Senior safety on Kansas's 2019 roster.
5′10″ · 181 lb · Houston, TX
DeAnte Ford
Four seasons at Kansas, two different head coaches: David Beaty and Les Miles. The receipt: 6 tackles, 1 TFL against Texas Tech — Week 9, 2019.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Kansas, 47 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: David Beaty → Les Miles. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 3.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2019
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 5 | L 14-51@ TCU | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-45vs Oklahoma | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 48-50@ Texas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 37-34vs Texas Tech | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 13-31@ Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 31-41@ Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 6-61vs Baylor | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 17 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |