Safety, Toledo, 2017–23
Zach Ford
- Number
- No. 7
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Class (2023)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Cleveland, OH
Zach Ford played safety at Toledo (2017–23).
Career highs
10tackles, career highvs. Ball State, 2022Team titles: MAC champions, 2017 and 2022
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
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Toledo | 7 | DB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2018 | Toledo | 7 | S | Yr 2 | ||
| 2019 | Toledo | 7 | S | Yr 3 | ||
| 2020 | Toledo | 7 | S | Yr 4 | ||
| 2021 | Toledo | 7 | S | Yr 5 | ||
| 2022 | Toledo | 7 | S | Yr 6 | ||
| 2023 | Toledo | 7 | S | Sr. (Yr 7) | 6′3″ | 200 |
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 Toledo 14 games, 61 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at Illinois | L 28–30 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Texas Southern | W 71–3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. San José State | W 21–17 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | vs. Western Michigan | W 49–31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | vs. Northern Illinois | W 35–33 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 7 | at Massachusetts | W 41–24 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 14 | at Ball State | W 13–6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | at Miami (OH) | W 21–17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 31 | vs. Buffalo | W 31–13 | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | vs. Eastern Michigan | W 49–23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 14 | at Bowling Green | W 32–31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | at Central Michigan | W 32–17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2 | vs.Miami (OH) | L 14–23 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 30 ✦ | vs. Wyoming | L 15–16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 Toledo 12 games, 52 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Long Island University | W 37–0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs.Massachusetts | W 55–10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 17 | at Ohio State | L 21–77 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | at San Diego State | L 14–17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | vs.Central Michigan | W 38–17 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 8 | atNorthern Illinois | W 52–32 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | vs. Kent State | W 52–31 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | atBuffalo | L 27–34 | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | atEastern Michigan | W 27–24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 8 | vs.Ball State | W 28–21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | vs.Bowling Green | L 35–42 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 25 | atWestern Michigan | L 14–20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2021 Toledo 13 games, 45 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. Norfolk State | W 49–10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 11 | at Notre Dame | L 29–32 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 18 | vs. Colorado State | L 6–22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 25 | atBall State | W 22–12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2 | atMassachusetts | W 45–7 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 9 | vs.Northern Illinois | L 20–22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 16 | atCentral Michigan | L 23–26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 23 | vs.Western Michigan | W 34–15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 2 | vs.Eastern Michigan | L 49–52 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 10 | atBowling Green | W 49–17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | at Ohio | W 35–23 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 27 | vs. Akron | W 49–14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 17 ✦ | vs. Middle Tennessee | L 24–31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 Toledo 4 games, 14 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18 | atEastern Michigan | W 45–28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 28 | vs.Ball State | L 24–27 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 5 | atNorthern Illinois | W 41–24 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 12 | vs.Central Michigan | W 24–23 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 Toledo 1 game, 2 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | at Kentucky | L 24–38 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 Toledo 12 games, 32 tackles, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. VMI | W 66–3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 15 | vs. Miami | L 24–49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | vs. Nevada | W 63–44 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | vs.Bowling Green | W 52–36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 13 | atEastern Michigan | L 26–28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 20 | vs.Buffalo | L 17–31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 25 | atWestern Michigan | W 51–24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 31 | vs.Ball State | W 45–13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 7 | atNorthern Illinois | L 15–38 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | atKent State | W 56–34 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | vs.Central Michigan | W 51–13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 21 ✦ | vs. Florida International | L 32–35 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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