Andrew Ford

Photo by: Jon Crispin - UMass Athletics

Position:
Quarterback
Height:
6-3
Weight:
210
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Camp Hill, Pa.
High School:
Cedar Cliff
Prev School:
Virginia Tech

Ford In The UMass Record Book • Career

• Completion Percentage: 2nd (62.5)
• Passer Efficiency Rating: 2nd (143.7)
• Touchdown Passes: 2nd (57)
• Passing Yards Per Game: 3rd (239.8)
• Pass Completions: 3rd (560)
• Passing Yards: 3rd (6,955)
• Pass Attempts: 4th (895)

2018 • Redshirt Senior (at Massachusetts)

• National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society
• Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award Watch List
• Manning Award Watch List
• CFPA National Performer of the Year Watch List
• Phil Steele Preseason All-Independent First Team (Quarterback)
• Appeared in and started seven games at quarterback prior to suffering a season-ending injury
• Was 115-of-177 (65.0 percent) with 1,366 passing yards and nine touchdowns on the year
• Completed 13-of-19 attempts (68.4 percent) for 186 yards and two touchdowns against Duquesne (8/25)
• Was 22-of-33 (66.7 percent) for 190 yards at Georgia Southern (9/8)
• Finished 27-for-38 passing (71.1 percent) covering 355 yards with four touchdowns at Ohio (9/29)
• Notched 199 passing yards and two touchdowns on a 19-for-27 outing against USF (10/6)
• Was 20-of-34 with 326 yards and one touchdown prior to a season-ending injury against Coastal Carolina (10/20)

2017 • Redshirt Junior (at Massachusetts)

• Phil Steele All-Independent First Team
• Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List
• Started 10 of his 11 appearances at quarterback
• Finished the season 223-of-353 (63.2 percent) for 2,924 yards and 22 touchdowns against only four interceptions for a 151.05 passer efficiency rating
• Averaged 265.8 passing yards per game
• Also scored twice on the ground and accounted for 24 total touchdowns on the season
• Threw for at least one touchdown pass in 10 of his 11 appearances, including each of the nine complete games he played
• Ranked among the nation's FBS leaders at quarterback in fewest interceptions (t-9th; four), touchdown-to-interception ratio (5th; +5.5), passing efficiency (18th), yards per pass attempt (21st; 8.28), passing yards per game (24th), completion percentage (26th), completions per game (29th; 20.27)
Season numbers ranked among the most successful in UMass football history for passer efficiency rating (4th; 151.05), passing yards per game (4th; 265.8), pass completions (t-6th; 223), passing yards (7th; 2,924), pass attempts (9th; 353), touchdown passes (9th; 22)
• Opened the year 21-of-30 (70.0 percent) for a pair of touchdowns and 275 yards against Hawai'i (8/26)
• Had 377 passing yards and a pair of touchdowns during a 23-for-47 showing at Temple (9/15)
• Aired it out for 390 passing yards and tied the program record with five touchdown passes during a 32-of-54 outing against Ohio (9/30)
• Threw for four touchdowns, including three to Andy Isabella, against Maine when he accumulated 355 passing yards at Fenway Park (11/11)
• Ended the year with a 30-of-44 (68.2 percent) outing at FIU (12/2) which featured 349 yards and four touchdown passes

2016 • Redshirt Sophomore (at Massachusetts)

• Appeared in 11 games, starting nine at quarterback
• Recorded 222 completions on 365 attempts (60.8 percent) for 2,665 yards and 26 touchdowns
• Held a 137.99 passer efficiency rating and averaged 242.3 passing yards per game
• Three or more touchdown passes in seven games and tossed for 250 or more passing yards in seven as well
• Season totals ranked among highest in history of the program upon completion of the 2017 campaign, including for touchdowns thrown (tied-fourth; 26), passing yards per game (fifth; 242.3), pass completions (seventh; 222), pass attempts (seventh; 365), completion percentage (60.8; ninth) and passing yards (10th; 2,665)
• Made his first start of the season against FIU (9/17) and finished 28-of-42 (66.7 percent) for 278 yards and three touchdowns
• Was 24-of-40 (60.0 percent) with four touchdowns and 273 yards passing at Mississippi State (9/24)
• Added a 29-for-40 outing (72.5 percent) with 268 yards and three touchdowns against Louisiana Tech (10/15)
• Season-high of 355 yards on 25-39 (64.1 percent) passing and three touchdowns against Wagner (10/29)
• Went 23-for-44 with 316 passing yards and three touchdowns at Troy (11/5)
• Capped the year with a 24-of-38 outing (63.2 percent), 342 yards passing and three touchdowns at Hawai'i (11/26)

2015-16 • Redshirt Freshman (at Lackawanna College)

• Started at quarterback in all nine appearances
• Threw for 1,764 yards and 23 touchdowns with six interceptions
• Completed 110-of-195 attempts (56.4 percent) and posted a 165.2 quarterback efficiency rating
• Also rushed for two touchdowns on the season
• Won first team all-league after he guided the team to a 8-2 record and the Northeast Football Conference Championship

2014-15 - Freshman (at Virginia Tech)

• Was an early-enrollee (Jan., 2014)
• Spent the 2014-15 school year with the Hokies and earned ACC All-Academic honors

Before College

• Letterwinner and team captain for Cedar Cliff High School
• Consensus four-star recruit
• Three-time all-conference and two-time all-district
• Two-time Pennsylvania 4A All-State in 2012 and 2013
• 2013 Gatorade Pennsylvania Player of the Year and Mid-Penn Keystone Division Offensive Player of the Year
• Also was Mr. Pennsylvania in football and an Elite 11 QB in 2013
• Completed 161-of-238 attempts for 2,776 passing yards and 35 scores as a senior
• Threw for 2,957 yards and 35 touchdowns on 225-of-339 passing as a junior
• Member of the National Honor Society
• Set Cedar Cliff records in passing yards, touchdowns thrown and completion percentage
• Led team to Mid-Pennsylvania Conference title with a 9-2 record and reached the playoffs during his senior year
• Played alongside former UMass tight end Adam Breneman and against graduate student linebacker Bryton Barr (Mechanicsburg Area) while Ford attended at Cedar Cliff

Personal

• Son of Pete and Grace Ford