At Midwestern State
Individual Awards
Don Hansen Football Gazette All American (1): 2018 (HM)
Don Hansen Football Gazette All-Super Region Four (1): 2018 (2nd)
All-Lone Star Conference (3): 2016 (1st), 2017 (2nd), 2018 (1st)
Special Teams Player of the Week (1): 10/5/15
Senior (2018)
earned first-team All-Lone Star Conference honors for the second time in his career after making seven starts at WHIP... suffered season ending injury at Texas A&M-Kingsville (10/13)... finished second on the team with 55 tackles including 24 solo stops and a quarterback sack... finished campaign with five passes defensed including two interceptions and three breakups... closed career seventh on Midwestern State's all-time tackle list with 257... made season-high 15 tackles including seven solo stops and intercepted a pass against No. 9 Texas A&M-Commerce (10/6)... made 14 tackles with five solo stops in a 38-17 win over No. 2 West Florida (9/8)... made five tackles, broke up two passes and returned an interception 52 yards in a 43-21 win at UT Permian Basin (9/15)... recorded eight tackles at Eastern New Mexico (9/29)... had seven stops including his lone quarterback sack of the season against Angelo State (9/22)...
Junior (2017)
a second-team All-Lone Star Conference selection starting 10 games at the WHIP... led team with 88 tackles ranking sixth in the LSC and 54th in NCAA Division II at 8.8 stops per game... made 10-or-more tackles in five games... became third MSU player to record 20 tackles in a game in the Mustangs' NCAA Division II first round playoff win over Sioux Falls (11/18)... also forced a fumble against the Cougars... made 16 tackles in MSU's Lone Star Conference title clinching win at Eastern New Mexico (11/11)... had season-high nine solo tackles and 11 total stops in the second round of the NCAA playoffs at Minnesota State (11/25)... also posted 11 tackles in MSU's 47-42 win over No. 2 Texas A&M-Commerce (10/7)... combined 57 of his 88 tackles in the final four games of the season... made tackles for loss against Texas A&M-Kingsville (9/16) and Western New Mexico (9/30)...
Sophomore (2016)
earned first-team All-Lone Star Conference honors after starting each of MSU's 11 games at the WHIP position... led in tackles with 80 including 42 solo stops and one for loss... accounted for both of his interceptions in a 42-24 win over Oklahoma Panhandle State (9/24)... notched double figure tackles in four games... matched campaign-high 11 stops on three occasions against Oklahoma Panhandle State (9/24), Angelo State (10/15) and Ferris State (11/19)... made seven solo tackles against Oklahoma Panhandle State and Angelo State... finished with 10 tackles including one for loss and forced a fumble against Eastern New Mexico (11/12)... recovered a fumble and broke up two passes in a season opening 31-19 win at Truman State (9/3)... accounted for three backles and broke up two passes in a 21-16 win at Tarleton State (11/5)...
Redshirt Freshman (2015)
played in each of MSU's 12 games at safety including one start at the WHIP position... accounted for 34 tackles including 19 solo stops with one tackle for loss, three pass breakups, a forced fumble, a fumble recovery and an interception... earned Lone Star Conference Special Teams Player of the Week honors after returning a blocked punt 13 yards for touchdown in a 29-20 win over No. 6 Angelo State (10/3)... had season-high seven tackles and broke up two passes in a 63-46 win over Tarleton State (9/26)...
Freshman (2014)
served redshirt season...
At Lamar Consolidated High School
a three-year letterwinner at safety and cornerback for coach Ronald Patton... selected an All-District 23-4A honorable mention as a senior in 2013... also played basketball for the Mustangs...
Personal
son of Kevin Ford and Da'Nita Johnson... born Jan. 2, 1996...
