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Mike Ford Jr.

Cornerback, Atlanta Falcons · #28.

Player facts

Team: Atlanta Falcons
Position: Cornerback
Number: 28
Born: Aug 4, 1995 (age 31)
Birthplace: Alton, IL, USA
Height: 6' 0"
Weight: 199 lbs
College: Southeast Missouri State
Experience: 9 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Defense

	TOT	SOLO	AST	FR	INT	YDS	AVG	LNG	PD	STF	STFYDS
Regular Season	5	2	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Last 5 Games	5	2	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Career	136	105	31	2	1	10	10.0	10	6	2.5	5

Recent games

			Tackles				Fumbles		Interceptions
Date	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	KB
Sun, Oct 11	vs BAL	L 30-23 OT	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Mon, Oct 5	@ NO	W 45-24	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Thu, Sep 24	@ GB	W 35-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	vs CAR	L 34-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	@ PIT	L 20-13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Michael Ford Jr. (born August 4, 1995) is an American professional football cornerback for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks.

From Wikipedia’s article on Mike Ford (cornerback), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Ford was born and grew up in Alton, Illinois and attended Marquette Catholic High School, where he played both running back and defensive back for the Explorers football team. As a senior, Ford was named first-team all-conference on both offense and defense and All-State at running back after rushing for 1,614 yards and 28 touchdowns, scoring an additional five touchdowns on returns, and recording 69 tackles with two fumble recoveries and three interceptions on defense.

College career

Ford spent five seasons at Southeast Missouri State University, redshirting his freshman season and playing wide receiver as a redshirt freshman. He was moved to defensive back at the beginning of his redshirt freshman season. As a redshirt sophomore, his first season as a starter, Ford made 44 tackles and had five interceptions and seven pass breakups and was named second-team All-Ohio Valley Conference. As a redshirt senior, Ford made 32 tackles with two sacks, an interception and 14 passes broken up.

From Wikipedia’s article on Mike Ford (cornerback), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.¹