2023 Football Roster
Roster
Farmer, Myles

Jersey Number 20
Myles Farmer
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Atlanta, Ga.
- High School:
- Westlake
- Prev School:
- Nebraska
Bio
Career Overview: Transferred to Syracuse in August of 2023 as a graduate transfer, after spending four seasons at Nebraska ... Has appeared in 44 collegiate games (31 games with 16 starts at Nebraska), with 130 tackles (73 solo), 3.0Â tackles for loss, eight pass breakups, four interceptions and two forced fumbles.
Redshirt Junior Year (2023): Played in all-13 games as a reserve safety ... Made 20 tackles (11 solo), 1.5 tackles for loss and forced a fumble on the season ... Had six tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Western Michigan (9/9) ... Made two tackles, had a tackle for loss and forced a fumble against Clemson (9/30) ... Notched five tackles at Virginia Tech (10/26) ... Tied his season high with six tackles in the RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl vs. South Florida (12/21) to end the year.
Redshirt Sophomore Year (2022 at Nebraska): Started 11 games at safety, finishing second on the team with 73 tackles. He added four pass breakups, an interception and a tackle for loss ... Had six tackles in the season opener at Northwestern (8/27) … Made six tackles and deflected a pass against North Dakota (9/3) ... Had six tackles and a pass breakup against Georgia Southern (9/10) ... Made six tackles and his first solo tackle for loss against Oklahoma (9/17) ... Made three tackles and had a pass breakup against Indiana (10/1) ... Had an interception and five tackles in the win over Rutgers (10/7) ... Had nine tackles at Purdue (10/15) ... Made seven tackles against Illinois (10/29) ... Notched a career-high 14 tackles against Minnesota, the most by a Husker defensive back in two seasons (11/5) ...  Had six tackles and a pass breakup vs. Wisconsin (11/19) ... Made five tackles vs. Iowa in the season finale (11/25).
Redshirt Freshman Year (2021 at Nebraska): Appeared in all 12 games, starting the final four of the season … Had 30 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, one interception and a fumble recovery … Had a pair of solo tackles in the season opener at Illinois (8/28) … Made three tackles against Buffalo (9/11) … Had a solo tackle against Michigan (10/9) … Made three tackles and had 0.5 tackles for loss at Minnesota (10/16) … Made six tackles in his first start of the year against Purdue (10/30) … Had an interception and what was a then career high with seven tackles against No. 6 Ohio State (11/6) … Had three solo stops at No. 19 Wisconsin … Made three tackles in the season finale vs. No. 17 Iowa (11/26).
2020 (at Nebraska): Played in the first five games of the year before suffering a season-ending injury … Saw action on special teams and defense at Ohio State (10/24), making his second career tackle and first on defense … In his first collegiate start at Northwestern, made two interceptions and three tackles (11/7) … Made a pair of tackles against Penn State (11/14) … Had two tackles vs. Illinois (11/21).
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Redshirt Year (2019 at Nebraska): Played in four games as a true freshman, utilizing his redshirt season … Made his collegiate debut vs. Northern Illinois (9/14) … Recorded his first collegiate tackle on special teams against Ohio State (9/28).
High School: Two-time all-region defensive back out of Westlake High School in Atlanta, Georgia … Three star prospect that was ranked as one of the top-60 safeties in the nation by the 247Sports Composite ranking.
Personal: Son of Brice and Keshia Farmer … A 2023 graduate of Nebraska with a degree in sports media and communications … Two-time Tom Osbourn Citizen Team honoree at Nebraska, where he volunteered his time with Make-a-Wish, the Nebraska Football Road Race, the Athletic Department Career Fair, Dance Marathon and local school and hospital outreach visits.
Redshirt Junior Year (2023): Played in all-13 games as a reserve safety ... Made 20 tackles (11 solo), 1.5 tackles for loss and forced a fumble on the season ... Had six tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Western Michigan (9/9) ... Made two tackles, had a tackle for loss and forced a fumble against Clemson (9/30) ... Notched five tackles at Virginia Tech (10/26) ... Tied his season high with six tackles in the RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl vs. South Florida (12/21) to end the year.
Redshirt Sophomore Year (2022 at Nebraska): Started 11 games at safety, finishing second on the team with 73 tackles. He added four pass breakups, an interception and a tackle for loss ... Had six tackles in the season opener at Northwestern (8/27) … Made six tackles and deflected a pass against North Dakota (9/3) ... Had six tackles and a pass breakup against Georgia Southern (9/10) ... Made six tackles and his first solo tackle for loss against Oklahoma (9/17) ... Made three tackles and had a pass breakup against Indiana (10/1) ... Had an interception and five tackles in the win over Rutgers (10/7) ... Had nine tackles at Purdue (10/15) ... Made seven tackles against Illinois (10/29) ... Notched a career-high 14 tackles against Minnesota, the most by a Husker defensive back in two seasons (11/5) ...  Had six tackles and a pass breakup vs. Wisconsin (11/19) ... Made five tackles vs. Iowa in the season finale (11/25).
Redshirt Freshman Year (2021 at Nebraska): Appeared in all 12 games, starting the final four of the season … Had 30 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, one interception and a fumble recovery … Had a pair of solo tackles in the season opener at Illinois (8/28) … Made three tackles against Buffalo (9/11) … Had a solo tackle against Michigan (10/9) … Made three tackles and had 0.5 tackles for loss at Minnesota (10/16) … Made six tackles in his first start of the year against Purdue (10/30) … Had an interception and what was a then career high with seven tackles against No. 6 Ohio State (11/6) … Had three solo stops at No. 19 Wisconsin … Made three tackles in the season finale vs. No. 17 Iowa (11/26).
2020 (at Nebraska): Played in the first five games of the year before suffering a season-ending injury … Saw action on special teams and defense at Ohio State (10/24), making his second career tackle and first on defense … In his first collegiate start at Northwestern, made two interceptions and three tackles (11/7) … Made a pair of tackles against Penn State (11/14) … Had two tackles vs. Illinois (11/21).
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Redshirt Year (2019 at Nebraska): Played in four games as a true freshman, utilizing his redshirt season … Made his collegiate debut vs. Northern Illinois (9/14) … Recorded his first collegiate tackle on special teams against Ohio State (9/28).
High School: Two-time all-region defensive back out of Westlake High School in Atlanta, Georgia … Three star prospect that was ranked as one of the top-60 safeties in the nation by the 247Sports Composite ranking.
Personal: Son of Brice and Keshia Farmer … A 2023 graduate of Nebraska with a degree in sports media and communications … Two-time Tom Osbourn Citizen Team honoree at Nebraska, where he volunteered his time with Make-a-Wish, the Nebraska Football Road Race, the Athletic Department Career Fair, Dance Marathon and local school and hospital outreach visits.
Fran Brown Postgame Press Conference
Saturday, September 06
Players Postgame vs. UConn
Saturday, September 06
Syracuse Football Postgame Press Conference
Saturday, September 06
Fran Brown Postgame Press Conference
Saturday, September 06