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

14%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

19

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

22

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

2021 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 72.2 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: UCF

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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2021 Postseason · Louisville

Games

13

Receiving Yards / G

42.3

Efficiency

72.2

Usage

22

Consistency

65.4

Best Game by takeover score

UCF

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Air Force: 20. Ole Miss: 50. Eastern Kentucky: 6. UCF: 100. Florida State: 52. Wake Forest: 33. Virginia: 24. Boston College: 48. NC State: 48. Clemson: 19. Syracuse: 22. Duke: 60. Kentucky: 68

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. Air Force: 2 by 66.7. Ole Miss: 4 by 83.3. Eastern Kentucky: 1 by 40. UCF: 8 by 83.3. Florida State: 6 by 57.8. Wake Forest: 4 by 55. Virginia: 4 by 40. Boston College: 3 by 100. NC State: 3 by 100. Clemson: 2 by 63.3. Syracuse: 2 by 73.3. Duke: 4 by 100. Kentucky: 6 by 75.6

Split Comparison

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

Wins48 · Games = 6 · +10.6 vs Losses
Losses37.4 · Games = 7 · -10.6 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

UCF

Best efficiency game

100 vs Duke

Result
Tue 12/28vs Air ForceL 28-312201010017
Sun 11/28vs KentuckyL 21-5266811.311.30020
Fri 11/19@ DukeW 62-224601515120
Sat 11/13vs SyracuseW 41-32221111018
Sat 11/6vs ClemsonL 24-302199.59.50014
Sat 10/30@ NC StateL 13-283481616035
Sat 10/23vs Boston CollegeW 28-143481616028
Sat 10/9vs VirginiaL 33-3442466012
Sat 10/2@ Wake ForestL 34-374338.38.30012
Sat 9/25@ Florida StateW 31-236528.78.70019
Fri 9/17vs UCF100 receiving yards · High volumeW 42-35810012.512.50128
Sat 9/11vs Eastern KentuckyW 30-3166606
Tue 9/7@ Ole MissL 24-4345012.512.50028

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

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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

3

2+ TD games