Marshon Ford

Junior tight end for Louisville. 2022: 33 catches, 434 receiving yards, 3 TD.

TE · Louisville · Jr. · #5

6′2″ · 240 lb · Louisville, KY

CFB Index 60 · #29 of 132 TEsMedium-low confidenceLouisville 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 101 nationally · Joined Louisville

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 tight end for Louisville. 2022: 33 catches, 434 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Louisville in 2019.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Louisville, 1,586 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20199 games

Signed with Louisville3-star out of Golden West College

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#101 national

CFB

College

Louisville

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019–2022

Scott Satterfield

Louisville

Played his entire career under Scott Satterfield.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Scott Satterfield — 26-24 over that span.

2019Louisville8-5HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-heavy

2020Louisville4-7HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning

2021Louisville6-7HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Louisville8-5HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

60Quality starter #29 of 132?

Medium-low confidence5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (83rd percentile). Strength: receptions (81st percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#27 / 158 · 83rd pct

434

Receptions#30 / 158 · 81st pct

Yards / catch#34 / 158 · 78th pct

13.2

Long catch#57 / 158 · 63rd pct

Rec TDs#50 / 158 · 62nd pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	2.1	29.3	15.6	0.3
Road6g	3.0	38.2	11.8	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.9	33.6	10.9	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	2.2	33.2	17.3	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Brohm

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

60 · #29 of 132 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #29 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Louisville	33	434	13.2	3	--
2021	Louisville	49	550	11.2	2	--
2020	Louisville	25	310	12.4	6	--
2019	Louisville	20	292	14.6	7	--
Career		127	1,586	12.5	18	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 16 · 2022

W 24–7

vs Cincinnati

2 rec · 13 yds · 1 TD

With M. Turner — 160 rush yds (31 car) · J. Jordan — 115 rush yds (9 car) · 2 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Pittsburgh · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +3.13Malik Cunningham pass complete to Marshon Ford for 25 yds for a TD, (James Turner KICK)
Week 6 · Virginia · 2&2 · Q3 · EPA +2.55Brock Domann pass complete to Marshon Ford for 32 yds for a TD, (James Turner KICK)
Week 1 · Cincinnati · 2&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.46Brock Domann pass complete to Marshon Ford for 8 yds for a TD (James Turner KICK)
Week 11 · Clemson · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +2.26Malik Cunningham pass complete to Marshon Ford for 9 yds to the Clem 41 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Wake Forest · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.25Malik Cunningham pass complete to Marshon Ford for 39 yds to the WFrst 1 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · James Madison · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.19Malik Cunningham pass complete to Marshon Ford for 11 yds to the JMads 49 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · South Florida · 1&1 · Q2 · EPA -2.16Malik Cunningham pass complete to Marshon Ford for no gain to the SFla 1 LOUISVILLE Penalty, Offensive Pass Interference (Tyler Hudson) to the SFla 15
Week 2 · UCF · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.09Malik Cunningham pass complete to Marshon Ford for 14 yds to the Lvile 42 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Kentucky · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA +2.01Malik Cunningham pass complete to Marshon Ford for 3 yds to the Kent 39 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Clemson · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +2.00Brock Domann pass complete to Marshon Ford for 11 yds to the Lvile 43 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 7-31@ Syracuse	2	12	6.0	0	7
Wk 2	W 20-14@ UCF	3	38	12.7	0	14
Wk 3	L 31-35vs Florida State	3	15	5.0	0	8
Wk 4	W 41-3vs South Florida	2	27	13.5	0	15
Wk 5	L 33-34@ Boston College	4	37	9.3	0	19
Wk 6	W 34-17@ Virginia	4	93	23.3	1	32	Season-high 93 yds
Wk 8	W 24-10vs Pittsburgh	2	27	13.5	1	25
Wk 9	W 48-21vs Wake Forest	1	39	39.0	0	39
Wk 10	W 34-10vs James Madison	2	21	10.5	0	11
Wk 11	L 16-31@ Clemson	2	20	10.0	0	11
Wk 12	W 25-10vs NC State	3	63	21.0	0	38
Wk 13	L 13-26@ Kentucky	3	29	9.7	0	16
Bowl	W 24-7vs Cincinnati	2	13	6.5	1	8
Total		33	434	13.8	3	39

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology