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Jersey Number 5
Johnny Ford
- Position:
- Running Back
- Height:
- 5-5
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Miami, Fla.
- Prev School:
- USF
- High School:
- Miami High School
- Birthday:
- 7/5/02
Bio
At FAU
(2022)
- Saw his first action of the 2022 season with four carries, but was held to minus one yard, and he added a 14-yard reception
- Added five carries for 22 yards and a 14 yard reception to the Owls offense versus Purdue
- Carried the ball nine times for a total of 55 yards, an average of 6.1 per carry, and had a second half game sparking run of 34 yards while adding three receptions ofr a total of 22 yards in FAU's win over Rice
- Ran the ball six times at UTEP for a total of 25 yards, added a 25 yard reception and a 25 yard kick return
- Collected seven yards on three carries, including a score, and added two receptions for a total of 54 yards versus UAB and recorded the lone return, a kickoff, for 19 yards
- Carried the ball 11 times collecting 26 yards, including a four-yard score, and added a five-yard reception in the Owls 52-7 Shula Bowl XXI victory
- Recorded one carry for minus two yards at Middle Tennessee
- Gained three yards on two carries and had a three-yard reception versus WKU
- Drew the UF start and carried the ball 10 times for a total of 52 yards, an average of 5.2 yards per carry and capped off his night with a two-yard TD. Added two receptions for a total of six yards
- Carried the ball a team-leading 15 times for a team high of 71 yards in the home season opener versus Georgia Southern
- Returned to action versus Air Force with eight carries for 66 yards and added a three yard reception
- Became the first back to tally 100+ yards in nearly a year, with 102, and he added the program's seventh longest play from scrimmage with an 89-yard TD reception in the Owls 58-21 Shula Bowl XX victory. He ended the night with 193 all-purpose yards
- Had seven carries for 20 positive yards versus UAB and showed the second dimension of his game with five receptions, second on the team, for 34 yards
- With a heavy heart after the loss of his grandfather, he rallied and some say spurred on the Owls with eight carries for 92 yards and a one-yard rushing TD and got the momentum going for the Owls with a 32-yard TD reception in FAU's road win over Charlotte
- Scored the Owls' first TD, a 27-yard run to give FAU a a 7-3 lead in the first versus UTEP and tallied a total of 92 yards rushing on 13 carries, an average of 7.2 yards per carry, and added three receptions for 13 yards in the C-USA win
- Had a record night versus Marshall with 138 yards, despite being sick much of the game
- Recorded his third game of 2021 with more than 100 yard after tallying 101 yards on 19 carries and a TD versus ODU...added three receptions, each of the times he was targeted, and including an acrobatic catch near the goal line...in all he tallied 145 yards
- Led the Owls' run game with 43 yards on 13 carries and added an eight-yard reception at WKU...saw late game kick return action with a 28 yard return
- Versus MT tallied a team high 155 all-purpose yards with 53 rushing yards on nine carries, 47 receiving yards on six receptions and 55 kick return yards on three returns in FAU's final regular-season game of 2021
- Earned a second team PFF All-Conference USA spot
- Named C-USA Honorable Mention
Feature
At USF (2018-20)
- Totaled nearly 2,000 all-purpose yards in his two-plus seasons as a Bull (1,937, on 1,175 rushing, 352 receiving, 396 on kickoff returns and 97 on punt returns)
- >Averaged 6.2 yards per carry, 189 for 1,175 and 13 touchdowns; added 31 catches for 352 yards and four more scores
- In seven games, with two starts in 2020, had 285 rushing yards and three touchdowns, and 15 catches, 125 yards and a score
- Alongside 321 kickoff return yards, including a long of 70, was over the century mark in all-purpose yards per game (104.4)
- Scored four touchdowns in six games in 2019, starting three at slot receiver while receiving a redshirt for the season
- That included exactly a 100-yard game receiving versus South Carolina State, with two of his TD
- His freshman year, was second on the Bulls with 787 rushing yards and eight rushing touchdowns<
- His 6.8 yard-per-carry average was No. 12 in FBS, third in the AAC and the second-best mark in USF history
- Set a career high with 164 yards on just seven carries against UConn, scoring three times against the Huskies
- Had two other 100-yard rushing games: 16 for 106 and two touchdowns at Houston, and 16 for 120 (along with a 34-yard TD catch) versus UCF
- Was First Team Class 8A All-State by FloridaHSFootball.com, after totaling 1,603 yards (998 rushing with 12 scores, 605 receiving and eight more TD)
- His Miami High School squad was 11-2 and advanced to the state semifinals
- Named Miami Herald All-Dade Third team as both a junior and senior
- According to 247Sports, was the nation’s No. 32 all-purpose back and a three-star recruit
- Also considered FAU, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, East Carolina, Akron, Central Michigan, New Mexico and others out of high school
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