Buddy Farnham
Encyclopedia
Mark Buddy Farnham is an American football
wide receiver
who is currently a free agent
. He was signed by the New England Patriots
as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played college football at Brown University, and was a three-time first team All-Ivy League selection and 2009 co-Ivy League Football Player of the Year.
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, Farnham signed with the New England Patriots
as an undrafted free agent on May 3, 2010. He was cut on August 9, 2010 and re-signed the next week on August 15. He was again cut on September 4, 2010. He was signed to the Patriots practice squad on December 29, 2010. He was signed to a future contract on January 17, 2011. He was waived again on September 2.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
wide receiver
Wide receiver
A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...
who is currently a free agent
Free agent
In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
. He was signed by the New England Patriots
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...
as an undrafted free agent in 2010. He played college football at Brown University, and was a three-time first team All-Ivy League selection and 2009 co-Ivy League Football Player of the Year.
College career
Farnham was a three-time first team All-Ivy selection at Brown. He was named 2009 co-Ivy League Football Player of the Year with Penn linebacker Jake Lewko. Farnham finished the 2009 season with 1,003 receiving yards, the eight receiver in Brown history to go over 1,000 yards. He ranked fifth in the nation in receiving yards per game (100.3), eighth in receptions with 7.4 per game, third in kickoff return yards per return (28.57), and eighth in all-purpose yards (165.10). Farnham led the Ivy League in scoring (7.2 points per game) and punt returns (10.36 per return). He also established a new Brown record for punt return yards in a career (636 yards). For the season, he was first-team All-Ivy as a both a wide receiver and a return specialistReturn specialist
A Return Specialist is a player on American football or Canadian football special teams who specializes in returning punts and kickoff returns. There are few players who are exclusively return specialists; most play other positions as well. The special teams counterpart of a return specialist is a...
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New England Patriots
After going undrafted in the 2010 NFL Draft2010 NFL Draft
The 2010 NFL Draft was the 75th annual meeting of National Football League franchises to select newly eligible football players. Unlike previous years, the 2010 draft took place over three days, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, with the first round on Thursday, April 22, 2010, at 7:30 pm...
, Farnham signed with the New England Patriots
New England Patriots
The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...
as an undrafted free agent on May 3, 2010. He was cut on August 9, 2010 and re-signed the next week on August 15. He was again cut on September 4, 2010. He was signed to the Patriots practice squad on December 29, 2010. He was signed to a future contract on January 17, 2011. He was waived again on September 2.