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Third try could be the charm for Farrior as USM's center

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Three snaps.

That’s the extent of Devin Farrior’s in-game experience at center. They came late in Southern Miss' blowout loss at Nebraska on Sept. 7, 2013.

"We were backed up on the (3-yard line), which was rough," he said.

Only three snaps since the fourth grade for the Golden Eagles' 6-foot-4, 304-pound fifth-year senior.

“But all three of (those) snaps were good,” he said recently, sporting a sheepish smirk and noting how relieved former head coach Todd Monken was afterward.

Now, as the season opener against Kentucky (3 p.