Defensive line, Miami, 2017–⁠21

Jonathan Ford

Number: No. 96
Height: 6′5″
Weight: 315 lb
Class (2021): Senior
Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Born: Sep 29, 1998

Jonathan Ford played defensive line at Miami (2017–⁠21). The Green Bay Packers took Ford in round 7, No. 234 overall in the 2022 NFL Draft.

Best season: 19; Tackles, 2020 (Miami, 8–⁠3)
Drafted: No. 234; Round 7, 2022 NFL Draft (Green Bay Packers)

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

10–⁠3AP 137–⁠66–⁠78–⁠3AP 227–⁠5

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD	Hur
2017	Miami	1	0	0	0	0	0
2018	Miami	8	1	2	0	0	0
2019	Miami	18	7	3.5	3	1	0
2020	Miami	19	9	1.5	0	0	1
2021	Miami	14	4	1	0	0	1
Career		60	21	8	3	1	2

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2017	Miami	96	DL	Yr 1
2018	Miami	96	DL	Yr 2
2019	Miami	96	DL	Yr 3
2020	Miami	96	DL	Yr 4
2021	Miami	96	DL	Sr. (Yr 5)	6′5″	315

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

2021 Miami 8 games, 14 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL
Sep 4	vs.Alabama	L 13–⁠44	1	0	0
Sep 11	vs.App State	W 25–⁠23	2	1	0
Sep 18	vs.Michigan State	L 17–⁠38	2	1	0
Oct 16	atNorth Carolina	L 42–⁠45	1	0	0.5
Oct 23	vs.NC State	W 31–⁠30	2	0	0
Oct 30	atPittsburgh	W 38–⁠34	2	1	0.5
Nov 6	vs.Georgia Tech	W 33–⁠30	2	0	0
Nov 13	atFlorida State	L 28–⁠31	2	1	0

2020 Miami 8 games, 19 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL
Sep 10	vs.UAB	W 31–⁠14	2	0	0
Sep 26	vs.Florida State	W 52–⁠10	1	0	0.5
Oct 10	atClemson	L 17–⁠42	1	0	0
Oct 17	vs.Pittsburgh	W 31–⁠19	2	0	0
Oct 24	vs.Virginia	W 19–⁠14	2	2	0
Nov 6	atNC State	W 44–⁠41	2	2	0
Nov 14	atVirginia Tech	W 25–⁠24	6	3	0
Dec 12	vs.North Carolina	L 26–⁠62	3	2	1

2019 Miami 9 games, 18 tackles, 3 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 21	vs.Central Michigan	W 17–⁠12	2	0	0.5	0	0
Oct 5	vs.Virginia Tech	L 35–⁠42	1	1	0	0	1
Oct 11	vs.Virginia	W 17–⁠9	4	2	1	1	0
Oct 19	vs.Georgia Tech	L 21–⁠28	1	1	0	0	0
Oct 26	atPittsburgh	W 16–⁠12	1	0	0.5	0.5	0
Nov 2	atFlorida State	W 27–⁠10	2	1	1	1	0
Nov 23	atFlorida International	L 24–⁠30	1	0	0	0	0
Nov 30	atDuke	L 17–⁠27	3	1	0.5	0.5	0
Dec 26 ✦	vs.Louisiana Tech	L 0–⁠14	3	1	0	0	0

2018 Miami 5 games, 8 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL
Sep 8	vs.Savannah State	W 77–⁠0	1	0	0
Sep 15	atToledo	W 49–⁠24	2	0	1
Sep 22	vs.Florida International	W 31–⁠17	2	0	0
Nov 17	atVirginia Tech	W 38–⁠14	1	1	1
Dec 27 ✦	vs.Wisconsin	L 3–⁠35	2	0	0

2017 Miami 1 game, 1 tackle

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Sep 2	vs.Bethune-Cookman	W 41–⁠13	1	0	0	0	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2022	Combine or pro day 2022
Height	6′5⅛″
Weight	333 lb
Arm length	32¾″
Hand size	9¼″
Wingspan		79⅝″^W
40-yard dash		5.49 s^W
10-yard split		1.84 s^W
Vertical jump	29″
Broad jump	8′6″
Bench press		24 reps^W
20-yard shuttle		5.00 s^W

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

3 seasons, 10 games with a stat; latest team: Green Bay Packers.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Sacks
2024	Chicago Bears	4	7	0
2025	Green Bay Packers	4	6	0
2026 (so far)	Green Bay Packers	2	5	0.5
NFL career		10	18	0.5

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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