MIN · RB
Jerome Ford
Jerome Ford is a running back for the Minnesota Vikings.
Scouting report
Jerome Ford: the full picture
Jerome Ford at a glance
Jerome Ford is a 27-year-old running back for the Minnesota Vikings, listed at 5'10" and 210 pounds. The Cleveland Browns drafted Ford 156th overall in the fifth round in 2022, out of Cincinnati, and 2026 is Ford's 5th NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Ford for 30.2 PPR points in 2026, which ranks RB80 at the position and works out to 2.2 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Ford has finished as RB147 in 2022, RB16 in 2023, RB33 in 2024 and RB71 in 2025. The high-water mark is 211.2 PPR points in 2023. Across 57 regular-season games on record, the totals read 1,463 rushing yards, 7 rushing touchdowns, 107 receptions and 647 receiving yards.
Jerome Ford by the numbers
Ford has finished in the weekly top five at the position 1 time and finished in the top twelve 7 times. The career high is 26.1 PPR points, set in Week 17 of 2023 against NYJ. The game log also shows 2 100-yard rushing games. In all, Ford has reached 20 points in 3 games, 5% of career appearances.
Contract
Ford is playing on a four-year, $4.0 million contract signed with the Cleveland Browns in 2022, an average of $995,537 per year with $322,148 guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2025 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Ford carries a GV stock price of 2,158, which ranks 283rd overall and RB52 among running backs out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Ford 214th overall. Value has moved up 0.3 since the previous model run. See where Ford sits on the trade value chart.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 30.2
- PPR / game
- 2.2
Jerome Ford fantasy outlook
Jerome Ford enters the 2026 season with MIN and ranks RB119 and #429 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 30.2 PPR points across 14.0 games, or 2.2 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a depth and watch-list tier. The current depth-chart role is still being established, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Jerome Ford produced 43.6 PPR points in 13 games (3.4 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 29%, with a 0% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 0.3 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 24.6
- Dynasty
- 20.9
- Superflex redraft
- 40.7
- Superflex dynasty
- 27.6
- TE premium dynasty
- 12.6
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | CLE | 13 | 24 | 73 | 0 | 32 | 26 | 103 | 0 | 43.6 |
| 2024 | CLE | 14 | 104 | 565 | 3 | 43 | 37 | 225 | 0 | 134.0 |
| 2023 | CLE | 17 | 204 | 813 | 4 | 63 | 44 | 319 | 5 | 211.2 |
| 2022 | CLE | 13 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 |
Running backs ranked near Jerome Ford
- Adam Randall RB77 · 33.8 PPR
- Michael Carter RB78 · 33.0 PPR
- Kareem Hunt RB79 · 32.6 PPR
- Nicholas Singleton RB81 · 28.0 PPR
- Nick Chubb RB82 · 27.7 PPR
- Antonio Gibson RB83 · 27.4 PPR
Minnesota Vikings fantasy players
- Justin Jefferson WR · 281.5 PPR
- Kyler Murray QB · 236.4 PPR
- Aaron Jones RB · 175.5 PPR
- Jordan Addison WR · 148.9 PPR
- T.J. Hockenson TE · 118.9 PPR
- Jauan Jennings WR · 110.3 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.