Former running back at Notre Dame. 2024: 55 rushing yards, 2 catches.
5′11″ · 200 lb · Stafford, VA
Recruiting
RB recruit
No. 79 nationally · Signed with Penn State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former running back at Notre Dame. 2024: 55 rushing yards, 2 catches.
Devyn Ford
Two head coaches in six seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 21 rush yds against Miami (OH) — Week 4, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Six seasons at Notre Dame, 765 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 6 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
The snaps went the other way.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Brian Kelly → Marcus Freeman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rush yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 10.2 | 3.6 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 4.7 | 3.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 8.3 | 3.9 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 5.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Marcus Freeman
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Notre Dame | 13 | 55 | 4.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Notre Dame | 8 | 44 | 5.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2022 | Penn State | 7 | 37 | 5.3 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Penn State | 14 | 61 | 4.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Penn State | 67 | 274 | 4.1 | 3 | -- |
| 2019 | Penn State | 52 | 294 | 5.7 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 161 | 765 | 4.8 | 6 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Notre Dame | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2023 | Notre Dame | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Penn State | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | Penn State | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | Penn State | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Penn State | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 26 | 143 | 5.5 | 1 | -- |
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-13@ Texas A&M | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-16vs Northern Illinois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 66-7@ Purdue | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wk 4 | W 28-3vs Miami (OH) | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | 7 | Season-high 21 yds |
| Wk 5 | W 31-24vs Louisville | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 7 | W 49-7vs Stanford | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-13@ Georgia Tech | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 7 | |
| Total | 13 | 55 | 3.6 | 0 | 11 |