Jamarkus McFarland Bio - SoonerSports.com - Official Athletics Site of the Oklahoma Sooners

97	Jamarkus McFarland

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Lufkin, Texas
	High School: Lufkin HS

	Height / Weight: 6-2 / 288
	Position: DT

Season	G-GS	UT	AT	Total	TFL	Sacks	Int.	FC	FR	PBU
2009	7-0	5	3	8	2.5-21	2.5-21	0	0	0	0
2010	14-3	9	14	23	5.0-21	1.5-12	0	0	0	1
2011	13-7	8	13	21	3.5-7	0.5-3	0	0	0	1
2012	13-12	15	14	29	6.0-28	3.0-23	1-13	0	0	0
Career	47-22	37	44	81	17.0-77	7.5-59	1-13	0	0	2

2012
Played in all 13 games with 12 starts at defensive tackle ... named Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... posted career highs in total tackles, solo tackles, assisted tackles, tackles for loss and sacks ... tied for team lead with 6.0 tackles for loss ... career-high two sacks against Florida A&M ... matched his career high with five tackles against Kansas State.

2011
Started at defensive tackle in seven games and played in all 13 games ... season-high three tackles vs. Texas Tech ... registered a half sack at Baylor ... wore No. 12 vs. Iowa State ... had a career-high five tackles against Iowa in the Insight Bowl ... Academic All-Big 12 first team.

2010
Started three games at defensive tackle while playing in all 14 ... had first career sack vs. Iowa State, finishing with 1.5 on the day ... career-high five tackles including two for loss vs. Texas Tech ... Academic All-Big 12 first team.

2009
A backup defensive tackle in his first year with the program ... played in seven games ... had a career-high two tackles in three games ... had a career-high 1.5 sacks against Texas A&M ... also had a sack against Texas Tech ... All-Big 12 freshman team by ESPN.com.

High School
Parade All-American ... Parade All-America top lineman nationally ... 2008 first team all-class, all-star "Super Team' compiled by Texas Football Magazine ... second team Texas all-state selection... named Texas Academic all-state ... selected to participate in the Army All-American game ... accounted for 53 tackles, 10 tackles for loss and four sacks in 2008 ... bench pressed 365 pounds and squated 485 ... has a 4.85 40.

No. 2 overall player (Emfinger)
No. 3 defensive lineman (SuperPrep)
No. 3 player in Southwest (SuperPrep)
No. 3 defensive tackle (Scout.com)
No. 5 defensive tackle (Rivals.com)
No. 6 defensive tackle (ESPN.com)
No. 7 player in Texas (Rivals.com)
No. 9 overall player (SuperPrep)
No. 11 overall player(Scout.com)
No. 13 overall player (Athlon)
No. 22 overall player (PrepStar)
No. 36 overall player (Rivals.com)
No. 55 overall player (ESPN.com)

Personal
Son of Kashemeyia Adams and Lloyd McFarland ... human relations major.

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