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.
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- 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%)
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.
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