[citation needed] He was selected in the seventh round (247th pick overall) of the 1995 NFL draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers.
[1] Ford played between 1995 and 1997 for the National Football League'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.
[2] On September 21, 2004, police said that Ford fired a gun toward the house of entertainers Siegfried & Roy.
[3] 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.