Usage / Role
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Regular offensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2018-2022Florida Atlantic
Johnny Ford
RB • 5'5" • 175 lbs • Miami, FL, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Johnny Ford leans balanced backfield option traits and 36.1 efficiency.
Impact Production
83
High-end production for a back
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Reliability
76
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
83
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- South Florida • Florida Atlantic
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UCF
Player Story
Johnny Ford built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a running back from Miami, FL wearing No. 5, spending time with Florida Atlantic and South Florida. The clearest part of Johnny Ford's career was his...
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- Committed To
- South Florida
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Johnny Ford, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic. Johnny Ford leans balanced backfield option traits and 36.1 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,908
- Rushing yards
- 2,141
- Receiving yards
- 767
- Touchdowns
- 26
Quick Answers
Johnny Ford quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Florida Atlantic · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,908
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 40 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic
- Top game
- UCF
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Miami Senior · South Florida
- High school pipeline
- Miami Senior · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Junior
- 2022 Scrimmage yards rank
- 270 scrimmage yards · RB 325th (top 47%) · Conference USA 72nd (top 32%) · National 875th (top 34%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | South Florida | 11 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 62.6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | South Florida | 11 | 815 | 737 | 78 | 9 | 62.6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | South Florida | 4 | 252 | 103 | 149 | 4 | 42.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | South Florida | 6 | 410 | 285 | 125 | 4 | 57.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 11 | 1,111 | 831 | 280 | 7 | 77.8 |
| 2021 Regular Season | South Florida | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 8 | 270 | 135 | 135 | 2 | 38.2 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | South Florida to Florida Atlantic | G5/FCS to G5/FCS | 15.5 | Dec 2, 2020 |
Johnny Ford played RB for South Florida and Florida Atlantic. Across 5 tracked seasons, Johnny Ford recorded 2,141 rushing yards, 767 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Florida Atlantic.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Florida Atlantic paired 1,111 primary output with 66.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 66.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across South Florida, Florida Atlantic.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Florida International
Win with 193 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic
Games
11
Scrimmage Yards / G
101
Efficiency
66.7
Usage
26.2
Consistency
69.8
Best Game by takeover score
Florida International
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Florida: 52. Georgia Southern: 71. Air Force: 69. Florida International: 193. UAB: 54. Charlotte: 124. UTEP: 106. Marshall: 146. Old Dominion: 145. Western Kentucky: 51. Middle Tennessee: 100
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida: 11 by 52.2. Georgia Southern: 15 by 49.3. Air Force: 9 by 81.9. Florida International: 18 by 84.5. UAB: 12 by 36.6. Charlotte: 9 by 100. UTEP: 16 by 72.3. Marshall: 14 by 93.5. Old Dominion: 22 by 60.7. Western Kentucky: 14 by 35.9. Middle Tennessee: 14 by 66.6
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins123.5 · Games = 4 · +35.4 vs Losses
Losses88.1 · Games = 7 · -35.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Florida International
Best efficiency game
100 vs Charlotte
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/28 | vs Middle Tennessee | L 17-27 | 9 | 53 | 5.90 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 7.1 |
| Sat 11/20 | @ Western Kentucky | L 17-52 | 13 | 43 | 3.30 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3.6 |
| Sat 11/13 | @ Old Dominion100 rush yards | L 16-30 | 19 | 101 | 5.30 | 1 | 3 | 44 | 6.6 |
| Sat 11/6 | vs Marshall100 rush yards | L 13-28 | 13 | 138 | 10.60 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10.4 |
| Sat 10/30 | vs UTEP | W 28-25 | 13 | 93 | 7.20 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 6.6 |
| Thu 10/21 | @ Charlotte2+ TD | W 38-9 | 8 | 92 | 11.50 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 13.8 |
| Sat 10/9 | @ UAB | L 14-31 | 7 | 20 | 2.90 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 4.5 |
| Sat 10/2 | vs Florida International100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 58-21 | 16 | 102 | 6.40 | 1 | 2 | 91 | 10.7 |
| Sun 9/26 | @ Air Force | L 7-31 | 8 | 66 | 8.30 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7.7 |
| Sat 9/11 | vs Georgia Southern | W 38-6 | 15 | 71 | 4.70 | 0 | — | — | 4.7 |
| Sat 9/4 | @ Florida | L 14-35 | 10 | 52 | 5.20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.7 |
Player Story
Johnny Ford story
Johnny Ford built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a running back from Miami, FL wearing No. 5, spending time with Florida Atlantic and South Florida. The clearest part of Johnny Ford's career was his backfield work: 2,141 rushing yards, 361 carries, 19 rushing touchdowns, and 767 receiving yards across 40 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Florida Atlantic. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 767 receiving yards, 1 tackle, and 537 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 40 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Florida Atlantic and South Florida.
The arc is straightforward: Johnny 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
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South Florida
2018-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Florida Atlantic
2021-2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2018201820192020202120212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Postseason | South Florida | 865 | 64.2 | 18.6 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | South Florida | 865 | 64.2 | 18.6 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | South Florida | 252 | 51.6 | 15.6 | -613 |
| 2020 Regular Season | South Florida | 410 | 57 | 20.7 | 158 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 1,111 | 66.7 | 26.2 | 701 |
| 2021 Regular Season | South Florida | 1,111 | 66.7 | 26.2 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Florida Atlantic | 270 | 36.1 | 10.8 | -841 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UCF
Week 13 · L 10-38 · Conference game
Loss with 159 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
87.9 takeover
159 scrimmage yards and 29 usage.
#2
vs Florida International
Week 5 · W 58-21 · Conference game
193
Scrimmage Yards
85.7 takeover
Win with 193 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
193 scrimmage yards and 25.4 usage.
#3
@ Temple
Week 7 · L 37-39 · Conference game
122
Scrimmage Yards
83 takeover
Loss with 122 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
122 scrimmage yards and 33.3 usage.
#4
@ Old Dominion
Week 11 · L 16-30 · Conference game
145
Scrimmage Yards
78.6 takeover
Loss with 145 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
145 scrimmage yards and 46.8 usage.
#5
vs UConn
Week 8 · W 38-30 · Conference game
164
Scrimmage Yards
78.4 takeover
Win with 164 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
164 scrimmage yards and 12.3 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic
1,111 primary output · 66.7 efficiency · 26.2 usage
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#2
2021 Regular Season · South Florida
77.8
1,111 primary · 66.7 efficiency · 26.2 usage
#3
2018 Postseason · South Florida
62.6
865 primary · 64.2 efficiency · 18.6 usage
Milestones
6
100+ rush yards
3
150+ scrimmage yards
7
2+ TD games
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