Kaylon Nakia Ford Jr. (born November 19, 1995) is an American football defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). Ford was a standout at Hilton Head Island High School.
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He initially committed to the University of Louisville but changed his commitment when coach Charlie Strong left Louisville to take the head coaching job at the University of Texas
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Is Poona Ford his real name?
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No, that is not his real name, he goes by the name Kaylon Nakia Ford Jr.
How did Poona Ford get his name?
Kaylon Ford took on the nickname of Poona when his grandmother began calling him Pooh as a child; it grew into Poona and the name stuck, two-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Ford signed with the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent following the 2018 NFL Draft. He made the Seahawks’ 53-man roster as an undrafted rookie. The Seahawks placed a second-round restricted free agent tender on Ford on March 17, 2021, then signed him to a two-year contract extension
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