Linebacker, Texas, 2020–23
Jaylan Ford
- Number
- No. 41
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 242 lb
- Class (2023)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Frisco, TX
- Born
- Nov 28, 2001
Jaylan Ford played linebacker at Texas (2020–23). The New Orleans Saints took Ford in round 5, No. 175 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
15tackles, career highvs. UTSA, 2022Honors
Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2023
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2023 Texas 14 games, 96 tackles, 1 sack, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Rice | W 37–10 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Sep 9 | at Alabama | W 34–24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Wyoming | W 31–10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | at Baylor | W 38–6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | vs. Kansas | W 40–14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs. Oklahoma | L 30–34 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | at Houston | W 31–24 | 6 | 2 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | vs. BYU | W 35–6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs. Kansas State | W 33–30 | 8 | 4 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | at TCU | W 29–26 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 18 | at Iowa State | W 26–16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | vs. Texas Tech | W 57–7 | 8 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 2 | vs. Oklahoma State | W 49–21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Washington | L 31–37 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Texas 11 games, 109 tackles, 2 sacks, 4 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 | vs.Alabama | L 19–20 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs. UTSA | W 41–20 | 15 | 10 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | atTexas Tech | L 34–37 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | vs. West Virginia | W 38–20 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | vs.Oklahoma | W 49–0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 15 | vs.Iowa State | W 24–21 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | atOklahoma State | L 34–41 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | atKansas State | W 34–27 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs.TCU | L 10–17 | 9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | atKansas | W 55–14 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs.Baylor | W 38–27 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2021 Texas 12 games, 53 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. Louisiana | W 38–18 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11 | at Arkansas | L 21–40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 18 | vs.Rice | W 58–0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | vs.Texas Tech | W 70–35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2 | atTCU | W 32–27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 9 | vs.Oklahoma | L 48–55 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 16 | vs.Oklahoma State | L 24–32 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 30 | atBaylor | L 24–31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 6 | atIowa State | L 7–30 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 13 | vs.Kansas | L 56–57 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 20 | atWest Virginia | L 23–31 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | vs.Kansas State | W 22–17 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 Texas 3 games, 14 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | vs. UTEP | W 59–3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 5 | atKansas State | W 69–31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. Colorado | W 55–23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2024 | Combine or pro day 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′2⅜″ | |
| Weight | 240 lb | |
| Arm length | 31¾″ | |
| Hand size | 9½″ | |
| Wingspan | 74⅜″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.72 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.66 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 33½″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′1″ | |
| Bench press | 18 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.09 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.24 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
2 seasons, 11 games with a stat; latest team: New Orleans Saints.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | New Orleans Saints | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | New Orleans Saints | 9 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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