Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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same week the sopho- more earned his first collegiate start against Michigan, his younger brother was featured prominently in the arts section of The New York Times. Three weeks later, Farley flipped the mo- mentum of a defensive battle against Stanford with his first career in- terception. His brother Silas, 18 and a dancer in the New York City Bal- let, had his own two- page spread in Vogue magazine. Mark and Falinda H umility is easy to come by for Notre Dame safety Mat- thias Farley. The Farley's seven children have found success in virtually everything they do. Their oldest son, Timon, played pro- Sophomore safety Matthias Farley comes from a family of overachievers BY DAN MURPHY The Fantastic FARLEYS fessional basketball for Poderosa Montegranaro in Italy. Matthias is the third Farley boy to play collegiate sports. His sis- ters, Joy and Charis, are both successful business- women and look like su- permodels, according to Irish defensive coordina- tor Bob Diaco. Silas is a star pupil and budding instructor at the School of American Ballet. He was one of the New York company's young- est members when he left their North Carolina home to study in Go- tham at 13 years old. "As far as Matthias is concerned, he's really not doing anything spe- cial," Diaco said. By any normal stan- dards Farley's grace- ful saut de chat into Notre Dame's defensive backfield is remark- able, at least worthy of some bragging rights at Thanksgiving dinner. After spending his fresh- man season as a scout team wide receiver, Far- ley leapt up the Irish depth chart during training camp in Au- gust. Injuries to junior Austin Collinsworth and fifth-year senior Jamoris Slaughter hastened his rise, but Farley's cool- ness under pressure helped him pass a hand- ful of healthy veterans and talented players. "He can change direc- tion, and he's got good speed. He's got enough tangible traits to do the job," Diaco said. "The other piece at safety for us and how we operate, the player needs to be very bright and also not get too overly anxious or excited about things, just be able to focus on that particular task at that