Jacob Ford (American football)
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Position: | Defensive end | ||||||
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Born: | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | July 20, 1983||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 251 lb (114 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Melrose (Memphis, TN) | ||||||
College: | Central Arkansas | ||||||
NFL draft: | 2007 / Round: 6 / Pick: 204 | ||||||
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Jacob Ford (born July 20, 1983) is a former
Early years
At Melrose High School (Memphis, Tennessee) earned All-Shelby Metro, Prep Star All-Southeast Region and High Tech Tennessee's Top Prospect List honors as senior two-way lineman. He registered 229 tackles and 32 sacks during career and helped team win 1998 State Championship. He also ran track three seasons.
College career
In two seasons at Central Arkansas, Ford totaled 102 tackles, 17 sacks and 32.5 tackles for loss. As a senior (2006), he was named Division II First-team All-American by College Sports Report after starting all 10 games and leading the team with eight sacks and 15.5 tackles for loss. He added 48 tackles, four passes defensed, three forced fumbles and one fumble recovery. As a junior (2005) at Central Arkansas, he was named first-team All-Gulf South Conference, First-team All-Region and Second- team All-American after starting all 14 games for Bears team that made NCAA Division II quarterfinals. As a sophomore (2004) at Holmes Community College (Goodman, Miss.), Ford played nine games and earned All-State honors. Ford was not enrolled in college during 2002 and 2003 seasons. As a freshman (2001) at Memphis, earned Freshman All-Conference USA honors after appearing in 10 games.
Professional career
Pre-draft
At the 2007
Tennessee Titans
He was originally selected by the Tennessee Titans as the 204th overall pick in the sixth round of the
References
- ^ "2007 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-05-11.