Derion Ford: DT · UL Monroe · #99.
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Derion Ford
Wins the gap play after play. Rated a two-star prospect, with three seasons of snaps at UL Monroe since. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Ole Miss — Week 6, 2018.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 27-35vs Troy | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-46@ Georgia State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 21-70@ Ole Miss | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 20-14vs Texas State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 44-25vs Georgia Southern | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-10@ South Alabama | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-31@ Arkansas State | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 28-31vs Louisiana | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 9 | 4.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
20%4 TFLSack rate
5%1 sackHurry rate
5%1 hurry20 tackles · 4 for loss · 1 sack.
3 seasons under Matt Viator — 14-22 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 3.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Viator
Pass share
48.6%
387 pass / 410 run
Plays / game
66.4
12 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
418 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2018
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at UL Monroe, 48 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 20 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Todd Berry → Matt Viator. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
