Derek Farniok

Position:
Offensive Line
Position:
OL
Height:
6-9
Weight:
324
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Sioux Falls, S.D.
High School:
Washington HS

Season	GP-GS
2012	10-0
2013	4-1
2014	13-0
2015	13-4
Career	40-5

2015
Played in all 13 games with four starts at left guard ... started against Iowa State (11/7), Texas (10/10) and West Virginia (10/3) ... made first career start at left guard against Tulsa (9/19)

2014
Played in all 13 games

2013
Played in four of 13 games ... made the first start of his career when he lined up at left tackle at Oklahoma State (12/7) ... saw playing time against Kansas State (11/23) and Iowa State (11/16) ... made season debut at Notre Dame (9/28)

2012
Played in 10 games, working primarily on special teams ... also saw spot duty on offense.

2011
Redshirted.

High School
Four-star recruit by Tom Lemming's MaxPreps ... three-star recruit by ESPN.com, Rivals.com and Scout.com ... helped lead high school squad to a 14-0 season.

No. 17 offensive tackle (MaxPreps)
No. 56 offensive tackle (ESPN)
No. 76 offensive tackle (Rivals)
No. 77 offensive tackle (Scout)
No. 3 player in South Dakota (Rivals)
No. 117 player in Midlands Region (ESPN)

The Wrap-Up
Son of Brad Farniok and Christine and Rich Jones ... brother, Tom, was Iowa State’s starting center in 2013 ... father played at St. Cloud State and uncle played at South Dakota State ... majoring in criminology ... pronunciation: FAR-nee-ock.