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5 Michael Farkas

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 200
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Mishawaka, Ind.
  • Highschool Marian
  • Position P/KO

Biography

2018: All-MAC First Team selection ... Played in all 13 games, handling both punting and kickoff duties ... Earned Spring AD Honor Roll recognition ... Punted 43 times for 1,867 (43.4 per punt) ... Longest punt of the season went for 59 yards ... Sixteen of his punts landed inside the 20 ... Nineteen of his punts were fair caught.

2017: Played in all 13 games as Ohio's punter and kickoff kicker...Had 58 punts for 2,352 yards inlcuding five over 50-yards and pined 21 inside the 20-yardline...averaged 40.6 yards per punt with a long of 57...had 93 kicko s for 5,450 yards averaging 58.6 yards per kickoff.

2016: Saw action in all 14 games on the season…Recorded 2,909 yards on the season with a 41.0-yard average….Longest punt came against Bowling Green (Oct. 8) at 74 yards…Recorded 30 punts inside the 20-yard line with only three touchbacks…Had 40 kickoffs with an average of 57.8 yards per kick…Recorded five touchbacks on the season.

2015: Redshirted.  

Prior to Ohio: A three-star recruit by ESPN coming out of Marian High School...four-time First Team All-State for punting and kicking...First Team All-Conference...holds nearly every kicking record at Marian High School history...signed with Cincinnati out of high school

Personal: Born Feb. 28, 1995 ... Parents are ... Jeanne Skelton and Daniel Brier and Michael Farkas Sr. ... Earned his degree in communication studies.

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2017Redshirt

    K/P
    6'4" 195 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2018Redshirt Junior

    K/P
    6'4" 195 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2019Redshirt Senior

    P/KO
    6'3" 200 lbs
    5