Player Dossier

2019-2022

Louisville

Marshon Ford

TE • 6'2" • 240 lbs • Louisville, KY, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Marshon Ford reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

11%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

48

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

40

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Louisville

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Louisville
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Tech

Player Story

Marshon Ford built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a tight end from Louisville, KY wearing No. 5, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of Marshon Ford's career was his receiving role: 127...

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Marshon Ford, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Louisville. Marshon Ford reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,586
Receptions
127
Touchdowns
18

Quick Answers

Marshon Ford quick answers

Latest team and position
Louisville · TE
Career Receiving Yards
1,586
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 45 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Louisville
Top game
Georgia Tech
Latest roster
No. 5 · Junior
2022 Receiving yards rank
434 receiving yards · TE 27th (top 7%) · ACC 28th (top 13%) · National 295th (top 14%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2019 PostseasonLouisville9353261
2019 Regular SeasonLouisville917239561
2020 Regular SeasonLouisville1025310655.4
2021 PostseasonLouisville13220077.7
2021 Regular SeasonLouisville1347530277.7
2022 PostseasonLouisville13213165.7
2022 Regular SeasonLouisville1331421265.7

Related Context

Marshon Ford played TE for Louisville. Across 4 tracked seasons, Marshon Ford recorded 1,586 receiving yards, 3 tackles, and 18 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Louisville.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Louisville paired 550 primary output with 72.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 72.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2022 Postseason · Louisville

Games

13

Receiving Yards / G

33.4

Efficiency

72.6

Usage

15.7

Consistency

59.1

Best Game by takeover score

Virginia

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Cincinnati: 13. Syracuse: 12. UCF: 38. Florida State: 15. South Florida: 27. Boston College: 37. Virginia: 93. Pittsburgh: 27. Wake Forest: 39. James Madison: 21. Clemson: 20. NC State: 63. Kentucky: 29

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. Cincinnati: 2 by 43.3. Syracuse: 2 by 40. UCF: 3 by 84.4. Florida State: 3 by 33.3. South Florida: 2 by 90. Boston College: 4 by 61.7. Virginia: 4 by 100. Pittsburgh: 2 by 90. Wake Forest: 1 by 100. James Madison: 2 by 70. Clemson: 2 by 66.7. NC State: 3 by 100. Kentucky: 3 by 64.4

Split Comparison

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

Wins40.1 · Games = 8 · +17.5 vs Losses
Losses22.6 · Games = 5 · -17.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Virginia

Best efficiency game

100 vs NC State

Result
Sat 12/17vs CincinnatiW 24-72136.56.5018
Sat 11/26@ KentuckyL 13-263299.79.70016
Sat 11/19vs NC StateW 25-103632121038
Sat 11/12@ ClemsonL 16-312201010011
Sat 11/5vs James MadisonW 34-1022110.510.50011
Sat 10/29vs Wake ForestW 48-211393939039
Sun 10/23vs PittsburghW 24-1022713.513.50125
Sat 10/8@ VirginiaW 34-1749323.323.30132
Sat 10/1@ Boston CollegeL 33-344379.39.30019
Sat 9/24vs South FloridaW 41-322713.513.50015
Fri 9/16vs Florida StateL 31-353155508
Fri 9/9@ UCFW 20-1433812.712.70014
Sun 9/4@ SyracuseL 7-312126607

Player Story

Marshon Ford story

Marshon Ford built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a tight end from Louisville, KY wearing No. 5, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of Marshon Ford's career was his receiving role: 127 catches, 1,586 receiving yards, and 18 touchdowns across 45 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with Louisville. 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 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 45 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Louisville.

The arc is straightforward: Marshon 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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    Louisville

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2019201920202021202120222022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 PostseasonLouisville29276.115.8
2019 Regular SeasonLouisville29276.115.80
2020 Regular SeasonLouisville31064.214.318
2021 PostseasonLouisville55072.222240
2021 Regular SeasonLouisville55072.2220
2022 PostseasonLouisville43472.615.7-116
2022 Regular SeasonLouisville43472.615.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Georgia Tech

Week 6 · L 27-46 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

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Receiving Yards

95.9 takeover

89 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs UCF

Week 3 · W 42-35

100

Receiving Yards

94.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

100 receiving yards with a 83.3 efficiency score.

#3

@ Virginia

Week 6 · W 34-17 · Conference game

93

Receiving Yards

92.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

93 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ NC State

Week 12 · W 34-20 · Conference game

52

Receiving Yards

89.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

52 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

vs Mississippi State

Week 1 · W 38-28 · Postseason

53

Receiving Yards

86.2 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

53 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Louisville

550 primary output · 72.2 efficiency · 22 usage

77.7

#2

2021 Regular Season · Louisville

77.7

550 primary · 72.2 efficiency · 22 usage

#3

2022 Postseason · Louisville

65.7

434 primary · 72.6 efficiency · 15.7 usage

Milestones

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100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games