Strengths

• Delivers a strong punch and uses his hands to shed blocks to make plays in the hole or outside the box. Uses lower-body strength to anchor inside.
• Strong tackler. Has good power in hands and can anchor, shed, and chase.
• Plays with leverage at the point of attack whether inside or outside. Keeps eyes in the backfield when inside; moves linemen to either side with strong hands.
• Tall, solid frame with adequate length and has done a nice job losing the bad weight and firming his body.
• Can make the impressive chest-to-chest bear hug tackle in the hole due to his ability to wreak havoc in the backfield.

Weaknesses

• Needs to keep his pad level low; pops upright and plays too tall, struggling to maintain leverage off the snap.
• Plays upright and struggles with leverage. Too often stonewalled at the line and doesn't show the hand strength or technique to shed or redirect blockers.
• Quick first step with fluid movements off the ball. Highly competitive and fierce, showing relentless effort to the pocket with a nonstop motor
• Might be limited to one-gap systems. Agility isn't a question but misses tackles when he doesn't square and break down.
• Plays too high at times, and gets carried downfield or put to the ground by better lineman when losing the leverage battle.

Jonathan Ford percentiles vs other Defensive Line's (NFL Combine historically - higher value represents better perfomance)