Overview: Second-Team All-ACC wide receiver with a team-best 53 catches for
735 yards...10th in the ACC in all-purpose yards per game (90.2); he has 1,172...11th in
the ACC in receptions per game (4.08) and 12th in receiving yards per game (56.5)...
Clemson’s offensive player-of-the-week by the coaches against Virginia; he had a
career-high 211 all-purpose yards that included 106 receiving yards on six catches,
three kickoff returns for 67 yards, a 22-yard punt return, and a 16-yard rush...started the
year with a strong game against Middle Tennessee; he had three catches for 70 yards,
including a 43-yard touchdown, three punt returns for 72 yards, including a 61-yard
touchdown, a 39-yard kickoff return, and a nine-yard rush; he had 190 all-purpose
yards...had five receptions for 109 yards in the second game at #13 Georgia Tech...
caught the game-winning touchdown pass from Kyle Parker at #8 Miami (FL) to give
the Tigers a 40-37 win in overtime; it was a special moment for Ford, who is a native
of nearby Royal Palm Beach...had five catches for 53 yards against Florida State...#8
in Clemson history in career receptions (140), he needs one to tie former teammate
Chansi Stuckey for seventh place...has 1,942 career receiving yards and needs 58
against Kentucky to become the eighth player in Tiger history with 2,000 receiving
yards...has 15 career touchdown receptions, sixth-most in Clemson history; he is tied
with Terry Smith, who made his 15th and final touchdown catch against Kentucky in
the 1993 Peach Bowl...sixth in Clemson history in career all-purpose yards (4,037)...
sixth in school history in career kickoff return yards (1,124) and is eighth in punt return
yards (479)...has 492 career rushing yards...has an 8.6 rushing average in his career...
has started all 13 games this year...has caught at least one pass in 28 straight games
that he has played; he has caught at least two passes in 26 of those 28 games...has
accepted an invitation to play in the Senior Bowl in Mobile, AL on January 30...has
combined with C.J. Spiller to become the greatest all-purpose yardage duo in FBS
college history; they have combined for 11,453 yards; Ford has 4,037, second-most
among active ACC players...had a career-high 112 receiving yards against Nebraska
in the 2009 Gator Bowl on five catches; that included a 46-yard touchdown catch...
has eight career touchdowns of 50 yards or more, second-most in Clemson history
behind Spiller...joins Spiller as one of two Tigers in history to account for a touchdown
five different ways; he threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Xavier Dye against Coastal
Carolina this year; also had his first rushing touchdown against N.C. State...has 20
touchdowns in is career...an All-American and national champion in track, but his
career in that sport is over...won the NCAA Championship in the 60m indoors last
February...had a streak of 18 straight wins in the 60m and 100m races during the
indoor and outdoor seasons.
Prior to 2009: Had 55 catches for 710 yards in 2008 when he was second on the
team in catches...11th in the ACC in all-purpose yards, fifth in receiving yards, and sixth
in catches per game...had at least one catch in every 2008 game...had seven receptions
for 72 yards at Boston College...third on the team in receptions as a sophomore in
2007, but played in just eight games due to a broken ankle suffered at Maryland...third
on the team in rushing in 2007...had 801 all-purpose yards on 51 touches (15.7 yards
per touch)...had a 92-yard punt return for a touchdown against Florida Atlantic, still
the longest punt return in Clemson history...had a 94-yard kickoff return for a score
against Louisiana Tech...only player in the nation with a 90-yard touchdown play of
each return in 2006...had a 76-yard touchdown catch against South Carolina...came
to Clemson from Fork Union Military Academy...had seven kick returns for scores,
four punt returns and three kickoff returns...had 10 touchdown catches at Cardinal
Newman High School as a senior...state champion in Florida in the 100m and 200m...
his brother Davy played football at Florida State and had an 82-yard touchdown run
against Clemson in 2000...received his degree from Clemson in sociology on December
17, 2009...born July 27, 1987.