Jerome Ford

Career Transactions

Originally drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round (156th overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft.

Key Notes

• Led team with 565 rushing yards in 2024, while adding three touchdowns.

• His four career rushes of 60-plus yards tie Nick Chubb for the most by a Brown since 1999.

• Set a career-high seven receptions at Las Vegas on Sept. 29, 2024, the most by a Browns running back since 2021.

• Recorded 204 carries for 813 yards with nine total touchdowns (four rushing and five receiving) in 2023.

• Recorded first career 100-yard game after posting 106 rushing yards and first career touchdown on a 3-yard reception at Pittsburgh on Sept. 18, 2023.

• While making first career start vs. Tennessee on Sept. 24, 2023, recorded first career multiple-touchdown game with one rushing and one receiving score.

• Set a career high with 107 rushing yards at Baltimore on Nov. 12, 2023.

• Helped lead the Bearcats to an undefeated season (13-0) in 2021 and finished with 1,242 yards rushing, 19 rushing touchdowns and 20 total touchdowns. Both touchdown marks set school single-season records.

• Joined the Cincinnati Bearcats' program in 2020 after two years at Alabama.

Career Transactions

Originally drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round (156th overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft.

Key Notes

• Led team with 565 rushing yards in 2024, while adding three touchdowns.

• His four career rushes of 60-plus yards tie Nick Chubb for the most by a Brown since 1999.

• Set a career-high seven receptions at Las Vegas on Sept. 29, 2024, the most by a Browns running back since 2021.

• Recorded 204 carries for 813 yards with nine total touchdowns (four rushing and five receiving) in 2023.

• Recorded first career 100-yard game after posting 106 rushing yards and first career touchdown on a 3-yard reception at Pittsburgh on Sept. 18, 2023.

• While making first career start vs. Tennessee on Sept. 24, 2023, recorded first career multiple-touchdown game with one rushing and one receiving score.

• Set a career high with 107 rushing yards at Baltimore on Nov. 12, 2023.

• Helped lead the Bearcats to an undefeated season (13-0) in 2021 and finished with 1,242 yards rushing, 19 rushing touchdowns and 20 total touchdowns. Both touchdown marks set school single-season records.

• Joined the Cincinnati Bearcats' program in 2020 after two years at Alabama.

Personal

• Native of Tampa, Fla. and attended Armwood High School.

• The morning of the 2022 Reese's Senior Bowl, took a two-hour Uber ride from Mobile to New Orleans at 2 a.m. and boarded a 6 a.m. flight and arrived in Tampa in time for the birth of his daughter.

Beyond Football

• Serves as an ambassador for Everytown through their partnership with the NFL. Everytown is a nonprofit organization with a mission to end gun violence and build safer communities by advocating for common-sense gun safety measures, educating the public, supporting survivors and driving grassroots movements for policy changes at local, state and national levels. He also supported Everytown for the 2024 My Cause My Cleats campaign.

• Partnered with Tittle & Perlmuter and the Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services to invite 25 kids being raised by single parents or extended family to enjoy the holidays with various foods from local restaurants, gifts for the children, face painting and more.

• Has participated in numerous Browns Give Back efforts in Northeast Ohio over the course of his career.

• Supported the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence in 2023 for the NFL's My Cause My Cleats campaign.