Heath Farwell

Education

Farwell attended Corona High School in Corona, California, and was a letterman in football, baseball, and track&field

Career

He played college football for San Diego State University. He was signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He was the special teams captain during his tenure with the Seattle Seahawks.

As a junior, he had 96 tackles and 12 sacks en route to all-league honors.

He recorded 129 tackles and 10 sacks as a senior, earning first-team all-Mountain View League as well as all-Riverside Press-Enterprise county all-star. In 2014, his football number was retired by Corona High School.

Farwell played at San Jose State in 2000 before transferring to San Diego State University. After sitting out the 2001 season due to National Collegiate Athletic Association transfer rules, Farwell debuted with the San Diego State Aztecs in 2002 as a sophomore.

He was ranked 5th on the team with 59 tackles, and his three quarterback sacks were 4th in the Mountain West Conference among linebackers.

During the season, he also recorded 10 tackles for loss, while having a season best eight tackles versus University of California, Los Los Angeles His four forced fumbles were tops in Mountain West. The following year he started six games at outside linebacker and finished the season with 52 tackles and 3.5 quarterback sacks. He also recovered two fumbles on the season versus Air Force and University of California, Los Angeles, and had a season high eight tackles versus Utah.

As a senior, he started all 11 games for the Aztecs and was third on the team with 69 total tackles.

He also added a team best seven sacks, two interceptions and forced four fumbles. He finished his career with 180 tackles, 13.5 sacks and nine forced fumbles in 3 seasons at San Diego State.

Minnesota Vikings

Farwell was signed as an undrafted free agent in 2005 out of San Diego State. He was named the special teams Most Valuable Player for the Vikings at the end of the 2006 NFL season.

In the team"s preseason opener in 2008, Farwell suffered a torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament in his knee and was placed on season-ending injured reserve.

He received a $7.5 million contract over three years from the Vikings. He was voted as a NFC 2010 Pro Bowl special team starter. On September 3, 2011 Farwell was waived from the Minnesota Vikings.

The release of Farwell cleared the Vikings organization from $1.75 Million in salary cap space.

Seattle Seahawks

He signed with the Seattle Seahawks on October 19, 2011. On March 13, 2012, he was re-signed by the Seattle Seahawks.

He has been a special Teams captain for the Seahawks since 2012. The Seahawks placed Farwell on injured reserve on August 26, 2014.

Achievements

• Farwell and the Seahawks won Super Bowl XLVIII after they defeated the Denver Broncos 43-8.