Player Dossier

2013-2017

Buffalo

Chris Ford

DT • 6'3" • 310 lbs • Medina, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Chris Ford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15 disruption score.

Usage / Role

26%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

33

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

19

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

52

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Buffalo

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Buffalo
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green

Player Story

Chris Ford built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive tackle from Medina, OH wearing No. 58, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Chris Ford's career was his defensive production: 60...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.7444

Medina · Medina, OH

Committed To
Buffalo
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

Chris Ford, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Buffalo. Chris Ford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
60
TFL
4
Sacks
2
QB hurries
2

Quick Answers

Chris Ford quick answers

Latest team and position
Buffalo · DT
Career Tackles
60
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 20 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Buffalo
Top game
Bowling Green
Recruit profile
2-star · Medina · Buffalo
High school pipeline
Medina · 5 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 58 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
30 tackles · DT 57th (top 23%) · Mid-American 130th (top 24%) · National 1,391st (top 25%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonBuffalo00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonBuffalo00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonBuffalo00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonBuffalo93031--042.1
2017 Regular SeasonBuffalo1130112-038.1

Related Context

Chris Ford played DT for Buffalo. Across 5 tracked seasons, Chris Ford recorded 60 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Buffalo.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Buffalo paired 4 primary output with 18.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 15 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Bowling Green

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Buffalo

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

15

Usage

3.4

Consistency

9.1

Best Game by takeover score

Bowling Green

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Minnesota: 0. Army: 0. Colgate: 0. Florida Atlantic: 0. Kent State: 1. Northern Illinois: 1. Miami (OH): 0. Akron: 0. Bowling Green: 2. Ball State: 0. Ohio: 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. Minnesota: 3 by 12.5. Army: 5 by 20.8. Colgate: 1 by 4.2. Florida Atlantic: 2 by 8.3. Kent State: 1 by 14.2. Northern Illinois: 1 by 14.2. Miami (OH): 5 by 20.8. Akron: 3 by 12.5. Bowling Green: 3 by 32.5. Ball State: 4 by 16.7. Ohio: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 6 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Bowling Green

Best efficiency game

32.5 vs Bowling Green

Result
Fri 11/24vs OhioW 31-2421000
Fri 11/17@ Ball StateW 40-2440000
Wed 11/8vs Bowling GreenSplash gameW 38-2833110
Sat 10/28@ AkronL 20-2131000
Sat 10/21@ Miami (OH)L 14-2452000
Sat 10/14vs Northern IllinoisL 13-1411000
Sat 9/30@ Kent StateW 27-1311000
Sat 9/23vs Florida AtlanticW 34-3121000
Sat 9/16vs ColgateW 33-1011000
Sat 9/9@ ArmyL 17-2152000
Thu 8/31@ MinnesotaL 7-1730000

Player Story

Chris Ford story

Chris Ford built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive tackle from Medina, OH wearing No. 58, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Chris Ford's career was his defensive production: 60 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 20 career games in the available record. That gives Chris Ford's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Buffalo

    2013-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20132014201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonBuffalo0
2014 Regular SeasonBuffalo00
2015 Regular SeasonBuffalo00
2016 Regular SeasonBuffalo418.34.24
2017 Regular SeasonBuffalo4153.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Bowling Green

Week 11 · W 38-28 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

73.1 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.1 takeover score.

#2

@ Bowling Green

Week 13 · L 19-27 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

68.6 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Ball State

Week 7 · L 21-31 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

46.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.9 takeover score.

#4

vs Northern Illinois

Week 7 · L 13-14 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

38.3 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 38.3 takeover score.

#5

vs Kent State

Week 6 · L 20-44 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

32.2 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 32.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Buffalo

4 primary output · 18.3 efficiency · 4.2 usage

42.1

#2

2017 Regular Season · Buffalo

38.1

4 primary · 15 efficiency · 3.4 usage

#3

2013 Regular Season · Buffalo

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games