It’s not very often you see a players transfer between USC and UCLA (Kyle Ford being a rare exception). But it happened on Tuesday … sort of. After starting his college career with the Trojans, offensive lineman Courtland Ford spent the past two seasons at Kentucky. This week, he announced that he will be returning to Los Angeles to play his final season of college football at UCLA.
After redshirting the COVID-shortened 2020 season in his first year at USC, Ford played a key role on USC’s offensive line in 2021 and 2022. He appeared in 19 games for the Trojans over the course of the two seasons, making 11 starts. Following the 2022 campaign, however, he elected to enter the transfer portal.
Ford wound up at Kentucky, where he spent the past two years. However, his time in Lexington was hampered by injuries, and he was never really able to carve out a consistent role for himself with the Wildcats. With one more year of eligibility remaining, Ford elected to enter the portal again following the conclusion of Kentucky’s season.
Now, he is back in Los Angeles, the same city that he called home for three seasons. But this time, Ford will be on the opposite side of town, wearing UCLA blue instead of USC Cardinal and Gold.