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Player Dossier
2020-2023Texas
Jaylan Ford
LB • 6'3" • 242 lbs • Frisco, TX, USA
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Jaylan Ford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
94
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
91
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Texas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Texas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Baylor
Player Story
Jaylan Ford built his college career from 2020 through 2023 as a linebacker from Frisco, TX wearing No. 41, spending time with Texas. The clearest part of Jaylan Ford's career was his defensive production: 272...
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- Committed To
- Texas
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2024
- Selection
- Round 5 · Pick 40
- Overall
- No. 175
- NFL Team
- New Orleans Saints
Jaylan Ford, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Texas. Jaylan Ford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 44.6 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- Texas · LB
- Career Tackles
- 272
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 40 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Texas
- Top game
- Baylor
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Lone Star · Texas
- High school pipeline
- Harrisburg · 21 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2024 · Round 5 · Pick 40 · New Orleans Saints
- Latest roster
- No. 41 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 96 tackles · LB 45th (top 4%) · Big 12 8th (top 2%) · National 58th (top 1%)
Jaylan Ford played LB for Texas. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jaylan Ford recorded 272 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Texas.
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