Player Dossier

2020-2025

Penn State

Alonzo Ford

DT • 6'2" • 305 lbs • Richmond, VA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Alonzo Ford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9 disruption score.

Usage Score

2.3

Efficiency

9

Consistency

6.7

Season Value

8.9

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Old Dominion

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
8
Program Path
Old Dominion • Penn State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Liberty

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Alonzo Ford, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Old Dominion. Alonzo Ford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9 disruption score.

Alonzo Ford played DT for Old Dominion and Penn State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Alonzo Ford recorded 106 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Old Dominion.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Old Dominion paired 6.5 primary output with 19.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 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 Old Dominion, Penn State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida International

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Postseason · Penn State

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

9

Usage

2.3

Consistency

6.7

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. Clemson: 0. Florida International: 1. Villanova: 0. Oregon: 0. UCLA: 0. Northwestern: 0. Iowa: 0. Ohio State: 0.5. Michigan State: 0. Rutgers: 0

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. Clemson: 3 by 12.5. Florida International: 2 by 18.3. Villanova: 1 by 4.2. Oregon: 2 by 8.3. UCLA: 1 by 4.2. Northwestern: 1 by 4.2. Iowa: 1 by 4.2. Ohio State: 3 by 17.5. Michigan State: 2 by 8.3. Rutgers: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.2 · Games = 5 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · Games = 5 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Florida International

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs Florida International

Result
Sat 12/27@ ClemsonW 22-1032000
Sat 11/29@ RutgersW 40-3620000
Sat 11/15@ Michigan StateW 28-1021000
Sat 11/1@ Ohio StateL 14-38310.5000
Sat 10/18@ IowaL 24-2511000
Sat 10/11vs NorthwesternL 21-2211000
Sat 10/4@ UCLAL 37-4210000
Sat 9/27vs OregonL 24-3021000
Sat 9/13vs VillanovaW 52-610000
Sat 9/6vs Florida InternationalW 34-0210010

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Old Dominion

    2020-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Penn State

    2023-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20202021202120222023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonOld Dominion0
2021 PostseasonOld Dominion6.519.34.66.5
2021 Regular SeasonOld Dominion6.519.34.60
2022 Regular SeasonOld Dominion8.518.24.52
2023 Regular SeasonPenn State0-8.5
2024 Regular SeasonPenn State3.514.55.53.5
2025 PostseasonPenn State1.592.3-2
2025 Regular SeasonPenn State1.592.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Liberty

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Primary metric

4 disruption/tackle impact with 58.8 takeover score.

#2

Wisconsin

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.

#3

Charlotte

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.1 takeover score.

#4

East Carolina

3

Primary metric

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 43.9 takeover score.

#5

Wake Forest

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Old Dominion

6.5 primary output · 19.3 efficiency · 4.6 usage

39.3

#2

2021 Regular Season · Old Dominion

39.3

6.5 primary · 19.3 efficiency · 4.6 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Old Dominion

32.8

8.5 primary · 18.2 efficiency · 4.5 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2020 · Rating 0.8137

Varina · Richmond, VA

Committed To
Old Dominion
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Career Facts

2

Career teams

8

Seasons tracked

106

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 8 tracked seasons, 41 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.