Micah Ford holds the RB · Starter spot in Stanford Cardinal’s running back room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Micah Ford logged a 26.8% overall usage rate in 2025.

Micah Ford is a running back for Stanford who hails from Toms River, New Jersey, where he attended Toms River North High School. Ford rushed for 4,570 yards and 54 touchdowns across his high school career and led Toms River to back-to-back NJSIAA Group 5 state titles in 2022 and 2023. As a true freshman in 2024, he appeared in nine games with seven starts, recording 309 rushing yards on 76 attempts and 84 receiving yards on 15 catches. In his sophomore season (2025), Ford started nine games and led Stanford's backfield with 145 rushing attempts for 643 yards and 4 touchdowns, adding 11 receptions for 119 yards. He ranked eighth in the ACC in rushing yards per game at 71.44 and earned ACC Running Back of the Week honors following a 157-yard performance against Boston College on September 13.