| Rudy Ford | |
| Current Team: | Carolina Panthers |
| Number: | 37 |
| Position: | Safety |
| Birth Date: | 1 November 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Big Cove, Alabama, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 11 |
| Weight Lbs: | 205 |
| High School: | New Hope |
| College: | Auburn (2013–2016) |
| Draftyear: | 2017 |
| Draftround: | 6 |
| Draftpick: | 208 |
| Pastteams: | |
| Status: | Active |
| Statseason: | 2023 |
| Statlabel1: | Total tackles |
| Statvalue1: | 203 |
| Statlabel2: | Sacks |
| Statvalue2: | 0.5 |
| Statlabel3: | Forced fumbles |
| Statvalue3: | 1 |
| Statlabel4: | Fumble recoveries |
| Statvalue4: | 2 |
| Statlabel5: | Pass deflections |
| Statvalue5: | 12 |
| Statlabel6: | Interceptions |
| Statvalue6: | 6 |
| Pfr: | FordRu00 |
Johnathan "Rudy" Ford (born November 1, 1994) is an American football safety for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Auburn, and was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the sixth round of the 2017 NFL draft.[1] He has also played for the Philadelphia Eagles and Jacksonville Jaguars.
Ford was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the sixth round, 208th overall, in the 2017 NFL draft.[2] On May 14, 2017, the Cardinals signed Ford to a four-year, $2.54 million contract with a signing bonus of $140,181.[3] He played in 10 games his rookie season as a core special teamer before suffering a knee injury. He was placed on injured reserve on December 7, 2017.[4]
On August 22, 2019, Ford was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles for defensive tackle Bruce Hector.[5] Ford was placed on injured reserve on November 23, 2019, after suffering an abdomen injury in practice.[6]
On October 8, 2020, Ford was placed on injured reserve after suffering a hamstring injury in Week 4.[7] He was activated on October 31, 2020.[8]
On March 17, 2021, Ford signed a two-year, $4.2 million contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars.[9]
On August 29, 2022, Ford was released by the Jaguars.[10]
On August 31, 2022, Ford was signed by the Green Bay Packers.[11] On March 20, 2023, Ford re-signed with the Packers.[12] He was placed on injured reserve on January 6, 2024.[13]
On August 14, 2024, Ford signed with the Carolina Panthers.[14]
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Comb | Total | Ast | Sck | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TDs | FF | FR | |||||
| ARI | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| ARI | 13 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| PHI | 10 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| PHI | 8 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| JAX | 15 | 4 | 53 | 39 | 14 | 0.5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| GB | 17 | 6 | 44 | 31 | 13 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| GB | 13 | 9 | 71 | 47 | 24 | 0.0 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Career | 86 | 21 | 203 | 145 | 58 | 0.5 | 12 | 6 | 125 | 20.8 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Source: pro-football-reference.com | ||||||||||||||||||