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Would be a great addition to the Tiger D.

Geaux Tigers!!!

Good for him. I like this story. I wish him luck wherever he goes.

I enjoyed this story also. We rarely hear about the good ones.

It's nice to know that there are some student-athletes who actually come through on the student part. I hope this guy has a successful career wherever he goes.

He's ours, Back off Big 12 teams...

Uh oh....I'm sure the ridiculous NCAA will find a way to punish him for working that job at K-mart and ruin his college career.

Anyway, hopefully he goes to a school that can offer him a top tier education as well as football experience

LSUrocks,

You sound like we're kids fighting over cotton candy.

Anyway, hopefully he goes to a school that can offer him a top tier education as well as football experience

BruinsWin! | 06/30/08, 12:24 PM
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That rules out the Big 12.... I kiddddd!

No way for the NCAA to have issue with him working yet. IIRC the NCAA's work limits only start when a player on a full ride start classes.

It is nice to see a true STUDENT ATHLETE that has priorities in order.

Only 10 comments thus far??? If the kid robbed somebody or committed some other foolish crime, there woud've been hundreds of comments on this thread. I'll say it again, there's a lot of negative energy in America. Scary.

He'll be a Horn for sure. He's the kind of kid Mack Brown always goes after (and gets). Last year's arrests were definitely NOT the norm; Mack had 2 pre-med defensive linemen last season, too.

I tip my hat to you Jamarkus McFarland, and your parents too. Thanks for being a great person. On top of being a top student. Best of luck in whatever you do.

we'll see ... if the agents and pros want him badly enough, he will face temptation and fall ... the plantation system that is professional sports will not be denied

he'll be coming to UT....why go to ou and learn how to work the system by getting a job you never show up and get paid 4 figures. Or lsu where you can have good the good ol' Ryan Perilloux treatment. ( I never thanked lsu for taking him off of our hands...thanks LSU!!!!) Thank yall so much!!!

But yes, UT would be the perfect place for him, here's to you and your parents for showing all kids how it should be done!!! See ya on the 40 acres soon enough!!!

we'll see ... if the agents and pros want him badly enough, he will face temptation and fall ... the plantation system that is professional sports will not be denied

silverblack23 | 06/30/08, 04:08 PM


A perfect example of what I was talking about. There's an abundance of negative energy. What happened to the old adage, "If you have nothing good to say, say nothing at all..."

Yeah, as good as this kid is, the lure of a really big time program doesn't faze him...To Texas goes the gift..

Shame more of our college football players aren't like this.

More of our college football players could be like this if the colleges recruited them. Instead they recruit the great athletes that don't qualify until mid summer, and then barely. Or they recruit the ones that have to spend a year at Fork Union etc to be eligible.

If the NCAA made a rule that recruits had to have SAT's and GPA's within one standard deviation of the school average and schools made a policy of not giving scholarships to freshmen with police records, there would be a lot more recruits like Mcfarland.

He's right ....he doesn't need football. He can still earn the millions, it just will take him his whole life instead of a few years. Before you all start to yell....I agree that money isn't everything and I think he has his head on straight. But, if money IS most important to him, then he's fooling himself. Only he knows.

Remember the last guy like this? Craig Klutzel....