CFB Zeitgeist Score
60
Solid starter in the position cohort. Carried by rush yards at the 70th percentile.
Micah Ford
Filling the Shoesas of 2026-06-22
Micah Ford is a cornerstone for Stanford — measured against the line he joined.
643RUSH YDS4RUSH TD145CARRIES
PERCEPTION ABOVE TAPE · PCTL GAP
-24
perception vs production percentile · 2025
Read the story so far
AI narrative · updated 2026-06-22 · compiled from CFB Zeitgeist data
2026 Outlook
Returning to Stanford for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Running back · Stanford
Returning around him
- 19% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- 2 Stanford players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -6 net (6 in / 12 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Stanford · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #46 · 2026 recruiting class #56
RB · STANFORD · ACC
Micah Ford
- 2
- #20
- 6-0 | 220 lb
- Toms River, NJ
Heisman Heat
#753
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP RB AWARD
Doak Walker
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CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2024–2025+108%
Up 108% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Stanford
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-star | 0.8719 | No. 861 recruit | HighSchool |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No transfer portal moves on file for this player. | ||
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
Achievements
- Program Benchmark 5.5% Program Benchmark Season leader for the program at the player's position across the headline volume metric (passing yards / rushing yards / receiving yards). Held by 5.5% of the 2025 pool. Team leader in rushing yards (643).
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★☆☆
to —
Composite
0.8719
#861 national
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Micah Ford
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
50
Mixed Sentiment
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=1
- National · n=3
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Micah Ford
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
Signature Story
Awaiting candidate metric
He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.
Signature Moment
No signature moment on the ledger yet.
Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the rushing totals stand
Through 9g
643Rush yards
145Carries
4Rush TDs
Per game
71.4Rush yards
16Carries
0Rush TDs
Projected (13g)
928.8Rush yards
209Carries
6Rush TDs
To hit 750-yard season (currently 643): needs 26.8/game over remaining 4.
To hit 1,000-yard season (currently 643): needs 89.2/game over remaining 4.
To hit 1,500-yard season (currently 643): needs 214.2/game over remaining 4.
To hit 10 rushing TDs (currently 4): needs 1.5/game over remaining 4.
To hit 15 rushing TDs (currently 4): needs 2.8/game over remaining 4.
To hit 20 rushing TDs (currently 4): needs 4/game over remaining 4.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Micah Ford's story is about how role and output meet each other. For Stanford, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
RB season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Workhorse against FBS RB peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Rushing
CAR
145 90th
YDS
643 86th
YPC
4.4 44th
TD
4 79th
Receiving
REC
11 65th
YDS
119 76th
YPR
10.8 83rd
TD
0 70th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 20-23@ Hawai'i | 26 | 113 | 4.3 | 1 | 17 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-27@ BYU | 12 | 21 | 1.8 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-20vs Boston College | 17 | 157 | 9.2 | 1 | 75 | Season-high 157 yds |
| Wk 4 | L 20-48@ Virginia | 13 | 44 | 3.4 | 1 | 11 | |
| Wk 5 | W 30-29vs San José State | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-34@ SMU | 16 | 53 | 3.3 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-13vs Florida State | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 11 | L 15-20@ North Carolina | 17 | 68 | 4.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-10vs California | 29 | 150 | 5.2 | 1 | 29 | 150-yard day |
| Total | 145 | 643 | 4.0 | 4 | 75 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2024Stanford3-9HC: Troy Taylor · Run-leaning
2025Stanford4-8HC: Frank Reich · Balanced
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.
How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 643 | #105/735 | 86th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 4 | #154/739 | 79th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 4.4 | #409/735 | 44th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receptions | 11 | #195/552 | 65th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 119 | #132/548 | 76th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Value | Rushing WEPA | +0.11 | #192/362 | 47th pct | Opponent-adjusted rushing value | 148 weighted playsvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Role share | 26.8% | #29/738 | 96th pct | Share of team offensevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Carries | 145 | #73/739 | 90th pct | Volumevs FBS RB |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 75 | #36/733 | 95th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 54 | #36/540 | 94th pct | Metricvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 10.8 | #96/548 | 83rd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS RB |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 0 | #169/552 | 70th pct | Scoringvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Rush share | 51.4% | #12/738 | 99th pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 34.0% | #17/738 | 98th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 31.1% | #33/738 | 96th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 29.0% | #23/738 | 97th pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 14.0% | #94/738 | 87th pct | Money-down loadvs FBS RB |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 11.2% | #153/738 | 79th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS RB |
| Usage | Pass share | 4.9% | #165/738 | 78th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS RB |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 0 | #1/256 | 100th pct | Turnoversvs FBS RB |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16
Why he’s here
Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.
What moves him up
What moves him down
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 86.0 | 4.8 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 59.8 | 3.4 | 0.4 |
Win vs Loss
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins4g | 86.0 | 4.8 | 0.5 |
| Losses5g | 59.8 | 3.4 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 66.7 | 3.9 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 81.0 | 4.1 | 0.3 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
60Solid starter
Elite: long run (89th). Strength: fumbles lost (86th). Concern: yards / carry (28th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · RB · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
wepa_rushing0.11Low (p25–p50) (n=178)
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Micah FordStanfordBill DavisLouisiana· 87% simRoman HembyIndiana· 81% simCarson HansenIowa State· 81% sim
Long run
Fumbles lost
Carries
Rush yards
Rec yards
Rush TDs
Receptions
Yards / carry
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Workhorse
Built to take 20+ carries per game. Volume is the value.
RB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Carson Steele’s 2021 season.
Carson Steele
83%match
#2
Samuel Brown V
78%
#3
Darwin Barlow
79%
#4
Deion Hankins
All-Conference USA
78%
#5
Brenden Knox
All-Conference USA
75%
Matches Carson on
Yards / carry
Weight
EPA / carry (adj)
Differs from Carson on
Yards / reception (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Lamar Radcliffe's sophomore season at San José State (2025).
Lamar Radcliffe
82%match
#2
Ari Broussard
74%
#3
Kevin Harris
75%
#4
Darwin Barlow
74%
#5
Hayden Reed
74%
Matches Lamar on
Total rush EPA (college ability)
Receiving share
Yards / carry
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Frank Reich
Pass share
50.4%
391 pass / 385 run
Plays / game
64.7
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
12.5%
337 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025
2 coaches2024
Troy Taylor
Stanford
2025era →
Frank Reich
Stanford
Coaching transition mid-career: Troy Taylor → Frank Reich. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownToms River, NJ
Height6'0"
Weight220 lb
Class2
PositionRB
Jersey20
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamStanford
ConferenceACC
Joined2025
Career arc2 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
No formal honors on the ledger yet
All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned. | ||||
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Stanford | RB2 | #753 | #964 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | ACC |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.