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03-22-2023, 11:29 PM
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Four dimensional analysis on Farrell:
Services: 247 composite #941 (#121 WR), On3 consensus #965 (#128 WR), 247 #112 WR, Rivals 5.5 (same grade as Elic Ayomanor, Jayson Raines, Michael Rector, Warren Reuland, Sean Wiser, Richard Sherman, Marcus Rance), ESPN NR
Offers: Stanford, Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, Utah, Washington, Boston College, Oregon, TCU, Washington State, Northwestern, San Diego State
Production: As a junior against very good competition (top 27 percent of Stanford recruits), Farrell had 33 catches (second on the team), for 408 yards (second) and 12.4 yards per catch (fourth) with 5 touchdowns (second). That accounted for 21 percent of his team’s passing offense, which is a bad sign. The updated leaderboard on that: 1) Fehoko (63 percent) 2) Thompson (48 percent), 3) Wilson (47 percent) 4) Bachmeier (46 percent) 5) Humphreys (43 percent) 6) Starr (36 percent) 7) Reuben (35 percent) 8) Borden (32 percent) 9) Irwin (32 percent), 10) Cisse (29 percent) 11) St. Brown (27 percent) 12) Chase Farrell 21 percent) 13) Bryce Farrell (17 percent), 14) Bowman (15 percent). As a junior he also played at least a little defense with 8 tackles and a pass defended and also returned both kicks and punts, averaging 22.8 and 9.7 yards per return respectively. As a sophomore he missed two thirds of the season but nonetheless had 29 catches (third) for 340 yards (third) and 11.7 yards per catch (fifth) with 2 touchdowns (third), and on a per game basis it was clearly the high point of his high school career thus far; he added four tackles on defense and 19.2 yards per kick return. In the pandemic-shortened freshman year, he had 10 catches (fourth) for 148 yards (third) and 14.8 yards per catch (fourth) with 2 touchdowns (third). In track, Farrell is of course a blazer. He’s got personal records of 10.51 in the 100 and 21.56 in the 200, making him one of the fastest football players in the nation and one of the fastest Stanford football players of all time. He’s just beginning his junior season of track and already has broken 10.6 and 22.0 three times each. In the last generation, Isaiah Brandt-Sims, Chris Owusu, Wopamo Osaisai, Stanley Wilson, and arguably TJ Rushing are the only Stanford football players this fast. All time one would also include Darrin Nelson, James Lofton, and Jimmie Johnson but I don’t think anybody else.
Highlights: The freshman highlights show a few plays of Farrell using the speed to go vertical but mostly fairly nondescript hitch routes, though certainly enough on tape to be interesting as a freshman. As a sophomore against Chaminade Farrell didn't put anything on tape deep enough to challenge 4-star safety Marquis Gallegos, who in turn had a highlight that included an interception jumping a sloppy/curved/drifting out route Farrell attempted to run 12-13 yards down field (and Gallegos also had a 100 yard pick six on a throw to another receiver on Farrell's side of the field after Farrell didn't get open). Same story against Sierra Canyon not having anything deep enough to allow for head-to-head against our old friend UCLA 4-star DB Kamari Ramsey, though this game was still interesting for Farrell as he was head-to-head with Princeton CB D'Shawn Jones all night. In that matchup, Jones bested Farrell on two end zone pass breakups but Farrell did have a handful of catches in front of Jones and, notably, juked the future Tiger for big yards after the catch on one play. Against Colorado power Valor Christian Farrell busted a move that fooled SMU safety (walk-on?) Andrew Hale for a 35 yard touchdown. The Bishop Alemany game had the work of Farrell's career - a few modest catches against Oregon State DB Joe Swen and one more significant one besting Swen in tight coverage on a deep ball along the sideline, and what has to be the play of Farrell's career, a 75 yard touchdown on which he was racing with Arizona 4-star DB Ephesians Prysock, reached out to snag the ball in full stride on tight coverage from Prysock, get past the regrouping Prysock, and jet the remaining 45-50 yards to paydirt with Prysock in pursuit. Those two Pac-12 DBs didn't have any highlights against Farrell that I could see. Farrell missed the sophomore year games against Wyoming DB signee Ian Bell, 2024 DB prospect Peyton Waters, 2024 whale ATH Aaron Butler, USC 4-star DB signee Maliki Crawford, and Portland State DB Duhron Goodman. Farrell's junior campaign was healthier. That time he did challenge Chaminade and Gallegos deep, to disastrous effect - Farrell was completely blanketed by sophomore DB Ishmael Gibbs 30 yards downfield and the QB threw it anyway and Gallegos roamed over from center field to pick it off; Gibbs also had a pass breakup covering Farrell, though Farrell did score an 8 yard touchdown. Farrell was very quiet against Regis Jesuit and I didn't see anything of note of him against Nebraska DB signee D'Andre Barnes. Farrell was also very quiet against Gardena Serra, though Farrell did muster a catch against Oregon borderline whale DB signee Rodrick Pleasant in which Farrell was dragging toward the sideline 5 yards from the line of scrimmage, caught it, spun inside to get past Pleasant, and then got another 10 yards after the catch, to Pleasant's visible displeasure. While that's not a lot of production for the game, I did note that Pleasant himself did not have any highlights covering Farrell. In the Loyola game Farrell and 2024 DB prospect Elijah Bradley were mostly ships passing in the night but the one head-to-head matchup either showcased had Farrell getting the better of it for a 14 yard gain, most after the catch. The matchup with the whale Aaron Butler and Calabasas happened this fall but Butler doesn't post many highlights and he's not prominent in Farrell's highlights. Michigan State DB signee Sean Brown missed Farrell's game against Simi Valley. Finally, the most recent game Farrell played came against Rancho Cucamonga's deep secondary. In that game Farrell picked up a 19 yard completion when USC DB signee Christian Pierce gave too much cushion, but it didn't warm my heart to see Farrell kept quiet even though Rancho Cucamonga largely put Pierce, 2024 DB prospect Kyren Condoll, and 2024 DB prospect Rahim Wright on other receivers (recall that Farrell is not WR1 for Oaks Christian, lowly recruited Justice Williams is), leaving Farrell to a mix of 2024 DB prospect Amaurey Brooks and, mostly it seems, a linebacker (!).
Troy Taylor’s Warren Reuland. First junior to commit to a new coach in a rebuild, Southern California receiver with a middling 3-star profile, younger brother of a higher-profile Stanford Man who looked a bit short of expectations by the time younger bro came along (although Warren committed to Stanford before Konrad transferred). Kind of eerie. What differentiates Farrell is the speed. He's super fast, obviously. I view this commitment as significant on two levels. First, it's good for the track team. He's no Udodi (not even close, but nobody to ever enroll in classes at Stanford has been) but this is speed we can use. Second, it's a commitment to get the ball rolling some more on Taylor's recruiting and hopefully can be useful in building momentum (e.g., among others on the recent Junior Day and/or among Southern California recruits). A third level on which it could potentially be significant is if Taylor's offensive acumen can find a way to leverage Farrell's speed effectively. I have measured expectations on that due to the very modest high school career and numerous red flags, but I don't rule it out. Taylor has talked about finding uses for all kinds of bodies/skill sets/etc. and maybe he knows what to do with this. I'll be watching Farrell's senior season with great interest as a full season along the lines of his sophomore year could be something we can work with. Otherwise, yeah, good for the track team.
