Player Dossier

2020-2025

Penn State

Alonzo Ford Jr.

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

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

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

Usage / Role

17%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

36

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

30

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

48

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Old Dominion

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Old Dominion • Penn State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Liberty

Player Story

Alonzo Ford Jr. built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Richmond, VA wearing No. 50, spending time with Old Dominion and Penn State. The clearest part of Alonzo Ford Jr.'s career...

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

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
106
TFL
12
Sacks
4
QB hurries
3

Quick Answers

Alonzo Ford Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
Penn State · DT
Career Tackles
106
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 41 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Old Dominion
Top game
Liberty
High school pipeline
Varina · 18 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 50 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
18 tackles · DT 101st (top 44%) · Big Ten 265th (top 34%) · National 2,171st (top 35%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonOld Dominion00-0--0-
2021 PostseasonOld Dominion12310--047.6
2021 Regular SeasonOld Dominion123720.53-047.6
2022 Regular SeasonOld Dominion123253.5--041.1
2023 Regular SeasonPenn State00-0--0-
2024 Regular SeasonPenn State7163.50--028.9
2025 PostseasonPenn State103-0--013.1
2025 Regular SeasonPenn State10150.50--013.1

Related Context

Alonzo Ford Jr. played DT for Old Dominion and Penn State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Alonzo Ford Jr. 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

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 14.5 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: Wisconsin

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2024 Regular Season · Penn State

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

14.5

Usage

5.5

Consistency

14.3

Best Game by takeover score

Wisconsin

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Bowling Green: 0. Kent State: 0. UCLA: 0. Wisconsin: 2. Ohio State: 0. Washington: 1. Purdue: 0.5

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.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Bowling Green: 1 by 4.2. Kent State: 1 by 4.2. UCLA: 7 by 29.2. Wisconsin: 2 by 28.3. Ohio State: 1 by 4.2. Washington: 2 by 18.3. Purdue: 2 by 13.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.6 · Games = 6 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Wisconsin

Best efficiency game

29.2 vs UCLA

Result
Sat 11/16@ PurdueW 49-10210.5000
Sun 11/10vs WashingtonW 35-622100
Sat 11/2vs Ohio StateL 13-2010000
Sat 10/26@ WisconsinSplash gameW 28-1322200
Sat 10/5vs UCLAW 27-1171000
Sat 9/21vs Kent StateW 56-010000
Sat 9/7vs Bowling GreenW 34-2711000

Player Story

Alonzo Ford Jr. story

Alonzo Ford Jr. built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Richmond, VA wearing No. 50, spending time with Old Dominion and Penn State. The clearest part of Alonzo Ford Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 106 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 1 interception across 41 career games in the available record. His career also includes 4 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Alonzo Ford Jr.'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. 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

vs Liberty

Week 5 · L 24-38

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#2

@ Wisconsin

Week 9 · W 28-13 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#3

@ East Carolina

Week 2 · L 21-39

3

Havoc Plays

72.5 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.

#4

@ Middle Tennessee

Week 12 · W 24-17 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

66.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 66.1 takeover score.

#5

vs Charlotte

Week 13 · W 56-34 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

62.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Old Dominion

6.5 primary output · 19.3 efficiency · 4.6 usage

47.6

#2

2021 Regular Season · Old Dominion

47.6

6.5 primary · 19.3 efficiency · 4.6 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Old Dominion

41.1

8.5 primary · 18.2 efficiency · 4.5 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games