Kyle Ford

#81 · WR · Sr. · USC6′1″ · 225 lb · Corona, CA

Kyle Ford: WR · USC · #81.

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Kyle Ford

WR · USC · Sr · #81

Moves the chains on third down. Played for four head coaches across five seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 59 receiving yards and 6 receptions against Texas A&M — Bowl, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

USC in the news

Simeon Jones Jr. commits to USC247Sports Nov 2
USC fans storm field after upset winUSA Today Nov 1
Top-150 recruit commits to USCOn3 Oct 21
$70M buyout talk for RileyYahoo Sports Oct 16

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	USC	26	317	12.2	3	41
2023	UCLA	22	236	10.7	1	37
2022	USC	20	365	18.2	2	70
2021	USC	19	252	13.3	2	45
2019	USC	1	20	20.0	1	20
Career		88	1,190	13.5	9	70

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Wk 1	W 27-20vs No. 13 LSU	2	45	22.5	0	41
Wk 2	W 48-0vs Utah State	2	35	17.5	0	22
Wk 5	W 38-21vs Wisconsin	2	24	12.0	0	14
Wk 6	L 17-24@ Minnesota	2	17	8.5	0	10
Wk 8	L 28-29@ Maryland	2	14	7.0	0	9
Wk 9	W 42-20vs Rutgers	4	45	11.3	1	19
Wk 10	L 21-26@ Washington	1	9	9.0	1	9
Wk 12	W 28-20vs Nebraska	2	28	14.0	0	18
Wk 14	L 35-49vs No. 5 Notre Dame	3	41	13.7	0	29
Bowl	W 35-31vs Texas A&M	6	59	9.8	1	23
Total		26	317	12.2	3	41

Signature game

Bowl · 2024

W 35-31

vs Texas A&M · neutral site

6 rec · 59 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Texas A&M at a neutral site in a shootout.

With J. Maiava — 295 yds · 4 TD · 3 INT · QBR 73.8 · M. Lemon — 6 rec · 99 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 1 · LSU · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +4.15Miller Moss pass complete to Kyle Ford for 41 yds to the LSU 36 for a
Week 14 · Notre Dame · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.71Jayden Maiava pass complete to Kyle Ford for 29 yds to the ND 43 for a
Week 12 · Nebraska · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +3.10Jayden Maiava pass complete to Kyle Ford for 18 yds to the NEB 44 for a
Week 9 · Rutgers · 3rd and 5 · Q2 · EPA +2.72Miller Moss pass complete to Kyle Ford for 18 yds to the RUTG 36 for a
Week 10 · Washington · 2nd and 7 · Q3 · EPA +2.63Miller Moss pass complete to Kyle Ford for 9 yds for a TD (Michael Lantz KICK)
Week 2 · Utah State · 2nd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +2.57Jayden Maiava pass complete to Kyle Ford for 22 yds to the USU 36 for a

4 more plays

Week 9 · Rutgers · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.52Miller Moss pass complete to Kyle Ford for 11 yds for a TD (Michael Lantz KICK)
Week 2 · Utah State · 2nd and 10 · Q1 · EPA +2.10Miller Moss pass complete to Kyle Ford for 13 yds to the USU 41 for a
Week 12 · Nebraska · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.50Jayden Maiava pass complete to Kyle Ford for 10 yds to the NEB 35 for a
Week 5 · Wisconsin · 1st and 15 · Q4 · EPA +1.26Miller Moss pass complete to Kyle Ford for 14 yds to the WIS 20

Teams and coaches

2019USC8-5HC: Clay Helton · Pass-leaning

2021USC4-8HC: Donte Williams · Balanced, fast tempo

2022USC11-3HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced

2023UCLA8-5HC: Chip Kelly · Run-leaning

2024USC7-6HC: Lincoln Riley · Pass-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 37 (#324 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

37Below cohort / limited sample #324 of 466 · 2024?

11 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: catch rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

TD rate#148 / 610 · 75th pct

9.4%

Yards / catch#274 / 610 · 55th pct

12.2

EPA / target#298 / 610 · 51st pct

0.88

Explosive rate#371 / 610 · 39th pct

12.5%

Catch rate#500 / 610 · 18th pct

81.2%

Box-score rates (6)

Fumbles lost#1 / 221 · 80th pct

Rec TDs#193 / 541 · 57th pct

Receptions#313 / 541 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#322 / 541 · 40th pct

12.2

Rec yards#343 / 541 · 37th pct

317

Long catch#362 / 541 · 32nd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

46th → 51st percentile

Explosive rate

31st → 39th percentile

Catch rate

57th → 18th percentile

TD rate

8th → 75th percentile

Yards / catch

47th → 55th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2024. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.6	34.6	13.7	0.2
Road3g	1.7	13.3	8.2	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.8	36.0	14.1	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	2.4	27.4	11.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2024 season

Head Coach

Lincoln Riley

Pass share

59.9%

533 pass / 357 run

Plays / game

68.5

13 games

Team sack rate

2.5%

563 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

26 catches in 10 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

37 · #324 of 466 WRs · 2024

Kyle Ford

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Style of play

Fans

USC in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

26 catches in 10 games

Six seasons, two schools