Garrett Ford, Jr.

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Garrett Ford, Jr. (born July 6, 1970 in Morgantown, West Virginia) was an American football running back for the West Virginia Mountaineers.

[edit] Collegiate career

Ford came to West Virginia in 1989, and made an immediate impact. He shared starting time with Eugene Napoleon on a Mountaineers squad that had just came from a Fiesta Bowl loss to Notre Dame the previous year in the National Championship game. Ford rushed for 733 yards and 6 touchdowns that season, the only season he started. His totals was second on the team, behind All-American quarterback Major Harris.

Ford's next three seasons as a Mountaineer had Ford at a backup role to Michael Beasley in 1990 and Adrian Murrell in 1991 and 1992. Ford rushed for a total of 821 yards and 6 touchdowns in those three seasons as backup, including 335 yard seasons in '90 and '91.

Preceded by
Undra Johnson
A.B. Brown
WVU Starting Running Back
1989
Succeeded by
Michael Beasley