During his first two years in the league, Ford was a nobody. I’d like to find something nicer to say about that time, but it’s a fair adjective. During his rookie season of 2014, his stats were barely better than yours or mine. He recorded 1.5 sacks and only three total tackles. Ford was active for all 16 games that season, so there is no injury excuse. It was so bad the team didn’t feel they could trust their first-round pick to play.
Ford improved during his second year, but that wasn’t hard to do. He increased his stats to four sacks and 21 tackles during the regular season.