UCLA's career receiving yardage leader moved into No. 2 on the career reception list against Washington, passing J.J. Stokes. Farmer, when healthy, is one of the nation's top wide receivers, as evidenced by his game against Oregon on Oct. 9. He was hampered during the season's first month by a high sprain of his left ankle.
The senior made seven catches for a career-high 196 yards and two touchdowns measuring 11 and 65 yards against the Ducks. His 196 yards rank No. 2 in UCLA history, trailing only J.J. Stokes' 263 yards versus USC in 1992. The seven receptions tied his career high, set last year against Oregon and Wisconsin. His 11-yard catch with just 38 seconds remaining in the first half gave UCLA a 20-10 lead and his 65-yard catch and run boosted the lead to 34-10. He also made a diving 48-yard catch on the first play of the second half to spark another Bruin scoring drive. Overall, four of his seven receptions measured at least 23 yards, and three accounted for at least 31 yards.
The following week against California, despite suffering a strained groin, he made three catches for 32 yards. On Oct. 23 at Oregon State, he played just three snaps due to his latest injury and did not make a reception. Against Arizona on Oct. 30, he made two receptions for 43 yards.
Last week, he led the Bruins with six receptions against Washington, accounting for 80 yards. He had two receptions of 25 yards each.
On Oct. 2 at Arizona State, Farmer made six receptions for 148 yards and one touchdown and became UCLA's all-time leader in receiving yardage. On his first touch of the game, he caught a pass, broke a couple of tackles and raced 85 yards for the sixth-longest touchdown reception in UCLA history to give the Bruins a 14-0 lead. Late in the second quarter, he made back-to-back receptions of 12 and 22 yards to put the ball at the two-yard line and set up Keith Brown's TD with 12 seconds remaining in the half. On the day, five of his six receptions accounted for a touchdown or a first down.
On the year, he has made 27 catches for 555 yards and three scores. His average of 20.6 yards per reception is the highest on the squad. He ranks first on the team in receiving yards (555) and second with his 27 catches.
Despite appearing in two games in which he did not catch a pass, he still ranks ninth in the Pac-10 in average yards per game (69.4) and his average of 20.6 yards per catch is first in the league.
Farmer's career totals are now 157 receptions for 3,002 yards and 19 touchdowns in just 43 games. His 3,002 yards rank No. 1 on UCLA's all-time list, while his 157 receptions rank No. 2 (he passed No. 2 J.J. Stokes against Washington. A big-play performer, he has made 23 receptions of at least 40 yards, including 13 last season and four in 1999. He has accounted for at least 100 yards 11 times in his career, including twice this year.
In addition, he ranks fourth on the Pac-10's career receiving yardage list behind Stanford's Troy Walters, former USC star Johnnie Morton and Arizona's Dennis Northcutt.
In 1998, Farmer was the team's leading receiver with 58 catches for 1,274 yards (22.0 average) and nine touchdowns. In the Washington game, he became only the fourth player in school history to record over 1,000 receiving yards in a season. His 1,274 yards set a new UCLA record, breaking Kevin Jordan's record of 1,228 yards, set in 1994, and he averaged 106.2 yards per contest. His average (22.0) was the highest in school history among players with at least 36 receptions in a season.
Farmer is a two-sport star who made major contributions to the volleyball squad, which won NCAA titles in 1998 and 1996 with him on the roster. Danny is not the only member of his family to have won a national championship. His father George was a Bruin footballer, as well, and also a member of the 1970 national championship basketball team. Uncle Dave Farmer was on the 1974 USC national championship football team. Both went on to play professional football.
Farmer is 7-0 versus USC - 3-0 in football and 4-0 in volleyball.
Thus far in 1999, Farmer has missed two full games (Boise State and Fresno State) due to a high sprain of his left ankle and saw limited action in three other contests. Against Ohio State, he tied for the team lead with three receptions for 56 yards. He did not make any receptions at Stanford or at Oregon State.
1999 FARMER RECEIVING
Game TCB Net Avg. TD LG
BSU DNP
OSU* 3 56 18.7 0 40
FSU DNP
STAN* 0 0 0.0 0 0
ASU 6 148 24.7 1 85
ORE* 7 196 28.0 2 65
CAL* 3 32 10.7 0 12
OSU 0 0 0.0 0 0
ARIZ* 2 43 21.5 0 35
WASH 6 80 13.3 0 25
TOTALS 27 555 20.6 3 85
UCLA CAREER RECEPTIONS
Years No. Yds Avg TD
Kevin Jordan 1992-95 179 2548 14.23 12
Danny Farmer 1996-98 157 3002 19.12 19
J.J. Stokes 1991-94 154 2469 16.03 28
Sean LaChapelle 1989-92 142 2027 14.27 14
Mike Sherrard 1982-85 128 1965 15.35 10
UCLA CAREER RECEIVING YARDS
Years No. Yds Avg TD
Danny Farmer 1996-98 157 3002 19.12 19
Kevin Jordan 1992-95 179 2548 14.23 12
J.J. Stokes 1991-94 154 2469 16.03 28
Jim McElroy 1994-97 101 2029 20.09 14
Sean LaChapelle 1989-92 142 2027 14.27 14
UCLA SEASON RECEIVING YARDS
Year No. Yds Avg TD
Danny Farmer 1998 58 1274 22.0 9
Kevin Jordan 1994 73 1228 16.8 7
J.J. Stokes 1993 82 1181 14.4 17
Sean LaChapelle 1991 73 1056 14.5 11
Jim McElroy 1997 47 988 21.0 10
FARMER's CAREER 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES
No. Yds TD LG
1999 Arizona State 6 148 1 85
Oregon 7 196 2 65
1998 Houston 4 100 0 41
Wash. State 5 100 0 51
Oregon 7 161 2 60
Oregon State 5 113 2 43
Washington 4 134 0 61
Miami 6 135 2 77
Wisconsin 7 142 1 44
1997 none
1996 Tennessee 5 115 1 88
Wash. State 5 121 1 38
