Xavier Ford
Minnesota Golden Gophers
45
Depth

Xavier Ford

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Is Xavier Ford starting?

Xavier Ford is No. 4 on the Minnesota Golden Gophers depth chart at RB.

Redshirt freshman · #9 · 5'10", 210 lbs

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Depth at RB · Minnesota Golden Gophers

  1. 1179Darius TaylorStarter
  2. 22367TJ Thomas
  3. 3250A.J. Turner
  4. 4945Xavier FordYou
  5. 52841Niko Castillo

Minnesota Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Leesville, ranked #945 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 35 rushing yards, 0 rush TD. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 45 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit3★ · #945 NatlTeam Share3%
Leesville, LA
Jersey
#9
Class
RS FR
Height
5'10"
Weight
210 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonRush YdsRush TD
2025350

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8700
National Rank
#945
High School
Leesville
Hometown
Leesville, LA

Why this rating?

On a 72-rated offense; 21th-percentile production (×0.94 for competition level) put them -11 vs unit starters → 45.

Team offense (SP+)
72
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 21% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.94)
Depth-chart adjustment
-11 for role; −16 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 3WMICHYDS 8
CAR
1
YDS
8
AVG
8.0
TD
0

Final W 20-14

Sep 27WWASHYDS 11
CAR
3
YDS
11
AVG
3.7
TD
0

Final W 27-24

Sep 19WAKRYDS 41
CAR
8
YDS
41
AVG
5.1
TD
0

Final W 41-7

Sep 12LMSSTYDS 7
CAR
2
YDS
7
AVG
3.5
TD
0

Final L 38-13

Sep 4WEIUYDS 15
CAR
3
YDS
15
AVG
5.0
TD
1

Final W 59-7

Xavier Ford's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

35 rush yds · 0 TD · 3% of carries
Usage / Involvement6%
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