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Courtland Ford - Football - University of Kentucky Athletics 74

CourtlandFord

  • position Offensive Lineman
  • height 6-6
  • Weight 327
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Peoria, Ill.
  • High school Cedar Hill (Texas)
  • Previous School Southern California
BIO

2024 – Senior
• Has played in 35 career games (20 at USC, 15 at UK) with 13 starts (11 at USC, two at UK)
• Saw action in just two games after recovering from a hand injury that required surgery (Auburn and Murray State)

2023 – Junior
• Transferred to Kentucky after three seasons at USC
• Played in 20 games with 11 starts
• Played in all 13 games for UK in 2023 with two starts at right tackle vs. EKU and Clemson
• Overall, has played in 33 career games with 14 starts

2022 – Sophomore (USC)
• Saw action in 10 games (all but Fresno State, Oregon State, Washington State and Utah)
• Made three starts at left tackle
• Helped Southern California to an 11-3 record overall and an 8-1 mark in the Pac-12
• Helped the Trojan offensive line unit to be selected as a Joe Moore Award Semifinalist

2021 – r-Freshman (USC)
• Played in nine games and started the first eight games of the season at left tackle
• USC saw a 4-8 record, including a 3-6 mark in the conference in 2021
• When he and Jonah Monheim both started against San Jose State in 2021, it marked the first time since at least 1984 when complete records are available that USC started freshmen at both tackle spots
• Missed the Arizona State game with a leg injury
• Sat out the BYU and California games with mononucleosis

2020 – Freshman (USC)
• Redshirt season
• Appeared in one game vs. Washington State

High School
• Four-year starter at Cedar Hill High School under head coach Carlos Lynn
• Helped his high school to the Texas UIL 6A D2 Area Playoff Game and a 9-3 record as a senior in 2019
• Named to the PrepStar All-Central Region, AP All-State 6A Second Team and All-District 7-6A First Team that season
• Named to the All-District 7-6A First Team and Dallas Morning News All-Area Second Team as a junior
• Also played basketball

Personal
• Born in Peoria, Illinois
• Son of Nora and Clinton Ford
• Siblings are Clinton Ford Jr. and Nya Ford
• Graduated from UK in December of ’24 with a degree in communication

Courtland Says
• His nickname is “C Ford”
• After football, his dream job is to be in real estate
• The person who motivates him most is his dad
• Two words to describe himself on the field are smart and physical
• If he could eat one meal for the rest of his life it would be Whataburger

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