#81

Kyle Ford

Former wide receiver at USC. 2024: 26 catches, 317 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · USC · Sr. · #81

6′1″ · 225 lb · Corona, CA

CFB Index 37 · #324 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceUSC 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former wide receiver at USC. 2024: 26 catches, 317 receiving yards, 3 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at USC, 1,190 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 114 yds at Arizona.Arizona · W 45-372022

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

3 coaches

2019

Clay Helton

USC

2021

Donte Williams

USC

era →

2022–2024

Lincoln Riley

USC

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Clay Helton, Donte Williams, and Lincoln Riley. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

37Below cohort / limited sample #324 of 466?

High confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

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 this season. 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.2	38.7	13.0	0.3
Road4g	1.8	21.2	11.8	0.2

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Lincoln Riley

Pass share

46.0%

97 pass / 114 run

Plays / game

70.3

3 games

Team sack rate

2.0%

102 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

37 · #324 of 466 WRs

Career stats

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2024

W 35–31

vs Texas A&M

6 rec · 59 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Texas A&M at home in a shootout.

With J. Maiava — 295 yds · 4 TD · 3 INT · QBR 73.8 · -4 rush yds (3 car) · M. Lemon — 6 rec · 99 yds

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 1 · LSU · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.15Miller Moss pass complete to Kyle Ford for 41 yds to the LSU 36 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Notre Dame · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.71Jayden Maiava pass complete to Kyle Ford for 29 yds to the ND 43 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Nebraska · 3&7 · Q1 · EPA +3.10Jayden Maiava pass complete to Kyle Ford for 18 yds to the NEB 44 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Rutgers · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.72Miller Moss pass complete to Kyle Ford for 18 yds to the RUTG 36 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Washington · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +2.63Miller Moss pass complete to Kyle Ford for 9 yds for a TD (Michael Lantz KICK)
Week 2 · Utah State · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +2.57Jayden Maiava pass complete to Kyle Ford for 22 yds to the USU 36 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Rutgers · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.52Miller Moss pass complete to Kyle Ford for 11 yds for a TD (Michael Lantz KICK)
Week 2 · Utah State · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.10Miller Moss pass complete to Kyle Ford for 13 yds to the USU 41 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Nebraska · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.50Jayden Maiava pass complete to Kyle Ford for 10 yds to the NEB 35 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Wisconsin · 1&15 · Q4 · EPA +1.26Miller Moss pass complete to Kyle Ford for 14 yds to the WIS 20

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 27-20@ LSU	2	45	22.5	0	41	Season-high 59 yds
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 Notre Dame	3	41	13.7	0	29
Bowl	W 35-31vs Texas A&M	6	59	9.8	1	23
Total		26	317	12.5	3	41

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Kyle Ford

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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