#30

Trace Ford

Former defensive lineman at Oklahoma. 2024: 1.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 22 tackles.

DL · Oklahoma · Sr. · #30

6′2″ · 246 lb · Edmond, OK

CFB Index 25 · #358 of 426 edge rushersLow confidenceOklahoma 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former defensive lineman at Oklahoma. 2024: 1.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 22 tackles.

Transferred from Oklahoma State to Oklahoma in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Oklahoma, 10 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202310 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

2 coaches

2019–2020

Lincoln Riley

Oklahoma

2022–2024

Brent Venables

Oklahoma

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Lincoln Riley → Brent Venables. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Oklahoma State8-5HC: Mike Gundy · Run-heavy

2020Oklahoma State8-3HC: Mike Gundy · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Oklahoma State7-6HC: Mike Gundy · Balanced, fast tempo

2023Oklahoma10-3HC: Brent Venables · Balanced

2024Oklahoma6-7HC: Brent Venables · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

25Below cohort / limited sample #358 of 426?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#714 / 2892 · 73rd pct

1.5

Tackles for loss#779 / 2892 · 71st pct

4.0

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th pct

Passes defended#1155 / 2892 · 49th pct

Solo tackles#1627 / 2892 · 42nd pct

Tackles#1833 / 2892 · 35th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	1.6	0.6	0.3	0.2
Road5g	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.5	0.8	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	2.0	0.2	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brent Venables

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

25 · #358 of 426 edge rushers

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Oklahoma	22	13	4.0	1.5	1	--	--
2023	Oklahoma	17	7	3.5	0.0	3	1	--
2022	Oklahoma State	8	6	3.0	1.0	6	--	--
2020	Oklahoma State	22	15	4.5	4.5	4	--	--
2019	Oklahoma State	29	20	4.0	3.0	4	1	--
Career		98	61	19.0	10.0	18	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2024

W 24–3

vs Alabama

1 TOT · 1 QB HUR

Dominant 21-point win at home against Alabama.

With J. Arnold — 68 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 82.4 · 131 rush yds (25 car) · L. Elzinga — 41 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 43 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 51-3vs Temple	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	L 15-25vs Tennessee	3	3	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 27-21@ Auburn	5	4	1.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 8	L 9-35vs South Carolina	3	1	1.0	0.5	—	0
Wk 9	L 14-26@ Ole Miss	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 59-14vs Maine	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 23-30@ Missouri	5	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 24-3vs Alabama	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 17-37@ LSU	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 20-21@ Navy	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		22	13	4.0	1.5	—	1

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

Trace Ford

202310 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

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