2024 • REDSHIRT SENIOR SEASON
Season: Appeared in 11 games...Made 16 tackles (7 solo) and 3.5 tackles for loss.
Bowling Green (9/7): Made a solo tackle. Kent State (9/21): Assisted on a tackle. UCLA (10/5): Tied a career high with seven tackles. at Wisconsin (10/26): Collected two tackles for loss on the same drive in the third quarter...Marked his first multi-tackle for loss game at Penn State. Ohio State (11/2): Assisted on one tackle. Washington (11/9): Tallied two stops...Recorded a tackle for loss in the fourth quarter. at Purdue (9/16): Posted two tackles and assisted on a tackle for loss.
2023 • JUNIOR SEASON
Redshirt season...Missed the entire season due to injury.
2020-22 • OLD DOMINION
Awards: 2022: Earned All-Sun Belt honorable mention recognition.
Season: 2022: Made 12 starts at defensive tackle...Made 32 stops, 3.5 sacks and five tackles for loss. 2021: Started all 13 games at defensive tackle...Led ODU's defensive linemen with 38 tackles...Finished the year with 2.5 tackles for loss and a half sack.
2022: Virginia Tech (9/2): Made two tackles. at East Carolina (9/10): Recorded three solo stops...Had a sack for a loss of seven yards...Tallied two tackles for loss. at Virginia (9/17): Assisted on a tackle. Arkansas State (9/24): Posted five tackles and a half sack. Liberty (10/1): Made four stops (3 solo)...Had two sacks for a loss of 16 yards. at Coastal Carolina (10/15): Assisted on two tackles. Georgia Southern (10/22): Had three tackles. at Georgia State (10/29): Made a solo stop. Marshall (11/5): Assisted on a tackle. James Madison (11/12): Made three tackles and a half tackle for loss. at Appalachian State (11/19): Posted three stops. at South Alabama (11/26): Made four tackles (3 solo).
2021: at Wake Forest (9/3): Posted three tackles (2 solo) and forced a fumble...Added a QB hurry. Hampton (9/11): Made two solo stops. at Liberty (9/18): Recorded a solo tackle. Buffalo (9/25): Tallied a career-high seven tackles and recovered a fumble. at UTEP (10/2): Notched four tackles and a half tackle for loss. Marshall (10/9): Assisted on a tackle and added a QB hurry. Western Kentucky (10/16): Made six tackles. Louisiana Tech (10/30): Posted three tackles. at FIU (11/6): Made two solo tackles, including a tackle for loss. Florida Atlantic (11/13): Assisted on two tackles and posted a half-tackle for loss. at Middle Tennessee (11/27): Made two stops and added a QB hurry. Charlotte (11/27): Assisted on six tackles, including a half-sack. vs. Tulsa (12/20): Made three stops and a full tackle for loss.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played for head coach Marcus Lewis at Varina High School...Helped Varina to an 11-3 record and berth in the state semifinals as a senior...Earned first-team Class 5A all-state honors on both the offensive and defensive line...Posted 59 tackles, 20 tackles for loss and five sacks during senior season...As a junior, recorded 34 tackles, nine tackles for loss, three sacks and an interception...Rated a three-star recruit and the No. 51 ranked recruit in Virginia.
PERSONAL
Full named is Alonzo Dewayne Ford Jr...Son of Alonzo and Ta'Neshia Ford...Has two sisters, Khadijah and Ayana...Has worked as a lifeguard in the past...Majoring in criminology.