D'Marco Marcellus Farr (born June 9, 1971) is an American former professional

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player who was a

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for the Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams of the

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(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

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. He became a

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for the Los Angeles Rams.

Early life and college

Farr played

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at John F. Kennedy High School in

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. In college, he was a member of the undefeated 1991

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team that won the

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'' NCAA National Championship.

NFL career

Farr was signed as an

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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

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. Farr recorded 8.5 sacks in the Rams' 1999 Super Bowl season. Farr was cut by the Rams after the 2000–01 season.

NFL career statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Broadcasting

After his playing career ended, Farr became a regular on the sports talk show '' The Best Damn Sports Show Period'' on

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. He has remained on FSN as a co-host of the network's college football coverage. From 2005 until September 2007, Farr hosted the ''D'Marco Farr Show'' with Kevin Kiley on KSPN in

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. 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

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s until January 2007, when Kevin Kiley joined the show as co-host. 710 ESPN ADDS KEVIN KILEY TO WEEKDAY LINE UP
710espn.com, accessed January 24, 2007 Farr was a part of the

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broadcasts, doing TV color commentary for

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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

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. He was also a part of the station's afternoon drive program, The Fast Lane, with

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and former

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pitcher Brad Thompson. From 2009 until 2016, Farr was the lead

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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

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broadcasting team on KSPN Los Angeles (which consists of J.B. Long and

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References

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