39 games/0 starts
Suffered season-ending knee injury vs. Seattle in 2008 preseason opener...twice honored by teammates as Special Teams MVP in 2006 and 2007...Is the only Viking to recover 2 onside kicks in a season (2007) and tied a Vikings career record with 2 held by Terry LeCount...Has been on special teams units that have returned 2 kickoffs for TDs and 1 punt return TD in his 3 Vikings seasons...Originally signed as a rookie free agent and has grown into one of the NFL’s top special teamers…Has played in 39 games during his 3- year career, notching 70 special teams tackles, 2 onside kick recoveries and a fumble recovery…Led the Vikings in defensive tackles in the 2006 preseason…Finished behind only Dovonte Edwards in 2005 to rank 2nd on the team with 13 special teams tackles in only 7 games...Signed immediately following the 2005 NFL Draft and moved from the Vikings practice squad to the active roster on 10/22/05.
2008 Suffered season-ending knee injury vs. Seattle in preseason opener.
2007 Named the Vikings Special Teams MVP for the 2nd straight season by teammates...Set Vikings records with 7 special teams tackles in a game at NY Giants (11/25) and by recovering 2 onside kicks in a season...Broke Vikings record for special teams tackles in a game with 7, snapping the mark of 6 by Wymon Henderson in 1988...Recovered onside kicks vs. Philadelphia (10/28) and vs. Washington (12/23)...Onside recovery vs. Philadelphia (10/28) was the 1st in team history in the 1st quarter of a game...His onside recoveries were the 13th and 14th in Vikings history. 2006 Named the Vikings’ Special Teams MVP as voted on by teammates...Led team with 25 special teams tackles… Played in all 16 games after playing in 7 the previous season…Recorded his 1st career fumble recovery off a special teams fumble vs. Arizona (11/26)...Helped spring Mewelde Moore for a 71-yard punt return TD vs. New England (10/30/06) on Monday Night Football…Notched a season-high 3 special teams stops vs. Green Bay (11/12)…Led team in preseason tackles. 2005 Made most of playing time when he got on the field as a special teams standout...Began season on practice squad for the opening 5 weeks...Promoted to active roster and made NFL debut vs. Green Bay (10/23)...Played in 7 straight games before being sidelined with knee injury suffered at Detroit (12/4)...Averaged nearly 2 special teams tackles in each game he played...Posted Vikings’ seasonhigh with 4 stops at NY Giants (11/13) on special teams...Provided blocking for both Mewelde Moore’s punt return TD and Koren Robinson’s kickoff return TD at NY Giants (11/13), only the 2nd time in team history returning a punt and kickoff for TD in the same game...His blocking helped earn Robinson a Pro Bowl berth as a kick returner and lead the NFC in average while Moore ranked 2nd in the NFC in punt returns.
Was freshman of the year at San Jose State in 2000…Transferred to San Diego State following the 2000 season…Led the Mountain West in forced fumbles in 2002…Earned SDSU Defensive MVP in 2004, Special Teams Player of the Year in 2004 and Honorable Mention All-Mountain West Conference in 2004…Sat out 2001 under NCAA transfer rules...Played in all 12 games for San Jose State as a true freshman en route to earning SJSU Freshman of the Year honors.2004 Started all 11 games for the Aztecs his senior season…Was 3rd on the team with 69 total tackles...Also added 7 sacks, which led the team, 2 INT’s and forced 4 fumbles.2003 Started 6 games at outside linebacker and finished the season with 52 tackles and 3.5 quarterback sacks…Recovered 2 fumbles on the season versus Air Force and UCLA…Had a season high 8 tackles versus Utah.2002 Ranked 5th on the team with 59 tackles…His 3 quarterback sacks were 4th in the MWC among linebackers…Recorded 10 tackles for loss…Had a season best 8 tackles versus UCLA…His 4 forced fumbles were tops in Mountain West.2001 Transferred to San Diego State…Sat out season under NCAA transfer guidelines, using his redshirt year.2000 Saw action in all 12 games for the Trojans as a true freshman…Recorded 10 tackles on the season…Recovered a fumble at USC…Also credited with a blocked punt…Earned SJSU freshman of the year honors.
Active in several community outreach programs during his 3 years in Minnesota, including visiting the University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital...Active with RT Autism Foundation…Commits time to Vikings Victory Visits to local hospitals and the Salvation Army...Has embraced the Minnesota outdoors since joining the team…Criminal justice major who earned his bachelor’s degree in spring 2005…Aspires to career as a SWAT officer after football…Former Vikings’ Pro Bowl lineman Ed White served on the coaching staff at SDSU when Farwell played there…Has struck up a friendship with Vikings Hall of Famer Ron Yary, a fellow southern California native...Married in 2008 offseason.