Former Pitt standout Paris Ford left the team during the 2020 season to prepare for the NFL Draft. Unfortunately for Ford, that draft came and went without him as the safety went unselected. He wasn’t on the block for long after that, though, with the Los Angeles Rams reportedly signing him as an undrafted free agent.
Ford was once thought to be at least a mid-round pick, so what happened?
Unless you happen to be in draft War Rooms, you don’t really know why teams passed on him. What we can say is Ford’s stock undoubtedly plummeted and heading into last year, the question wasn’t if he would be drafted — it was, how high could he go?