Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Sam Houston
Dean Ford
LB • 6'0" • 225 lbs • Houston, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Dean Ford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
91
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
76
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Sam Houston
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee
Player Story
Dean Ford built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Houston, TX wearing No. 30, spending time with Sam Houston. The clearest part of Dean Ford's career was his defensive production: 32...
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- Committed To
- Sam Houston
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Dean Ford, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston. Dean Ford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 32
- TFL
- 6
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 2
Quick Answers
Dean Ford quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Sam Houston · LB
- Career Tackles
- 32
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 7 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston
- Top game
- Middle Tennessee
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Morton Ranch · Sam Houston
- High school pipeline
- Morton Ranch · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 30 · Freshman
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 32 tackles · LB 456th (top 36%) · Conference USA 108th (top 20%) · National 1,269th (top 21%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Sam Houston | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2025 Regular Season | Sam Houston | 7 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 65 |
Related Context
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Dean Ford played LB for Sam Houston. Across 2 tracked seasons, Dean Ford recorded 32 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Sam Houston.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Sam Houston paired 10 primary output with 33.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 33.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
1.4
Efficiency
33.3
Usage
10.3
Consistency
40.9
Best Game by takeover score
Middle Tennessee
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. New Mexico State: 1. Jacksonville State: 1. UTEP: 1. Oregon State: 0. Delaware: 2.5. Middle Tennessee: 3.5. Florida International: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. New Mexico State: 5 by 30.8. Jacksonville State: 7 by 39.2. UTEP: 6 by 35. Oregon State: 4 by 16.7. Delaware: 3 by 37.5. Middle Tennessee: 5 by 55.8. Florida International: 2 by 18.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.3 · Games = 2 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses1.5 · Games = 5 · +0.3 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
Middle Tennessee
Best efficiency game
55.8 vs Middle Tennessee
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | vs Florida International | L 16-56 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Middle TennesseeSplash game | L 17-31 | 5 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | vs DelawareSplash game | W 26-23 | 3 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | @ Oregon State | W 21-17 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 10/15 | vs UTEP | L 17-35 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/10 | vs Jacksonville State | L 27-29 | 7 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/3 | @ New Mexico State | L 10-37 | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Dean Ford story
Dean Ford built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Houston, TX wearing No. 30, spending time with Sam Houston. The clearest part of Dean Ford's career was his defensive production: 32 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 7 career games in the available record. That gives Dean Ford's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Sam Houston
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Sam Houston | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Sam Houston | 10 | 33.3 | 10.3 | 10 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 127 Middle Tennessee
Week 13 · L 17-31 · Conference game
Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
85.3 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85.3 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 109 Delaware
Week 12 · W 26-23 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
58.2 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 58.2 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 92 Jacksonville State
Week 7 · L 27-29 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
52 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 52 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 129 UTEP
Week 8 · L 17-35 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
51.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.5 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 123 New Mexico State
Week 6 · L 10-37 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
47.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston
10 primary output · 33.3 efficiency · 10.3 usage
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#2
2024 Regular Season · Sam Houston
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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