Safety, Northern Illinois, 2010–13
Jimmie Ward
- Number
- No. 15
- Height
- 5′11″
- Hometown
- Mobile, AL
- Born
- Jul 18, 1991, in Mobile, Alabama
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Jimmie Ward played safety at Northern Illinois (2010–13). The San Francisco 49ers took Ward in the first round, No. 30 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.
All-America: Sports Illustrated 2013; USA Today 2013
Team titles: MAC champions, 2011 and 2012
Defense
| Season | Team | Int |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Northern Illinois | 1 |
| 2012 | Northern Illinois | 3 |
| 2013 | Northern Illinois | 7 |
| Career | 11 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010N | 13 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| 2011 | 14 | 48 | 52 | 100 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 13 | 65 | 39 | 104 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013N | 14 | 62 | 33 | 95 | 2.5 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 1 | – |
| On file | 189 | 130 | 319 | 6 | 2 | – | 26 | 4 | – | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Northern Illinois | 15 | S | |
| 2011 | Northern Illinois | 15 | S | |
| 2012 | Northern Illinois | 15 | S | |
| 2013 | Northern Illinois | 15 | S | 5′11″ |
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.
Game by game
2013 Northern Illinois 7 games with an interception on file, 7 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | at Iowa | W 30–27 | 1 |
| Sep 21 | vs. Eastern Illinois | W 43–39 | 1 |
| Sep 28 | at Purdue | W 55–24 | 1 |
| Oct 5 | at Kent State | W 38–24 | 1 |
| Oct 12 | vs. Akron | W 27–20 | 1 |
| Nov 20 | at Toledo | W 35–17 | 1 |
| Dec 26 ✦ | vs. Utah State | L 14–21 | 1 |
2012 Northern Illinois 3 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8 | vs. UT Martin | W 35–7 | 1 |
| Oct 6 | at Ball State | W 35–23 | 1 |
| Nov 14 | vs.Toledo | W 31–24 | 1 |
2011 Northern Illinois 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2 | vs. Ohio | W 23–20 | 1 |
No box score in the source for Nov 25 vs. Eastern Michigan, so that game is not listed.
2010 Northern Illinois 0 games with an interception on file, 3 returns, 37 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
Played in the 2014 Senior Bowl (North team, lost 10–20).
| Drill | Combine 2014 | Combine or pro day 2014 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 5′10⅝″ | |
| Weight | 193 lb | |
| Arm length | 31″ | |
| Hand size | 9⅜″ | |
| Wingspan | 77⅝″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.59 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.56 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 38″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′5″ | |
| Bench press | 9 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.89 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.24 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
11 seasons, 122 games with a stat; latest team: Houston Texans.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | San Francisco 49ers | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | San Francisco 49ers | 14 | 54 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | San Francisco 49ers | 11 | 49 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | San Francisco 49ers | 7 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | San Francisco 49ers | 8 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | San Francisco 49ers | 13 | 61 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | San Francisco 49ers | 14 | 73 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | San Francisco 49ers | 16 | 70 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | San Francisco 49ers | 11 | 47 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | Houston Texans | 10 | 47 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | Houston Texans | 10 | 45 | 0 | 2 |
| NFL career | 122 | 520 | 3 | 10 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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