Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Buffalo
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.
Impact Production
43
Developing production for a defensive lineman
lowelite
Reliability
35
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
56
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Buffalo | 9 | 30 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 42.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Buffalo | 11 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 38.1 |
Related Context
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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
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 18.3 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
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Buffalo
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
18.3
Usage
4.2
Consistency
14.8
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. UAlbany: 0.5. Nevada: 0. Army: 0. Boston College: 0. Kent State: 0.5. Ball State: 1. Miami (OH): 0. Western Michigan: 0. Bowling Green: 2
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. UAlbany: 4 by 21.7. Nevada: 3 by 12.5. Army: 3 by 12.5. Boston College: 4 by 16.7. Kent State: 4 by 21.7. Ball State: 5 by 30.8. Miami (OH): 3 by 12.5. Western Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Bowling Green: 2 by 28.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 1 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 8 · +0.5 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Bowling Green
Best efficiency game
30.8 vs Ball State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/25 | @ Bowling GreenSplash game | L 19-27 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | @ Western Michigan | L 0-38 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | vs Miami (OH) | L 24-35 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | vs Ball State | L 21-31 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Kent State | L 20-44 | 4 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Boston College | L 3-35 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Army | W 23-20 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/18 | @ Nevada | L 14-38 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/2 | vs UAlbany | L 16-22 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
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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- 1
Buffalo
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20132014201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Buffalo | 4 | 18.3 | 4.2 | 4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Buffalo | 4 | 15 | 3.4 | 0 |
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
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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