Former defensive lineman at Miami. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′5″ · 315 lb · Fort Lauderdale, FL
Recruiting
DT recruit
No. 382 nationally · Signed with Miami
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive lineman at Miami. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
Jonathan Ford
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Jonathan Ford has played for three head coaches in five seasons at Miami. One game to point at: 2 tackles against Florida State — Week 11, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Miami, 3 sacks — drafted at #234 overall by Green Bay.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mark Richt, Manny Diaz, and Jess Simpson. Multi-era developmental context.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
Green BayEntering 5th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (3rd 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
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mario Cristobal
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2021
W 38–34
at Pittsburgh
0 TFL · 1 SOLO · 2 TOT
Edged out Pittsburgh on the road in a shootout.
With T. Van Dyke — 426 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 90.7 · -19 rush yds (4 car) · L. Hedley — 38 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 49 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 13-44vs Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 25-23vs App State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 17-38vs Michigan State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 42-45@ North Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-30vs NC State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 38-34@ Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 33-30vs Georgia Tech | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-31@ Florida State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
14 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
Player DNA
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to T.J. Pesefea’s 2021 season.
Matches T.J. on
Differs from T.J. on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jaylen Pickle's senior season at Kansas State (2021).
Matches Jaylen on
Player DNA