Player Dossier

2017-2021

Miami

Jonathan Ford

DL • 6'5" • 315 lbs • Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jonathan Ford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

11%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

20

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

14

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

34

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Miami

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Miami
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

Player Story

Jonathan Ford built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 96, spending time with Miami. The clearest part of Jonathan Ford's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8853

Dillard · Fort Lauderdale, FL

Committed To
Miami
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2022
Selection
Round 7 · Pick 13
Overall
No. 234
NFL Team
Green Bay Packers

Jonathan Ford, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Miami. Jonathan Ford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
60
TFL
8
Sacks
3
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Jonathan Ford quick answers

Latest team and position
Miami · DL
Career Tackles
60
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 31 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Miami
Top game
Virginia
Recruit profile
3-star · Dillard · Miami
High school pipeline
Dillard · 46 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2022 · Round 7 · Pick 13 · Green Bay Packers
Latest roster
No. 96 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
14 tackles · DL 447th (top 48%) · ACC 265th (top 41%) · National 2,400th (top 41%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonMiami11-0--037
2018 PostseasonMiami52-0--017.5
2018 Regular SeasonMiami5620--017.5
2019 PostseasonMiami93-0--050.1
2019 Regular SeasonMiami9153.53-1050.1
2020 Regular SeasonMiami8191.501-020.2
2021 Regular SeasonMiami814101-016.6

Related Context

Jonathan Ford played DL for Miami. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jonathan Ford recorded 60 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Miami.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Miami paired 7.5 primary output with 16.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 9.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida State

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2021 Regular Season · Miami

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

9.8

Usage

2.1

Consistency

12.5

Best Game by takeover score

Florida State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 0. App State: 0. Michigan State: 0. North Carolina: 0.5. NC State: 0. Pittsburgh: 0.5. Georgia Tech: 0. Florida State: 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. Alabama: 1 by 4.2. App State: 2 by 8.3. Michigan State: 2 by 8.3. North Carolina: 1 by 9.2. NC State: 2 by 8.3. Pittsburgh: 2 by 13.3. Georgia Tech: 2 by 8.3. Florida State: 2 by 18.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.1 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Florida State

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs Florida State

Result
Sat 11/13@ Florida StateL 28-3121000
Sat 11/6vs Georgia TechW 33-3020000
Sat 10/30@ PittsburghW 38-34210.5000
Sat 10/23vs NC StateW 31-3020000
Sat 10/16@ North CarolinaL 42-45100.5000
Sat 9/18vs Michigan StateL 17-3821000
Sat 9/11vs App StateW 25-2321000
Sat 9/4vs AlabamaL 13-4410000

Player Story

Jonathan Ford story

Jonathan Ford built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Fort Lauderdale, FL wearing No. 96, spending time with Miami. The clearest part of Jonathan Ford's career was his defensive production: 60 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 31 career games in the available record. That gives Jonathan Ford's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Miami

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820182019201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonMiami04.20.8
2018 PostseasonMiami210.72.32
2018 Regular SeasonMiami210.72.30
2019 PostseasonMiami7.516.73.45.5
2019 Regular SeasonMiami7.516.73.40
2020 Regular SeasonMiami2.5133.2-5
2021 Regular SeasonMiami29.82.1-0.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Virginia

Week 7 · W 17-9 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

68.3 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.

#2

vs North Carolina

Week 15 · L 26-62 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

58.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.1 takeover score.

#3

@ Florida State

Week 10 · W 27-10 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

57.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.2 takeover score.

#4

@ Florida State

Week 11 · L 28-31 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

53 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53 takeover score.

#5

@ Toledo

Week 3 · W 49-24

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Havoc Plays

51.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Miami

7.5 primary output · 16.7 efficiency · 3.4 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · Miami

50.1

7.5 primary · 16.7 efficiency · 3.4 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Miami

37

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games