Travion Ford

Position:
Defensive Line
Ht./Wt.:
6-2 / 239
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
St. Louis, Mo.
High School:
Lutheran North

Eligibility Remaining: 2023, 2024, 2025

2022 (Redshirt Freshman): Appeared in the season opener against Louisiana Tech (9/1).

2021 (Freshman): Appeared in one game against SEMO before being sidelined with injury ... took redshirt.

High School: A four-star defensive end prospect who is rated as the No. 139 player at any position on the prestigious ESPN 300 list, which attempts to rank the top high school football prospects … ESPN rates him as the nation’s No. 14 defensive end and the state’s No. 2 prospect … Rivals.com and 247Sports.com both rate him as a four-star prospect as well, with 247Sports.com rating him as the nation’s No. 20 defensive end, the fourth-best player in the state and the nation’s No. 204-ranked recruit at any position … Named an SI High School All-American candidate in July 2020 … Posted 28 tackles, 13.0 tackles for loss, 6.0 sacks and a fumble recovery during his senior season at Lutheran North, despite the team playing just six games … Averaged 2.17 tackles for loss per game and 1.0 sack per game as a senior …. Was also sensational for Lutheran North as a junior, tallying 37 tackles with 20 tackles for loss and 9.0 sacks while adding a pair of fumble recoveries and a pair of defensive scores … Finished his high school career with 37 sacks, 163 solo tackles, five fumble recoveries and four defensive touchdowns with two safeties … All-State and Class 3 Defensive Player of the year as a Senior…All-Conference at defensive line and was Defensive Conference Player of the Year as a senior … All-Conference, All-District and All-State selection as a junior and sophomore … Was also Defensive Player of the Year and All-District, All-State, All-Conference and All-Metro as a sophomore ... Broke the team's sacks record as a sophomre ... First-team All-District defensive lineman as a freshman … Birthday: April 9, 2003 … High school coach: Carl Reed, Jr. … Primary recruiters: Brick Haley, Curtis Luper … Plans to enroll at Mizzou in January … Chose Mizzou over offers from Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Iowa State, Kanas, Kansas State, Kentucky, LSU, Louisville, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Nebraska, Ohio State, Oklahoma and Oregon, among others.