Player Dossier

2017-2020

Central Michigan

Andrew Ward

LB • 6'1" • 220 lbs • Muskegon, MI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Andrew Ward shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Usage / Role

11%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

27

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

14

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

51

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Central Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Nebraska • Central Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Miami
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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8903

Martin · Arlington, TX

Committed To
USC
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Andrew Ward, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Central Michigan. Andrew Ward shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
14
TFL
1
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Andrew Ward quick answers

Latest team and position
Central Michigan · LB
Career Tackles
14
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 7 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · Central Michigan
Top game
Miami
Recruit profile
4-star · Martin · USC
High school pipeline
Martin · 45 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 43 · Sophomore

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonNebraska00-0--0-
2018 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan11-0--037
2019 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan61310-1034.3
2020 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan00-0--0-

Related Context

Andrew Ward played LB for Nebraska and Central Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, Andrew Ward recorded 14 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Central Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

Central Michigan paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 12.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Nebraska, Central Michigan.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Miami

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2019 Regular Season · Central Michigan

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

12.4

Usage

2.3

Consistency

5.6

Best Game by takeover score

Miami

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UAlbany: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Akron: 0. Miami: 2. Eastern Michigan: 0. Bowling Green: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UAlbany: 1 by 4.2. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2. Akron: 2 by 8.3. Miami: 7 by 49.2. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Bowling Green: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0 · Games = 4 · -1 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 2 · +1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Miami

Best efficiency game

49.2 vs Miami

Result
Sat 10/19@ Bowling GreenW 38-2010000
Sat 10/5vs Eastern MichiganW 42-1610000
Sat 9/21@ MiamiSplash gameL 12-1772101
Sat 9/14vs AkronW 45-2421000
Sat 9/7@ WisconsinL 0-6110000
Fri 8/30vs UAlbanyW 38-2110000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Nebraska

    2017

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Central Michigan

    2018-2020

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonNebraska0
2018 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan04.20.80
2019 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan212.42.32
2020 Regular SeasonCentral Michigan0-2

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Miami

Week 4 · L 12-17

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

74.2 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.2 takeover score.

#2

vs Akron

Week 3 · W 45-24 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

7.2 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.2 takeover score.

#3

vs UAlbany

Week 1 · W 38-21

0

Havoc Plays

5 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 5 takeover score.

#4

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 6 · W 42-16 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

3.9 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.

#5

@ Kentucky

Week 1 · L 20-35

0

Havoc Plays

3.6 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · Central Michigan

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

37

#2

2019 Regular Season · Central Michigan

34.3

2 primary · 12.4 efficiency · 2.3 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Nebraska

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games