{{Short description|American football player (born 1977)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL player | image = | caption = | number = 83 | position = Wide receiver | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|5|21}} | birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lbs = 217 | high_school = Loyola (Los Angeles) | college = UCLA | draftyear = 2000 | draftround = 4 | draftpick = 103 | teams = * Pittsburgh Steelers ({{NFL Year|2000}})* * Cincinnati Bengals ({{NFL Year|2000|2003}}) * Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|2004}})*<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/F/FarmDa00.htm | title=Danny Farmer Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College | website=Pro-Football-Reference.com }}</ref> * Miami Dolphins ({{NFL Year|2005}})* | highlights = * First-team All-Pac-10 (1998) * Second-team All-Pac-10 (1999) | statlabel1 = Receptions | statvalue1 = 43 | statlabel2 = Receiving yards | statvalue2 = 611 | statlabel3 = Touchdowns | statvalue3 = 1 | pfr = FarmDa00 | HOF = | CollegeHOF = }}
'''Daniel Steven Farmer''' (born May 21, 1977) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL).<ref>[http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/187533 NFL Player Page]</ref> He played college football for the UCLA Bruins and was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the fourth round of the 2000 NFL draft.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/years/2000 |title=Draft History 2000 |website=NFL.com |access-date=2007-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219020040/http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/years/2000 |archive-date=2007-02-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2000 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2000/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
After being waived by the Steelers, Farmer played for four seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals. Plagued by minor injuries, Farmer went to play with the Miami Dolphins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Farmer holds the UCLA record for career receiving yards with 3,020 (1996–1999).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010618061332/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/news/2000/03/28/farmer_diary/ Farmer Draft Diary]</ref> He was also a standout volleyball player for the Bruins and won 2 National Championships. He majored in history at UCLA. In 2015, Danny joined his father George in the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame.
His father, George, also attended UCLA and was a member of the track, football, and basketball teams, including the Bruins' 1970 NCAA championship basketball team. George also played seven years in the NFL's Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions teams. Danny's grandfather Steve Miletich was a basketball player at USC and uncle Dave Farmer played football at USC and NFL. His cousins David Farmer and Kevin Farmer played college football at Hawaii and Washington State respectively. He is also related to Pat Miletich on his mother's side. He has a fraternal twin brother, Tim, who excelled in volleyball at Loyola Marymount University and went on the play professionally in Europe. His sister Kelly is a prominent attorney in Los Angeles.
He is a 1995 graduate of Loyola High School in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://uclabruins.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/farmer_danny00.html |title=Farmer, Danny |access-date=2007-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070130140438/http://uclabruins.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/farmer_danny00.html |archive-date=2007-01-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Farmer retired in 2006.{{cn|date=August 2020}}
{{NFL predraft | height ft = 6 | height in = 2 7/8 | weight = 217 | note = Values from NFL Combine<ref>{{Cite web |title=2000 NFL Draft Scout Danny Farmer College Football Profile |url=https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=4337&DraftYear=2000 |access-date=January 30, 2024 |website=DraftScout.com}}</ref> }}
==NFL career statistics== {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" ! colspan="2"| Legend |- | '''Bold''' | Career high |}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan="2"| Year !rowspan="2"| Team !colspan="2"| Games !colspan="6"| Receiving |- ! GP !! GS !! Tgt!! Rec !! Yds !! Avg !! Lng !! TD |- ! 2000 !! CIN | '''13''' || '''2''' || '''33''' || '''19''' || '''268''' || 14.1 || 38 || 0 |- ! 2001 !! CIN | 12 || 1 || 23 || 15 || 228 || '''15.2''' || 27 || '''1''' |- ! 2002 !! CIN | 8 || 1 || 15 || 9 || 115 || 12.8 || '''51''' || 0 |- ! colspan="2"| !! 33 !! 4 !! 71 !! 43 !! 611 !! 14.2 !! 51 !! 1 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Steelers2000DraftPicks}}
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