{{Short description|Canadian gridiron football player (born 2000)}} {{Infobox CFL biography | name = Jaxon Ford | number = 21 | team = Saskatchewan Roughriders | image = 2025, 21, Jaxon Ford.jpg | caption = Ford with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2025 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|8|24}} | birth_place = Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada | death_date = | death_place = | status = Active | import = no | position1 = Defensive back | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 210 | CIS = Regina | high_school = | CFLDraftedYear = 2023 | CFLDraftedRound = 2 | CFLDraftedPick = 11 | playing_years1 = {{CFL Year|2023}}–present | playing_team1 = Saskatchewan Roughriders | career_footnotes = | career_highlights = * Grey Cup champion (2025) | CFL = https://www.riderville.com/players/jaxon-ford/167928/ }} '''Jaxon Ford''' (born August 24, 2000) is a Canadian professional football defensive back for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
== University career== Ford played U Sports football for the Regina Rams.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Jaxon Ford |url=https://www.riderville.com/players/jaxon-ford/167928/ |access-date=June 21, 2025 |publisher=Saskatchewan Roughriders |language=en}}</ref> He played in 29 games where he recorded 130 defensive tackles, including 10.5 for a loss, one sack, five interceptions, 11 pass knockdowns, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, and one blocked kick.<ref name=":0"/>
== Professional career == Ford was selected in the second round, eleventh overall, in the 2023 CFL National Draft by the Saskatchewan Roughriders.<ref name=":1" /> In 2023, he played in 15 regular season games where he had 12 defensive tackles, six special teams tackles, and one pass knockdown.<ref name=":0"/> In the 2024 season, Ford played in just six games, while being limited due to injury, where he played in six games and recorded two special teams tackles.<ref name=":0"/>
== Personal == Ford's grandfather is Alan Ford, a former player and executive in the CFL.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=May 8, 2023 |title=Vanstone: Cheers and tears as Roughriders draft Jaxon Ford |url=https://www.cfl.ca/2023/05/08/vanstone-cheers-and-tears-as-roughriders-draft-jaxon-ford/ |access-date=June 21, 2025 |publisher=Canadian Football League |language=en}}</ref>
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== External links == *[https://www.riderville.com/players/jaxon-ford/167928/ Saskatchewan Roughriders bio]
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