Zachary Farris

Position:
Star
Height:
6-0
Weight:
190
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Coral Springs, Fla.
High School:
Cardinal Gibbons
Prev School:
Dartmouth

2025 • Graduate Student

Saw action in 10 games, totaling 25 tackles (eight solo, 17 assisted)
Had a tackle for loss and a fumble recovery
Also returned a punt for a career-long six yards at Iowa (9/13)
Posted a season-best seven tackles (one solo, six assisted) at Missouri (9/27)
Registered a season-high four solo tackles at Central Michigan (10/25)
Recorded a career-best one TFL for two yards and had first career fumble recovery at Central Michigan (10/25)

Before Massachusetts

• Joins UMass after playing four seasons at Dartmouth
• Played in 29 career games for the Big Green (redshirted 2021) while totaling 52 tackles (39 solo) to go along with two interceptions and nine passes defended
• As a senior in 2024, played in all 10 games and made 37 tackles (27 solo), while defending eight passes and coming up with both of his interceptions
• Had a season-high eight tackles at Yale (Oct. 12), while his interceptions came against Fordham and at Columbia
• As a junior in 2023, played in all 10 games, finishing with six tackles (five solo)
• Ended the season with two solo tackles in the win at Brown, which clinched a share of the Ivy League Championship
• As a sophomore in 2022, played in nine games and started the last four
• Did not see any action as a freshman
• Attended Cardinal Gibbons High School, where he played corner on the Florida 2020 Class 4A state championship team
• Registered 30 tackles, one INT and seven PBUs as a senior
• An honorable mention All-Broward Football selection (5A-IND)
• Also ran sprints for the track team
• Earned a Presidential Award for academic excellence
• Brother Rojesterman "Roe" Farris II starred at Hawaii and spent the 2021 season as a practice player for the Denver Broncos
• A distant relative of Jesse Owens