Player Dossier

2012-2015

Fresno State

Ford Childress

QB • 6'5" • Houston, TX, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Ford Childress is a balanced quarterback profile with 6.9 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

11

Developing production for a quarterback

lowelite

Reliability

28

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

27

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · West Virginia

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
West Virginia • Fresno State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State

Player Story

Ford Childress built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a quarterback from Houston, TX wearing No. 10, spending time with Fresno State and West Virginia. The clearest part of Ford Childress' career was his...

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4★

Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.8967

The Kinkaid School · Houston, TX

Committed To
West Virginia
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

Ford Childress, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · West Virginia. Ford Childress is a balanced quarterback profile with 6.9 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
520
Passing yards
580
Touchdowns
5

Quick Answers

Ford Childress quick answers

Latest team and position
Fresno State · QB
Career Total Offense
520
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 4 games
Best season
2013 Regular Season · West Virginia
Top game
Georgia State
Recruit profile
4-star · The Kinkaid School · West Virginia
High school pipeline
The Kinkaid School · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 10 · Class 2015
2015 Total offense rank
140 total offense · QB 245th (top 78%) · Mountain West 66th (top 44%) · National 682nd (top 48%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonWest Virginia00000-
2013 Regular SeasonWest Virginia2380421-41356.1
2015 Regular SeasonFresno State2140159-19231.4

Related Context

Ford Childress played QB for West Virginia and Fresno State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Ford Childress recorded 580 passing yards, -60 rushing yards, and 5 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2013 with West Virginia.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season

West Virginia paired 380 primary output with 45.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2015 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 23.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2015 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across West Virginia, Fresno State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: San José State

Loss with 140 yards of offense and 47.1 efficiency. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2015 Regular Season · Fresno State

Games

2

Primary Metric / G

70

Efficiency

23.6

Usage

6.9

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

San José State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ole Miss: 0. San José State: 140

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 1 · -140 vs Second Half
Second Half140 · Games = 1 · +140 vs First Half

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

San José State

Best efficiency game

47.1 vs San José State

Result
Sun 9/27@ San José StateL 23-49193215959.42147.12-19-9.5000
Sat 9/12@ Ole MissL 21-730200.0010

Player Story

Ford Childress story

Ford Childress built his college career from 2012 through 2015 as a quarterback from Houston, TX wearing No. 10, spending time with Fresno State and West Virginia. The clearest part of Ford Childress' career was his passing role: 580 passing yards, 5 touchdown passes, and 97 attempts across 4 career games in the available record. That gives Ford Childress' 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

    West Virginia

    2012-2013

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Fresno State

    2015

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201220132015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonWest Virginia0
2013 Regular SeasonWest Virginia38045.210.4380
2015 Regular SeasonFresno State14023.66.9-240

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Georgia State

Week 3 · W 41-7

Win with 344 yards of offense and 56 efficiency.

344

Total Offense

55.6 takeover

344 total offense with 56 efficiency.

#2

@ San José State

Week 4 · L 23-49 · Conference game

140

Total Offense

54.1 takeover

Loss with 140 yards of offense and 47.1 efficiency.

140 total offense with 47.1 efficiency.

#3

@ Maryland

Week 4 · L 0-37

36

Total Offense

26.8 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

36 total offense with 34.3 efficiency.

#4

@ Ole Miss

Week 2 · L 21-73

0

Total Offense

0 takeover

Loss with 0 yards of offense and 0 efficiency.

0 total offense with 0 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2013 Regular Season · West Virginia

380 primary output · 45.2 efficiency · 10.4 usage

56.1

#2

2015 Regular Season · Fresno State

31.4

140 primary · 23.6 efficiency · 6.9 usage

#3

2012 Regular Season · West Virginia

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

250+ passing yards

1

300+ total offense

1

3+ TD games

0

Above avg efficiency