When Notre Dame defensive lineman Tyson Ford posted on social media that he had committed to Cal for the upcoming season with three years of eligibility left, Cal received its first pledge from the transfer portal on Friday.
He declared his intention to use the transfer site in October, and he says that since doing so, he has received offers from Cal and Boise State.
Ford played in two games for Notre Dame as a freshman in 2023. He had an assisted tackle in Notre Dame’s 56-3 victory over Tennesee State and also played without recording any statistics in the Irish’s 45-7 victory over Wake Forest. He participated in spring practice at Notre Dame in 2024, but entered the transfer portal midway through the 2024 season.
During the summer of 2024, Notre Dame announced that Ford was put on medical scholarship, which allowed him to stay in school without being part of the football team. He was no longer on the Irish roster to start the 2024 season, and it makes you wonder what his health status is.
Ford was rated a four-star prospect coming out of John Burroughs High School in Saint Louis, Missouri, and he had offers from Georgia, Clemson, Texas, LSU, Michigan, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Washington, Mississippi and Mississippi State, among others as a high school senior.
He plans to graduate from Notre Dame in May and pursue a masters degree at Cal.
