Player Dossier

2018-2020

Pittsburgh

Paris Ford

DB • 6'0" • 190 lbs • Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Paris Ford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

41%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back

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Reliability

90

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

90

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Pittsburgh

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Pittsburgh
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech

Player Story

Paris Ford built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a defensive back from Pittsburgh, PA wearing No. 12, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Paris Ford's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.976

Steel Valley · Pittsburgh, PA

Committed To
Pittsburgh
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Paris Ford, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Pittsburgh. Paris Ford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
143
TFL
5.5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
13
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Paris Ford quick answers

Latest team and position
Pittsburgh · DB
Career Tackles
143
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 24 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Pittsburgh
Top game
Virginia Tech
Recruit profile
4-star · Steel Valley · Pittsburgh
High school pipeline
Steel Valley · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 12 · Junior
2020 Tackles rank
41 tackles · DB 103rd (top 13%) · ACC 71st (top 11%) · National 461st (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonPittsburgh45-0--037.8
2019 PostseasonPittsburgh13110.50--062
2019 Regular SeasonPittsburgh138620-11262
2020 Regular SeasonPittsburgh7413012052.7

Related Context

Paris Ford played DB for Pittsburgh. Across 3 tracked seasons, Paris Ford recorded 143 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Pittsburgh.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Pittsburgh paired 16.5 primary output with 43.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 37.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Miami

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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2020 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

37.3

Usage

7.6

Consistency

55.4

Best Game by takeover score

Miami

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Austin Peay: 2. Syracuse: 2. Louisville: 0. NC State: 1. Boston College: 1. Miami: 2. Notre Dame: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Austin Peay: 3 by 32.5. Syracuse: 4 by 36.7. Louisville: 6 by 25. NC State: 6 by 35. Boston College: 8 by 43.3. Miami: 6 by 45. Notre Dame: 8 by 43.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.3 · Games = 3 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 4 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Miami

Best efficiency game

45 vs Miami

Result
Sat 10/24vs Notre DameL 3-4587001
Sat 10/17@ MiamiSplash gameL 19-31640010
Sat 10/10@ Boston CollegeL 30-3185001
Sat 10/3vs NC StateL 29-3064100
Sat 9/26vs LouisvilleW 23-2065000
Sat 9/19vs SyracuseSplash gameW 21-10431010
Sat 9/12vs Austin PeaySplash gameW 55-0321010

Player Story

Paris Ford story

Paris Ford built his college career from 2018 through 2020 as a defensive back from Pittsburgh, PA wearing No. 12, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Paris Ford's career was his defensive production: 143 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 6 interceptions, and 13 passes defended across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Pittsburgh. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Paris Ford's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 15 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Pittsburgh.

The arc is straightforward: Paris Ford moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Pittsburgh

    2018-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonPittsburgh05.21
2019 PostseasonPittsburgh16.543.87.516.5
2019 Regular SeasonPittsburgh16.543.87.50
2020 Regular SeasonPittsburgh937.37.6-7.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Virginia Tech

Week 13 · L 0-28 · Conference game

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

75.3 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Miami

Week 9 · L 12-16 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

74.4 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 74.4 takeover score.

#3

@ Duke

Week 6 · W 33-30 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

73.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.

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@ Miami

Week 7 · L 19-31 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

73.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.

#5

vs Austin Peay

Week 2 · W 55-0

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Havoc Plays

72.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Pittsburgh

16.5 primary output · 43.8 efficiency · 7.5 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

62

16.5 primary · 43.8 efficiency · 7.5 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

52.7

9 primary · 37.3 efficiency · 7.6 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

7

Splash games

4

10+ tackle games