NFL's Buffalo Bills.
Early years[edit]
Farris was born in St. Paul, Minnesota.[1] He graduated from Santa Margarita Catholic High School in Rancho Santa Margarita, California,[2] where he played high school football for the Santa Margarita Eagles.
College career[edit]
Farris attended the University of California, Los Angeles, where he played for the Bruins from 1995 to 1998. As senior in 1998, he was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American, and won the Outland Trophy as the best college football interior lineman in America.
Professional career[edit]
The Pittsburgh Steelers selected Farris in the third round (seventy-fourth pick overall) of the 1999 NFL Draft, but he never appeared in a regular season game for the Steelers.[3][4] In 2001, he played in three regular season games for the Buffalo Bills, and started one.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players, Kris Farris. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
- ^ databaseFootball.com, Players, Kris Farris Archived 2011-11-21 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
- ^ "1999 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
- ^ National Football League, Historical Players, Kris Farris. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
- 1977 births
- Living people
- All-American college football players
- American football offensive tackles
- Buffalo Bills players
- Players of American football from Saint Paul, Minnesota
- UCLA Bruins football players
- Pittsburgh Steelers players
- Santa Margarita Catholic High School alumni
- Players of American football from Orange County, California