Cole Ford
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Cole Ford | |
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Date of birth: | December 31, 1972 |
Place of birth: | Tucson, AZ |
Career information | |
Position(s): | Placekicker |
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) |
Jersey №: | 5 |
College: | Southern California |
NFL Draft: | 1995 / Round: 7 / Pick 247 |
Organizations | |
As player: | |
1995-1997 1998 |
Oakland Raiders Buffalo Bills |
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com |
Cole Ford (born December 31, 1972) is a retired American football placekicker in the National Football League. He was born in Tucson, Arizona.
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[edit] High school career
Ford attended Sabino High School in Tucson, where he played for the Sabercats football team.
[edit] College career
Ford played college football at the University of Southern California.
[edit] Professional career
Ford played between 1995 and 1998 for the National Football League's Oakland Raiders. He was drafted in the seventh round (247th pick overall) of the 1995 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers.[1]
[edit] Legal troubles
Ford suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. In October 2004 he fired a gun toward the house of entertainers Siegfried & Roy, but has received probation from the Las Vegas authorities to seek counseling.