Farewell to Farris; E.J. and the Aggies parting ways

As has been the case whenever anyone leaves the program, it's always a bummer to see any guy who committed himself and put in the work to be a part of the program take his leave prematurely. We see it every year, including already this offseason, but it still sucks to hear about.

Such is the case once again though, this time with backup point guard E.J. Farris according to Tony Jones' story Wednesday.

In two seasons as an Aggie, Farris played enough to be considered a regular, being a part of one 30-win team and another that went the final game of a postseason tournament. While his statistics weren't anything spectacular, he was a guy who always played hard, played smart and played within himself.

Going into his senior season though, the unfortunate reality is that Farris came to the program as a walk-on (we think) battling with one guy who is arguably the best point guard recruit ever landed by Stew Morrill, as well as a junior college all-American entering the program. This isn't all the unlike when Stew was straight up with Jaxon Myaer's prospective playing time with a pair of big-time additions coming in Brockeith Pane and James Walker two years ago.

Things worked as pretty good for Myaer in the long run, as sad as it was to see him go, so we can only hope Farris finds a good place to land as well.

Best of luck E.J., and thanks for all the hard work you put in here!

2011-12 Final grades: E.J. Farris

E.J. Farris - Junior
33 games, 1 start
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Averages
9.2 minutes
2.8 points
1.2 rebounds
0.79 assists
34.8% - FG
19.4% - 3pt
95.7% - FT


As has been the case with everyone else so far, E.J. Farris' final grade will depend partly on what was expected of him going into this year. For a guy tasked with backing up the preseason WAC Player of the Year, the expectations weren't exactly through the roof for a guy most people are pretty sure is a walk-on (not dealing in absolutes there after the internet was all sorts of wrong about Morgan Grim being a walk-on).

Even with the low expectations, this season had a fair share of ups, downs and frustrations.