Cam Ward at Miami
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Quarterback, Miami (from Incarnate Word, Washington State), 2020–⁠25

Cam Ward

Number
No. 1
Height
6′2″
Weight
223 lb
Class (2024)
Senior
Hometown
West Columbia, TX
Born
May 25, 2002, in West Columbia, Texas

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Cam Ward played quarterback at Incarnate Word (2021), Washington State (2022–⁠23) and Miami (2024). He won the 2024 Davey O’Brien Award and the 2024 Manning Award. He finished fourth in the 2024 Heisman vote. The Tennessee Titans took Ward first overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
4,313
Passing yards, 2024 (Miami, 10–⁠3)
Best game
438 yards
At Oregon, week 8, 2023: No. 1 passing game in FBS that week
National rank
No. 1
In FBS in passing touchdowns, 2024
Drafted
No. 1
Overall, 2025 NFL Draft (Tennessee Titans)

Career highs

451passing yards, career highat Colorado State, 20235touchdown passes, career hightwice; last vs. Duke, 20242rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Colorado, 2023

Honors

Team titles: Southland champions, 2021

All-America: AFCA 2024; AP 2024; Sporting News 2024; Walter Camp 2024; CBS Sports 2024; ESPN 2024; Pro Football Focus 2024; The Athletic 2024

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2021Incarnate Word314766.03768.041
2022Washington State31949664.33,2186.5239
2023Washington State32448666.73,7327.7257
2024Miami30545467.24,3139.5397
Career9791,48366.011,6397.89124

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2021Incarnate Word6−13−2.2011
2022Washington State106700.7517
2023Washington State1201221.0822
2024Miami602043.4424
Career2923831.31724

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2021Incarnate Word1QBFr.
2022Washington State1QBSo.
2023Washington State1QBJr.
2024Miami1QBSr.6′2″223

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. passAdj. rush
2021Incarnate Word (FCS)480.62––29.971%––
2022Washington State5870.1916th (n=250)0.32109.370%0.250.22
2023Washington State5930.2839th (n=255)0.32167.870%0.400.02
2024Miami5060.5396th (n=238)0.30268.455%0.590.41

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2024 Miami 13 games, 4,313 passing yards, 39 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 31atFloridaW 41–⁠1726353853133
Sep 7vs.Florida A&MW 56–⁠920263043013
Sep 14vs.Ball StateW 62–⁠0192834650–
Sep 21atSouth FloridaW 50–⁠1524344043143
Sep 27vs.Virginia TechW 38–⁠3424383434257
Oct 5atCaliforniaW 39–⁠3835534372115
Oct 19atLouisvilleW 52–⁠4521323194029
Oct 26vs.Florida StateW 36–⁠14223520800−4
Nov 2vs.DukeW 53–⁠312541400511
Nov 9atGeorgia TechL 23–⁠28253934830−5
Nov 23vs.Wake ForestW 42–⁠14273828021−5
Nov 30atSyracuseL 38–⁠4225363492019
Dec 28 ✦vs.Iowa StateL 41–⁠421219190308
2023 Washington State 12 games, 3,732 passing yards, 25 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 2atColorado StateW 50–⁠2437494513040
Sep 9vs.WisconsinW 31–⁠2221332082043
Sep 16vs.Northern ColoradoW 64–⁠2120263274012
Sep 23vs.Oregon StateW 38–⁠3528344044014
Oct 7atUCLAL 17–⁠25193919712−12
Oct 14vs.ArizonaL 6–⁠442230192014
Oct 21atOregonL 24–⁠3834484381030
Oct 28atArizona StateL 27–⁠3835503151035
Nov 4vs.StanfordL 7–⁠10244024111−36
Nov 11atCaliforniaL 39–⁠423459354316
Nov 17vs.ColoradoW 56–⁠141830288205
Nov 25atWashingtonL 21–⁠24324831732−19
2022 Washington State 13 games, 3,218 passing yards, 23 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 3vs.IdahoW 24–⁠1725402153018
Sep 10atWisconsinW 17–⁠14172820012−6
Sep 17vs.Colorado StateW 38–⁠7243429941−13
Sep 24vs.OregonL 41–⁠443748375224
Oct 1vs.CaliforniaW 28–⁠9274034332−8
Oct 8atUSCL 14–⁠301932172205
Oct 15atOregon StateL 10–⁠24255434511−21
Oct 27vs.UtahL 17–⁠2127312221028
Nov 5atStanfordW 52–⁠1416321762038
Nov 12vs.Arizona StateW 28–⁠18223721910−26
Nov 19atArizonaW 31–⁠2025361931059
Nov 26vs.WashingtonL 33–⁠51335232220−5
Dec 17 ✦vs.Fresno StateL 6–⁠29223213701−3
2021 Incarnate Word 1 game, 376 passing yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 18atTexas StateW 42–⁠34314737641−13

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2025
Height6′1⅝″
Weight219 lb
Arm length30⅝″
Hand size9″
Wingspan75¾″

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

In the NFL

2 seasons, 22 games with a stat; latest team: Tennessee Titans.

SeasonTeamGCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
2025Tennessee Titans173235403,169157159
2026 (so far)Tennessee Titans5981558963359
NFL career224216954,0651810218

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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