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| Position: | Placekicker | ||||||||||
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| Born: | December 31, 1972 Tucson, Arizona, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||
| High school: | Sabino (Tucson, Arizona) [1] [2] | ||||||||||
| College: | USC | ||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1995: 7th round, 247th pick | ||||||||||
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Cole Ford (born December 31, 1972) is an American former professional football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League (NFL).
He was selected in the seventh round (247th pick overall) of the 1995 NFL draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. [3] Ford played between 1995 and 1997 for the NFL's Oakland Raiders.
Ford moved to Las Vegas in 2004 to pursue a lawsuit against the Mirage casino, demanding $5 million in damages for alleged exploitation of athletes from profiting off sports betting. The lawsuit was dismissed. [4]
On September 21, 2004, police said that Ford fired a gun toward the house of entertainers Siegfried & Roy. Ford was arrested and charged with three counts of felony firearms charges. [5] At a January 2005 hearing, Judge Jackie Glass ruled that Ford was incompetent to stand trial and ordered him sent to a state mental health facility to be evaluated. Ford argued that he was competent and wanted to plead guilty. [6]