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Davenport University Athletics

DAVENPORT UNIVERSITY PANTHERS

2020-21 Football Roster

Walter Cronk
Walter Cronk
Walter Cronk
Tyler Triemstra

4 Deondre Ford

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position QB
  • Ht./Wt. 6-2 / 220
  • Hometown Waco, Texas
  • Highschool Midway

Biography

2020 (R-Sr.): Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team...played in both games against Gannon on March 20 and April 9...completed 19-of-33 passes for 324 yards and three scores...during the April 9 meeting, he completed 17 passes for 300 yards and three scores...the 300-yard passing game was second best in school history and was the fourth time he had 300-plus passing yards in a game.

2019 (R-Jr.): Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team...played in eight games and made seven starts...completed 88-of-179 passes for 1,124 yards and seven touchdowns...set a single-game DU record with 390 passing yards at Ashland...completed two passes over 90 yards including a school record 99-yarder to Ulice Gillard...threw for 188 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for a season-high 77 yards in a win over NCAA playoff participant Lindenwood...ranked eighth in the GLIAC in passing TD's and ninth in passing yards.

2018 (R-So.): Started during the first two games of the season against Robert Morris and Wisconsin-Oshkosh...injured during the first offensive series against Oshkosh and granted a medical redshirt...went 14-of-25 for 271 yards and four touchdowns at Robert Morris...threw for most touchdowns in a game at DU and second-most passing yards...ended the game with a 191.9 pass efficiency rating...completed one pass for 10 yards against Oshkosh.

University of Kansas: Saw time in three games before his season was cut short due to injury… Started at Rutgers… Completed 11-of-23 passes for 132 yards on the season… Completed a career-best six passes for 85 yards at Rutgers… South Dakota State: Did not play… Memphis: Took the first snaps of his career and completed 5-of-10 passes for 47 yards… at Rutgers: Started the first game of his career and completed 6-of-13 passes for 85 yards before leaving the contest due to injury… Missed the remainder of 2015 due to injury.
 
Dodge City Community College: Claimed Dodge City’s all-time single-season passing record and ranks second in single-season touchdown passes… Selected as a First Team All-Region and First Team All-Jayhawk Conference quarterback… Ranks first and second in Dodge City’s single-game passing list… Played for head coach Gary Thomas at Dodge City.
 
High School: Rated a two-star prospect out of Midway High School in Waco, Texas… Played for head coach Terry Gambill and helped the Panthers to conference, district and 4A State Championship appearances in 2012… Also ran track at Midway.
 
Personal: Son of Kenneth Ford and Angela Walker…working on master's degree is business administration...born June 13...favorite movie is Lord of the Rings.

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2018Redshirt Junior

    QB
    6'2" 215 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2019Redshirt Junior

    QB
    6'2" 216 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2020Graduate Student

    QB
    6'2" 220 lbs
    4