Jaylan Ford
New Orleans SaintsPos LB
Updated October 8, 2026
Comps
Coming out
pros whose college production, size and testing looked like his
Jaylan Ford Injury StatusIR
Jaylan Ford is listed on injured reserve, reported Aug 31, with a return date of Oct 11. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
Draft & College
Round 5, pick 175 · New Orleans Saints · 2024
Texas (Big 12)
Taken
#175
where he actually went
Consensus board
187th
average of the public big boards that spring
Our college model
#19
among LB in our college data
He went about where consensus had him.
In college · 2020-2023 · 46 games
272 tackles, 28 TFL, 3.0 sacks, 6 INT
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
What this pick usually becomes
Of the 500 players taken as a fifth or sixth-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 26% earned a second contract and 16% became starters. The median one started 2 career games.