Player Dossier

2023-2025

Missouri State

Christian Ford

S • 6'0" • 180 lbs • McKinney, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Christian Ford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

33%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

21

Developing production for a safety

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Missouri State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Arkansas • Missouri State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Liberty

Player Story

Christian Ford built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a safety from McKinney, TX wearing No. 29, spending time with Arkansas and Missouri State. The clearest part of Christian Ford's career was his...

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Christian Ford, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Missouri State. Christian Ford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
47
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Christian Ford quick answers

Latest team and position
Missouri State · S
Career Tackles
47
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 12 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Missouri State
Top game
Liberty
High school pipeline
McKinney · 26 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 29 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
47 tackles · S 128th (top 23%) · Conference USA 59th (top 11%) · National 689th (top 12%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonArkansas00-0--0-
2024 Regular SeasonArkansas00-0--0-
2025 PostseasonMissouri State123-0--038.5
2025 Regular SeasonMissouri State1244-0-3038.5

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025Arkansas to Missouri StateP4 to G5/FCS16.4Apr 24, 2025

Christian Ford played S for Arkansas and Missouri State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Christian Ford recorded 47 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Missouri State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Missouri State paired 3 primary output with 18.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 18.8 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 Arkansas, Missouri State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Liberty

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

Analysis workspace

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2025 Postseason · Missouri State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

18.8

Usage

3.2

Consistency

8.3

Best Game by takeover score

Liberty

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arkansas State: 0. USC: 0. Marshall: 0. SMU: 0. UT Martin: 0. Western Kentucky: 0. Middle Tennessee: 1. New Mexico State: 0. Liberty: 1. UTEP: 1. Kennesaw State: 0. Louisiana Tech: 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. Arkansas State: 3 by 12.5. USC: 3 by 12.5. Marshall: 5 by 20.8. SMU: 7 by 29.2. UT Martin: 2 by 8.3. Western Kentucky: 8 by 33.3. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 18.3. New Mexico State: 3 by 12.5. Liberty: 3 by 22.5. UTEP: 2 by 18.3. Kennesaw State: 2 by 8.3. Louisiana Tech: 7 by 29.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 6 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 6 · -0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Liberty

Best efficiency game

33.3 vs Western Kentucky

Result
Fri 12/19@ Arkansas StateL 28-3433000
Sat 11/29vs Louisiana TechL 30-4275000
Sat 11/22@ Kennesaw StateL 34-4122000
Sat 11/15vs UTEPW 38-2422001
Sat 11/8@ LibertyW 21-1733001
Thu 10/23@ New Mexico StateW 24-1733000
Wed 10/8@ Middle TennesseeW 22-2021001
Sat 9/27vs Western KentuckyL 22-2784000
Sat 9/20vs UT MartinW 42-1021000
Sat 9/13vs SMUL 10-2877000
Sat 9/6@ MarshallW 21-2054000
Sat 8/30@ USCL 13-7331000

Player Story

Christian Ford story

Christian Ford built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a safety from McKinney, TX wearing No. 29, spending time with Arkansas and Missouri State. The clearest part of Christian Ford's career was his defensive production: 47 tackles and 3 passes defended across 12 career games in the available record. That gives Christian 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. 1

    Arkansas

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Missouri State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonArkansas0
2024 Regular SeasonArkansas00
2025 PostseasonMissouri State318.83.23
2025 Regular SeasonMissouri State318.83.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 102 Liberty

Week 11 · W 21-17 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

48.1 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.1 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 129 UTEP

Week 12 · W 38-24 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

44.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.4 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 127 Middle Tennessee

Week 7 · W 22-20 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

44.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.4 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 69 Western Kentucky

Week 5 · L 22-27 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

28.3 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 28.3 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 23 SMU

Week 3 · L 10-28 · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

25.6 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 25.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Missouri State

3 primary output · 18.8 efficiency · 3.2 usage

38.5

#2

2025 Regular Season · Missouri State

38.5

3 primary · 18.8 efficiency · 3.2 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Arkansas

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games