Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
11 of 14 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (78.6%).

Elon · W 34-7 · FCS
19 carries, 179 yards, 4 TD
Louisville · L 24-52
20 carries, 72 yards
The other 8 games average 85 yards. This one was 13 below.
Dashed line: 100 yards.
Ford against Stanford’s best seasons, game by game
Backs who run like Ford, and how their seasons went
Ford against this year’s top backs, game by game
The road ahead: 751 yards, 83 a game, 3 regular-season games left.
Already their own best season; their previous best was 643, in 2025.
Over the last few games, Stanford fans have been high on Ford.
“I'm just here to launch the Micah Ford Heisman campaign”
From r/CFB game thread. Read by AI.
9 stories in the last 30 days, from 7 outlets.
Micah Ford ties record as Stanford cruises past Elon
The Stanford Daily Oct 19
Share of the team's total this season.
Each line is one carry: taller means more yards, and a line pointing down lost yards. Black lines are touchdowns. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside each lane the carries are lined up shortest to longest, not placed. Of his carries with a spot in the play text: left 17, middle 115, right 22. His longest went for 81 yards.
Micah Ford
Just keeps getting the ball, series after series. Played for three head coaches in three seasons at Stanford. First career honor, 2025: ACC Running Back Player of the Week. One game to point at: 179 rushing yards and 52 receiving yards against Elon — Week 7, 2026.
751 rushing yards · 8 rushing TD · 156 carries
Play style
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
11 of 14 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (78.6%).
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
from 7 outlets
Micah Ford ties record as Stanford cruises past Elon
The Stanford Daily Oct 19 · 1 outlet
from 14 outlets
Micah Ford ties record as Stanford cruises past Elon
The Stanford Daily Oct 19 · 1 outlet
Each week: his team’s game, the stories about him that week, and the week’s biggest news headline.
Stories are headlines grouped by what they are about, counted through Nov 4.
Fans first named Micah Ford vs Hawai'i.
Aura™ · Him Watch
Aura compares how much fans talk about this player with how well this player plays, each ranked among RBs.
+31aura tax
10th percentile our rushing-value metric (weighted expected points added) ranked among 104 RBs
— the talk ranks higher than the play.Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Last game (Wk 9): 72 rushing yards, 6 catches.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 37-27vs Hawai'i | 25 | 99 | 4.0 | 3 | 28 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 1 | L 6-45vs No. 7 Miami | 11 | 27 | 2.5 | 0 | 8 | 3 rushing TDs |
| Wk 3 | L 7-35@ Duke | 11 | 76 | 6.9 | 0 | 28 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-27vs Georgia Tech | 19 | 55 | 2.9 | 1 | 7 | |
| Wk 5 | L 3-57@ Wake Forest | 16 | 45 | 2.8 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-58@ No. 3 Notre Dame | 13 | 48 | 3.7 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-7vs Elon | 19 | 179 | 9.4 | 4 | 81 | Season-high 179 yds |
| Wk 8 | W 31-28vs NC State | 22 | 150 | 6.8 | 0 | 33 | 150-yard day |
| Wk 9 | L 24-52@ Louisville | 20 | 72 | 3.6 | 0 | 12 | |
| Total | 156 | 751 | 4.8 | 8 | 81 |
Oct. 31 · L 24-52 at Louisville, play by play
20 carries for 72 yards. He converted a 4th and 1 with Stanford down 7-0. He also caught 6 passes for 48 yards.
2-yard run on 4th and 1. First quarter, down 7-0. Converted.
5-yard run on 3rd and 9. First quarter, down 7-0.
3-yard run on 3rd and 4. Third quarter, down 24-17.
40-yard touchdown on 4th and 1. Third quarter, made it 24-24.
22 carries for 150 yards. In the fourth quarter, with Stanford ahead by one score, he carried 6 times for 41 yards. 5 of his 22 carries went 10 yards or more; the longest went 33.
2-yard run on 4th and 1. First quarter, up 7-0. Converted.
43-yard catch. Third quarter, up 21-14.
3-yard run on 3rd and 7. Third quarter, up 21-14.
2-yard run on 3rd and 1. Fourth quarter, up 28-21. Converted.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
A big game: 19 carries for 179 yards and 4 touchdowns, 5th-most in FBS that week. He also caught 5 passes for 52 yards.
The per-play feed is missing 1 of his carries (3 yards), which the play text shows; the chart draws the 18 carries it has.
10-yard catch on 3rd and 10. First quarter, tied 0-0. Converted.
1-yard touchdown run on 3rd and 1. Second quarter, made it 7-0.
81-yard touchdown run. Fourth quarter, made it 34-0.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
13 carries for 48 yards.
11-yard run. Second quarter, down 37-0.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
16 carries for 45 yards. He also caught 3 passes for 18 yards.
10-yard catch. Second quarter, down 15-0.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
19 carries for 55 yards and a touchdown.
7-yard touchdown run. First quarter, made it 7-3.
3-yard run on 3rd and 3. First quarter, down 10-7. Converted.
No gain on 3rd and 2. Second quarter, down 10-7.
1-yard loss on 4th and 2. Second quarter, down 10-7. Turnover on downs.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
11 carries for 76 yards. He also caught 4 passes for 34 yards.
28-yard run. First quarter, tied 0-0.
6-yard run on 3rd and 1. Second quarter, down 7-0. Converted.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
11 carries for 27 yards.
8-yard catch. Second quarter, down 28-3.
Each carry is a stem from the line, in the lane the play text names, sorted shortest to longest. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed.
Week 7 · 2026
W 34-7
vs Elon
179 rush yds (19 car) · 4 TD · 5 rec · 52 yds
Dominant 27-point win at home against Elon.
With D. Warren — 279 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 58.9 · A. Flintoft — 38.3 yards per punt · 4 punts · 1 inside the 20
The plays that mattered most
20th in rushing yards, among all 1,551 FBS players with a rushing row this season, any position
Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.
Ratings of the games shown run from -10 to +25 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
39%155 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds4.8 yds/carry on 156 carries · 10% explosive (10+ yds) · 39% success rate.
Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth
How often he's targeted, and how well it works
Targets
3612% of team targetsCatch rate
72%26 of 36 targetsBehind LOS · Negative air yds
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
Deep · 20+ air yds
72% catch rate on 36 targets · 12% of the team's targets.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 102 | 5.1 | 1.6 |
| Road4g | 60.2 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 75.6 | 4.6 | 1.1 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 111 | 5.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tavita Pritchard
Pass share
54.7%
320 pass / 265 run
Plays / game
65.0
9 games
Team sack rate
4.2%
358 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2026
156 carries and 26 catches in 9 games, more touches a game than nearly every FBS running back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #24 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #24 of 38 ACC RBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 27 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Troy Taylor, Frank Reich, and Tavita Pritchard. Multi-era developmental context.