Cody Ford

Ford signed with the Bengals as an unrestricted free agent in March of 2023 and figures to serve as a key depth piece along the offensive line ... Has 49 games of NFL playing experience with 32 starts — 15 at ROT, nine at RG and eight at LG ... Spent first three seasons in Buffalo as a 2019 second-round draft pick of the Bills, then spent the '22 season with Arizona ... Played collegiately at the University of Oklahoma (2016-18), alongside Bengals OT Orlando Brown Jr.

Ford signed with the Bengals as an unrestricted free agent in March of 2023 and figures to serve as a key depth piece along the offensive line ... Has 49 games of NFL playing experience with 32 starts — 15 at ROT, nine at RG and eight at LG ... Spent first three seasons in Buffalo as a 2019 second-round draft pick of the Bills, then spent the '22 season with Arizona ... Played collegiately at the University of Oklahoma (2016-18), alongside Bengals OT Orlando Brown Jr.

Career transactions:

Selected by Buffalo in second round of 2019 NFL Draft (38th overall) ... Signed with Bills on 5-10-19 ... Acquired by Arizona in trade with Bills on 8-22-22 ... Cardinals contract expired on 3-15-23; became unrestricted free agent ... Signed with Cincinnati as unrestricted free agent on 3-16-23.

Pro career:

2019—Played in all 16 regular-season games with 15 starts at ROT for the Bills ... Blocked for offense that ranked eighth in the NFL in rushing yards per game (128.4) ... Started at ROT in NFL debut on Sept. 8 at N.Y. Jets ... Started at ROT and played 43 offensive snaps in Wild Card Playoff at Houston on Jan. 4.

2020—Started seven games for Buffalo (five at LG, two at RG) ... Inactive for four games due to injuries ... Suffered knee injury in practice and spent final six games of regular season and all of postseason on Reserve/Injured list.

2021—Played in 15 games with seven starts at ROG for Buffalo ... Helped the Bills' offense rank fifth in the NFL in total yards per game (381.9) and third in points per game (28.4) ... Blocked for QB Josh Allen, who finished regular season with and 4407 passing yards (eighth in NFL) and 763 rushing yards ... Played in both of Buffalo's postseason games, seeing action on three offensive snaps and 11 special teams snaps.

2022—Traded from Buffalo to Arizona during training camp and went on to play in 11 games with three starts at LG for the Cardinals ... Saw action on 29 percent of offensive snaps (349 of 1203), along with 38 special teams snaps.

College:

Played 29 games (21 starts) in four seasons at Oklahoma (2015-18) ... Started 14 games as senior in 2018; earning first-team All-Big 12 and third-team All-America honors ... Part of blocking effort for back-to-back Heisman Trophy winners in QB Baker Mayfield (2017) and QB Kyler Murray ('18) ... Started first three games as sophomore before leg injury ended season.

High school/personal:

Hometown is Pineville, La. ... Attended Pineville High School, where he earned first-team All-State honors as a senior in 2014 ... Also competed in basketball and track and field ... Won the shot put event at the District 2-5A Track and Field Championships as a senior ... Majored in criminology at Oklahoma.