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  As far as second first impressions go, Kyle Ford did pretty well in the first day of USC training camp. A year removed from a second ACL tear and surgery, Ford was facing press coverage during 11-on-11 and sensed that the ball might be coming his direction. Sure enough, the pass was high, where only the 6-foot-2 receiver could grab it. Instinct took over from there, to hear Ford tell it, and he leaped up and snatched the ball out of the air with one hand. "It felt really special because obviously that was my first day coming to practice," Ford said on Saturday. "I feel blessed. Just real thankful to be out here, to be out here feeling healthy. I'm starting to feel like myself again." Ford missed all of the 2020 season following an off-season ACL tear, the same injury he suffered in his senior year at Orange Lutheran which limited him to a single catch in 2019 as a freshman.

The familiarity with the injury, and the recovery process from it, was a helpful tool for Ford as he rehabbed this time around. Whereas the first time it took over a month of on-field work before he was able to overcome the mental block of trusting his knee again, that process was winnowed down to two weeks. "I knew what was coming, I knew what to expect," Ford said. "Obviously there's always going to be that little mental block sometimes for some people. But I feel like this time around it really wasn't there for me." - Orange County Register


rSr/2025 WR Kyle FordSouthern California
News Source: Orange County Register



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