Terrance Jerod (T. J.) Ford (born March 24, 1983 in Baytown, Texas) is a 6 foot tall point guard for the NBA team the Milwaukee Bucks.
Ford attended Willowridge High School in Sugar Land, Texas, then played basketball for the Texas Longhorns for the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons. He was the 2003 Naismith College Player of the Year and won the John R. Wooden Award that same year. His #11 jersey was retired, making him only the fourth University of Texas athlete in any sport to have such an honor, joining the likes of Earl Campbell, Ricky Williams, and Roger Clemens.
He went pro after his second year of college and was picked eighth in the first round of the 2003 NBA Draft by the Milwaukee Bucks. In his first season, he lead the Bucks with 6.5 assists per game. He played in only 55 games that season before an injury forced him to miss the final 26 games of the season and the playoffs. That injury occurred on February 24, 2004, during an away game versus the Minnesota Timberwolves where he fell on his tailbone and suffered a contusion of the spinal cord. For the season, he finished with an average of 7.1 points and 6.5 assists per game.
As of this writing, Ford has not played in any games of the 2004-2005 season.
