Usage / Role
6%
Rotational offensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2019-2024Notre Dame
Devyn Ford
RB • 5'11" • 200 lbs • Stafford, VA, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Devyn Ford leans balanced backfield option traits and 33.1 efficiency.
Impact Production
6
Developing production for a back
lowelite
Reliability
4
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
20
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Penn State
191920212122232324
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Penn State • Notre Dame
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Idaho
Player Story
Devyn Ford built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a running back from Stafford, VA wearing No. 22, spending time with Notre Dame and Penn State. The clearest part of Devyn Ford's career was his backfield...
Read the story4★
- Committed To
- Notre Dame
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Devyn Ford, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Penn State. Devyn Ford leans balanced backfield option traits and 33.1 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 908
- Rushing yards
- 765
- Receiving yards
- 143
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
Devyn Ford quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Notre Dame · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 908
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 46 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Penn State
- Top game
- Idaho
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · John Burroughs School · Notre Dame
- High school pipeline
- John Burroughs School · 4 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 22 · Senior
- 2024 Scrimmage yards rank
- 61 scrimmage yards · RB 521st (top 74%) · FBS Independents 38th (top 62%) · National 1,705th (top 64%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Penn State | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 49.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Penn State | 12 | 322 | 292 | 30 | 2 | 49.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Penn State | 6 | 298 | 274 | 24 | 3 | 62.4 |
| 2021 Postseason | Penn State | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Penn State | 8 | 75 | 57 | 18 | 0 | 24 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Penn State | 4 | 68 | 37 | 31 | 0 | 30.9 |
| 2023 Postseason | Notre Dame | 9 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 9 | 48 | 14 | 34 | 1 | 35 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 7 | 61 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 25.8 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Devyn Ford
Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Penn State to Notre Dame | P4 to G5/FCS | 78.9 | Apr 24, 2023 |
Devyn Ford played RB for Penn State and Notre Dame. Across 6 tracked seasons, Devyn Ford recorded 765 rushing yards, 143 receiving yards, and 5 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Penn State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Penn State paired 298 primary output with 39.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 33.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 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 Penn State, Notre Dame.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford
Win with 20 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 85.7th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2024 Regular Season · Notre Dame
Games
7
Scrimmage Yards / G
8.7
Efficiency
33.1
Usage
3.9
Consistency
39.9
Best Game by takeover score
Stanford
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas A&M: 0. Northern Illinois: 6. Purdue: 9. Miami (OH): 21. Louisville: 0. Stanford: 20. Georgia Tech: 5
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.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas A&M: 1 by 0. Northern Illinois: 2 by 12.5. Purdue: 2 by 46.9. Miami (OH): 5 by 43.8. Stanford: 3 by 69.4. Georgia Tech: 2 by 26
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins9.2 · Games = 6 · +3.2 vs Losses
Losses6 · Games = 1 · -3.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Stanford
Best efficiency game
69.4 vs Stanford
Player Story
Devyn Ford story
Devyn Ford built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a running back from Stafford, VA wearing No. 22, spending time with Notre Dame and Penn State. The clearest part of Devyn Ford's career was his backfield work: 765 rushing yards, 161 carries, 6 rushing touchdowns, and 143 receiving yards across 46 career games in the available record. His career also includes 143 receiving yards, 5 tackles, and 522 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Devyn 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
Penn State
2019-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Notre Dame
2023-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201920192020202120212022202320232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Penn State | 324 | 39.6 | 8.1 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Penn State | 324 | 39.6 | 8.1 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Penn State | 298 | 39.2 | 18.7 | -26 |
| 2021 Postseason | Penn State | 79 | 39.1 | 3.7 | -219 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Penn State | 79 | 39.1 | 3.7 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Penn State | 68 | 52.4 | 5.3 | -11 |
| 2023 Postseason | Notre Dame | 78 | 57.1 | 2.4 | 10 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 78 | 57.1 | 2.4 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 61 | 33.1 | 3.9 | -17 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Idaho
Week 1 · W 79-7
Win with 113 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
113
Scrimmage Yards
79 takeover
113 scrimmage yards and 12.9 usage.
#2
@ Indiana
Week 8 · L 35-36 · Conference game
80
Scrimmage Yards
74.2 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
80 scrimmage yards and 30.3 usage.
#3
@ Nebraska
Week 11 · L 23-30 · Conference game
71
Scrimmage Yards
66.8 takeover
Loss with 71 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
71 scrimmage yards and 23.9 usage.
#4
@ Rutgers
Week 14 · W 23-7 · Conference game
72
Scrimmage Yards
66.5 takeover
Win with 72 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
72 scrimmage yards and 16.7 usage.
#5
@ Auburn
Week 3 · W 41-12
43
Scrimmage Yards
65.4 takeover
Win with 43 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
43 scrimmage yards and 14.3 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Penn State
298 primary output · 39.2 efficiency · 18.7 usage
62.4
#2
2019 Postseason · Penn State
49.5
324 primary · 39.6 efficiency · 8.1 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Penn State
49.5
324 primary · 39.6 efficiency · 8.1 usage
Milestones
1
100+ rush yards
0
150+ scrimmage yards
0
2+ TD games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Devyn Ford
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.