Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2022Illinois
Luke Ford
TE • 6'6" • 265 lbs • Carterville, IL, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Luke Ford reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
15
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
7
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
27
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Georgia • Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Player Story
Luke Ford built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a tight end from Carterville, IL wearing No. 82, spending time with Georgia and Illinois. The clearest part of Luke Ford's career was his receiving role:...
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- Committed To
- Georgia
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Luke Ford, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Illinois. Luke Ford reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 221
- Receptions
- 28
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Luke Ford quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 221
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 17 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Nebraska
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Carterville · Georgia
- High school pipeline
- Carterville · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 82 · Senior
- 2022 Receiving yards rank
- 88 receiving yards · TE 199th (top 45%) · Big Ten 110th (top 49%) · National 1,015th (top 48%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Georgia | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Georgia | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 36.6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | Illinois | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 37.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 8 | 15 | 114 | 2 | 63.6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 6 | 10 | 88 | 0 | 60.7 |
Related Context
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Luke Ford played TE for Georgia and Illinois. Across 6 tracked seasons, Luke Ford recorded 221 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Illinois paired 114 primary output with 52.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 64.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2022 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Georgia, Illinois.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2022 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
6
Receiving Yards / G
14.7
Efficiency
64.5
Usage
8.9
Consistency
71.5
Best Game by takeover score
Michigan State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Indiana: 4. Virginia: 20. Chattanooga: 6. Nebraska: 15. Michigan State: 26. Northwestern: 17
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. Indiana: 1 by 26.7. Virginia: 4 by 33.3. Chattanooga: 1 by 40. Nebraska: 1 by 100. Michigan State: 2 by 86.7. Northwestern: 1 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins14.5 · Games = 4 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses15 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Michigan State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Northwestern
Player Story
Luke Ford story
Luke Ford built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a tight end from Carterville, IL wearing No. 82, spending time with Georgia and Illinois. The clearest part of Luke Ford's career was his receiving role: 28 catches, 221 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns across 17 career games in the available record. That gives Luke Ford's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Georgia
2017-2018
Opening stop
- 2
Illinois
2019-2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Georgia | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Georgia | 4 | 26.7 | 4.8 | 4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | -4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Illinois | 15 | 50 | 5.5 | 15 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 114 | 52.4 | 13.7 | 99 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Illinois | 88 | 64.5 | 8.9 | -26 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Nebraska
Week 1 · W 30-22 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
30
Receiving Yards
77.8 takeover
30 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.
#2
vs Michigan State
Week 10 · L 15-23 · Conference game
26
Receiving Yards
71.1 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
26 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.
#3
@ Iowa
Week 12 · L 23-33 · Conference game
25
Receiving Yards
67.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
25 receiving yards with a 55.6 efficiency score.
#4
@ Northwestern
Week 13 · W 41-3 · Conference game
17
Receiving Yards
64.4 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
17 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
vs Iowa
Week 14 · L 21-35 · Conference game
11
Receiving Yards
64.3 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
11 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Illinois
114 primary output · 52.4 efficiency · 13.7 usage
63.6
#2
2022 Regular Season · Illinois
60.7
88 primary · 64.5 efficiency · 8.9 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Illinois
37.3
15 primary · 50 efficiency · 5.5 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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