Three-time All-Pac-12 offensive lineman, earning first-team in 2020 and 2021.
44 career games, 40 starts
Has started at left tackle (1), left guard (9), center (15), right guard (13) and right tackle (2) at Utah.
2021: Started all 14 games, starting 11 at center and three at left guard.
Named Pac-12 All-Conference first-team.
Won the Freddie Solomon Community Spirit Award.
Earned Pac-12 Offensive Lineman of the Week for his performance in Utah’s win over No. 18 Arizona State.
Also earned Pac-12 Offensive Lineman of the Week after moving to left guard in Utah’s win over UCLA.
2020: Started all five games (1 at left tackle, 4 at center).
Pac-12 All-Conference first-team.
2019: Started all 14 games (1 at right tackle, 13 at right guard).
Pac-12 All-Conference honorable mention.
2018: Played in the first 11 games with seven starts (6 at left guard, 1 at right tackle).
Also played center against Washington State (36 snaps).
Played 519 snaps in games where they were recorded (stats were not kept in the last three games).
Four cuts.
Season-high 84 plays and a cut against USC.
Honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic.
2017: Redshirt.
High School: Played football and lettered in track and field at San Pedro HS.
Marine League Defensive Player of the Year and CIF-LA City Section Division I Offensive Lineman of the Year as a senior in 2016.
Had 56 tackles (including 24 tackles for loss and 10 sacks), two pass breakups and a forced fumble his senior year.
Had 25 pancake blocks in 2016, when his San Pedro HS (Calif.) team gained 4,004 yards of total offense and scored 43 offensive touchdowns.
Personal: Son of Michael and Maria Ford … enjoys piano, guitar, science, surfing and horseback riding … heritage includes black Portuguese and native American … father played wide receiver for California from 1986-89 … two brothers and one sister … older brother’s health condition inspired him to take up football … criminology major … full name is Nicolas Ford.