Player Dossier

2008-2008

UCLA

Jess Ward

DT • 6'4" • 296 lbs • Running Springs, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jess Ward shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

80

High-end production for a defensive lineman

lowelite

Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

lowhigh

Star Power

60

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · UCLA

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
UCLA
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford

Player Story

Jess Ward built his college career in 2008 as a defensive tackle from Running Springs, CA wearing No. 52, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Jess Ward's career was his defensive production: 1 interception...

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2★

Recruit Profile

Class 2005 · Rating 0.7889

Rim Of The World · Lake Arrowhead, CA

Committed To
UCLA
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2005

Jess Ward, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Regular Season · UCLA. Jess Ward shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Quick Answers

Jess Ward quick answers

Latest team and position
UCLA · DT
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 1 games
Best season
2008 Regular Season · UCLA
Top game
Stanford
Recruit profile
2-star · Rim Of The World · UCLA
High school pipeline
Rim Of The World · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 52 · Class 2008

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2008 Regular SeasonUCLA10-0--073.3

Related Context

Jess Ward is listed as a DT for UCLA. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2008 Regular Season

UCLA paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2008 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Stanford

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2008 Regular Season · UCLA

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Stanford

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All Games1 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Stanford

Best efficiency game

20 vs Stanford

Result
Sat 10/18vs StanfordW 23-201

Player Story

Jess Ward story

Jess Ward built his college career in 2008 as a defensive tackle from Running Springs, CA wearing No. 52, spending time with UCLA. The clearest part of Jess Ward's career was his defensive production: 1 interception across 1 career game in the available record. That gives Jess Ward's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    UCLA

    2008

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2008
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2008 Regular SeasonUCLA120

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Stanford

Week 8 · W 23-20 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2008 Regular Season · UCLA

1 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

73.3

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games