Trace Ford: DL · Oklahoma · #30.
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Trace Ford
Wins the gap play after play. Played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. The first one came in 2022: Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week. On tape: 5 tackles against Missouri, Week 11, 2024.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
22 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth Nov 3
On3 Oct 29
ABC News Oct 28Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 10 games
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| 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 No. 6 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@ No. 18 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 No. 7 Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-37@ LSU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 20-21vs Navy | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 13 | 4.0 | 1.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
18%4 TFLSack rate
7%2 sacksHurry rate
5%1 hurry22 tackles · 4 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 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
Head Coach
Brent Venables
Pass share
42.0%
373 pass / 515 run
Plays / game
68.3
13 games
Team sack rate
9.9%
394 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons, at Oklahoma State and Oklahoma, 10 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 49 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Mike Gundy and Brent Venables.
