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Position: | Defensive tackle Defensive end | ||||||||||||||
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Born: | (1971-10-30)October 30, 1971 (age 53) Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 295 lb (134 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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High school: | Fort Worth (TX) Trimble Tech | ||||||||||||||
College: | Arkansas | ||||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1994: 1st round, 26th pick | ||||||||||||||
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Henry Ford (born October 30, 1971, inFort Worth, Texas) is an American former professionalfootball player who was adefensive tackle in theNational Football League (NFL). Ford played most of his career for theHouston Oilers / Tennessee Oilers / Tennessee Titans, and played one year for theNew Orleans Saints.
Ford was selected in the first round of the1994 NFL draft by the Oilers out of theUniversity of Arkansas.[1] In 1999, the Titans made it toSuper Bowl XXXIV in which Ford appeared as a substitute,[2] however they lost to theKurt Warner-ledSt. Louis Rams.
In high school, Henry Ford played football forFort Worth (TX) Trimble Tech. Ford played college football on theUniversity of Arkansas football team.
Ford's numbers at Arkansas were impressive. During a career that was split evenly between the SWC and SEC, he racked up 25 sacks and 43 tackles for loss, which rank second and third in UA history, respectively. His best season came in 1993 as a senior, when he set school records for sacks (14) and tackles for loss (23) and became the first Arkansas player to earn first-team All-SEC honors from the AP and coaches. Those marks have since been tied, but still rank first on the single-season lists.
During his 10-year NFL career, Ford started 76 of the 133 games in which he appeared and made 274 tackles, including 24 sacks. He also forced two fumbles and recovered six, including one he returned 30 yards for a touchdown.
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Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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GP | GS | Comb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
1994 | HOU | 11 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1995 | HOU | 16 | 16 | 43 | 27 | 16 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1996 | HOU | 15 | 14 | 39 | 24 | 15 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1997 | TEN | 16 | 16 | 50 | 38 | 12 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
1998 | TEN | 13 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1999 | TEN | 12 | 9 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2000 | TEN | 14 | 3 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 1 |
2001 | TEN | 16 | 0 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2002 | TEN | 16 | 13 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2003 | NOR | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
133 | 76 | 274 | 181 | 93 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 43 | 1 |
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