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Farrakhan played college basketball at Virginia across four seasons from 2007–08 to 2010–11, beginning his career on a 2007–08 Cavaliers team that finished 17–16 (5–11 ACC) under head coach Dave Leitao, then continuing through Leitao’s final season in 2008–09 and Tony Bennett’s first two seasons in 2009–10 and 2010–11.

As a freshman in 2007–08, Farrakhan appeared in 19 games and did not start, averaging 6.1 minutes and 0.9 points per game while shooting 18.4% from the field (7-of-38) and 12.5% from three (2-of-16), with 15 total rebounds, 5 assists, 12 turnovers, and 17 total points for the season.

In 2008–09, on a Virginia team that went 10–18 (4–12 ACC) under Leitao, Farrakhan played 23 games with 2 starts and increased to 10.4 minutes per game, averaging 4.3 points, 0.7 rebounds, and 0.6 assists while shooting 34.7% from the field (33-of-95), 34.1% from three (14-of-41), and 90.0% at the line (18-of-20), finishing the year with 98 total points and 16 total rebounds.

As a junior in 2009–10, Virginia went 15–16 (5–11 ACC) in Tony Bennett’s first season, and Farrakhan played 30 games with 10 starts, averaging 21.0 minutes, 6.5 points, 1.7 rebounds, and 2.0 assists while shooting 35.8% overall (62-of-173), 31.1% from three (23-of-74), and 78.3% from the foul line (47-of-60), totaling 194 points, 59 assists, and 52 rebounds for the season.

During his senior season in 2010–11, Farrakhan started 27 of 31 games on a Virginia team that finished 16–15 (7–9 ACC) under Bennett, and he averaged 13.5 points per game as a senior while also posting 2.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 30.8 minutes per game; he shot 42.0% from the field (132-of-314), 36.8% on three-pointers (50-of-136), and 77.6% at the line (104-of-134), producing 418 total points, 88 total rebounds, and 57 total assists, and earning honorable mention All-ACC recognition as a team tri-captain.

Farrakhan’s best statistical stretch came in 2010–11, when he scored 404 points—more than he produced across his first three seasons combined (309)—and all five of his career 20-point games, along with 23 of his 37 career double-figure scoring games, came that year; his top single-game output was a career-high 31 points against Howard on January 4, 2011, when he went 11-of-12 from the field and 8-of-9 from three-point range, tying a school record by making eight consecutive three-pointers in the same game.

Across his Virginia career (2007–2011), Farrakhan played 103 games with 39 starts, averaging 7.1 points, 1.7 rebounds, and 1.3 assists while shooting 37.7% from the field, 33.3% from three, and 77.6% from the free-throw line, finishing with 727 total points, 171 total rebounds, 135 total assists, 43 steals, and 19 blocks.