Daniel Steven Farmer is a former American football

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 played in the National Football League

National Football League

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 and at UCLA

University of California, Los Angeles

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. In 2000

2000 NFL Draft

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, he was drafted in the fourth round (103rd overall pick) by the Pittsburgh Steelers

Pittsburgh Steelers

The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...

.

After being waived by the Steelers, Farmer played for three seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals

Cincinnati Bengals

The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...

. Plagued by minor injuries, Farmer was released by the Bengals. He later went to training camps with the Miami Dolphins

Miami Dolphins

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 and Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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, but, despite strong training camp and preseason game performances, did not make the 53 man roster with either club.

Farmer holds the UCLA Bruins football

UCLA Bruins Football

The UCLA Bruins football program represents the University of California, Los Angeles in college football as members of the Pacific-12 Conference at the NCAA Division I FBS level. The Bruins have enjoyed several periods of success in their history, having been ranked in the top ten of the AP Poll...

 record for career receiving

Reception (American football)

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 records with 3,020 (1996–1999). He was also a standout volleyball

Volleyball

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 player for the Bruins. He majored history at UCLA.

His father, George, also attended UCLA and was a member of the track, football and basketball

Basketball

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 teams, including the Bruins' 1970 NCAA championship basketball

1969-70 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

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 team. The father also played seven years in the NFL's Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears

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 and Detroit Lions

Detroit Lions

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 teams. Danny's grandfather was a basketball player at USC and uncle Dave Farmer played football at USC and NFL. He has a fraternal twin brother, Tim.

He is a 1995 graduate of Loyola High School

Loyola High School (Los Angeles)

Loyola High School of Los Angeles is a Jesuit preparatory school for young men. It is the oldest high school in Southern California, and one of the oldest in California...

in Los Angeles.