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Josh Ford

Class: Senior Hometown: Landover, Md. High School: Coolidge HS

Last College: Arizona Western CC Height / Weight: 6-3 / 207 Position: Wide Receiver Experience: 1L

2012 (Jr.): Played in all 12 games, seeing action on both offense and special teams... Made first career start at wide receiver at Baylor... Collected nine tackles on special teams and added a blocked punt and a forced fumble... Blocked a punt and also returned the ball six yards in KU debut... Recorded two special teams tackles and a forced fumble against Rice... Recorded a pair of solo stops on kickoff returns at Kansas State... Registered two tackles on punts at Baylor.

2010-11 (At Arizona Western CC): Earned All-ACCAC and All-Western States Football League first team honors in 2011... As a sophomore at Arizona Western Community College he recorded 58 receptions, good for 845 yards and 10 touchdowns, which were all team highs ... Had six catches for 117 yards and a TD in the 2011 El Toro Bowl, which was the NJCAA National Championship game... As a freshman at AWCC he hauled in 20 receptions, good for 252 yards and a touchdown... Suited up for Tom Minnick at AWCC.

High School: Played wide receiver and kick returner for the Colts of Calvin Coolidge HS in Washington, D.C... Earned two letters in football and helped lead the Colts to a 9-3 mark during his junior season and the first round of the playoffs... Named team MVP as a senior... Also lettered as a sprinter for the Colts' track & field team, earning Most Valuable Runner honors as a senior... Was a member of the top 4x200-meter relay team in the nation in 2009-10.

Personal: Son of Lynette Ford.