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January 29, 2011

Meet Cole Farrand

This is part of a series of 2011 Maryland football commitment Q&As leading up to Signing Day on Feb. 2. All answers are provided by the featured player.

Name: Cole Farrand
Birthdate: Sept. 25 ,1992
Birthplace: Denville, N.J.
Hometown: Green Pond, N.J.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 230
Position: Linebacker
Nickname: Cole-Train
High School: Pope John XXIII
Senior statistics: 78 tackles, two forced fumbles, one fumble recovery, one interception returned for a touchdown; three touchdown receptions

Rankings: Rivals.com -- Two stars, No. 29 player in New Jersey. Scout.com -- Two stars. ESPN.com -- Three stars, No. 25 outside linebacker, 79 rating. 24-7 Sports -- Two stars, 75 rating.
Bench max: 315
40-yard dash: 4.6
Other schools considered: Boston College, Rutgers, Penn State
Favorite NFL player: Clay Matthews
Favorite NFL team: Miami Dolphins
Favorite music: "I pretty much like all music."
Favorite movie: "I love superhero movies. I like both the Iron Man movies, I like the Superman movies, I like the Spiderman movies, and funny animation movies like Shrek and Finding Nemo."
Favorite TV show: “Seinfeld”
Favorite food: "My mom’s apricot chicken."
Favorite high school class: History
Favorite thing about College Park: “I’d say the campus in general is just really nice.”
Other high school sports: "Track and field. When I was young I wrestled and swam."
Hobbies: "Going to the gym -- I like to work. I like to play Call of Duty."
Intended major: Undecided
Something that not many people know about you: "When I was little, I took third in the nation in the shot put."
Best football moment: "One of my greatest football team moments was when my team beat our rival, Sparta. We stopped them twice on fourth down at the end of the game. That's our rival team that we don't like at Pope John because we both come from the same town. It's always the biggest game of the year."
Role model: "I like to say my brother is my role model because he's helped me out ever since I was little with training, working on my techniques and everything. He played safety for Bucknell."
Why Maryland? "I love the campus. I love Maryland's interest in me. It's close to home, it's got a great location. That's what turned me on to Maryland."

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About Matt Bracken

Matt Bracken was a lightly recruited football and tennis prospect out of East Lansing (Mich.) High School in 2001, but spurned all (nonexistent) scholarship offers to attend the University of Michigan. Matt graduated from UM in 2005, earned a master's degree in new media journalism from Northwestern University in 2006, and spent the first 11 months of his career as an online producer / videographer / blogger at the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson. He has worked at The Baltimore Sun since July 2007, where he currently serves as the deputy sports editor for digital.

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