Player Dossier

2022-2024

Miami

Cam Ward

QB • 6'2" • 223 lbs • West Columbia, TX, USA

Balanced quarterback profileEfficient finisher

Cam Ward is a balanced quarterback profile with 15.3 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

39%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

67

Solid production for a quarterback

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

62

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Washington State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Washington State • Miami
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oregon

Player Story

Cam Ward built his college career from 2022 through 2024 as a quarterback from West Columbia, TX wearing No. 1, spending time with Miami and Washington State. The clearest part of Cam Ward's career was his passing...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8659

Eleanor Roosevelt · Corona, CA

Committed To
Washington State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2025
Selection
Round 1 · Pick 1
Overall
No. 1
NFL Team
Tennessee Titans

Cam Ward, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Washington State. Cam Ward is a balanced quarterback profile with 15.3 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
11,659
Passing yards
11,263
Rushing yards
396
Touchdowns
105

Quick Answers

Cam Ward quick answers

Latest team and position
Miami · QB
Career Total Offense
11,659
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 39 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Washington State
Top game
Oregon
Recruit profile
3-star · Eleanor Roosevelt · Washington State
High school pipeline
Eleanor Roosevelt · 18 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
NFL Draft
2025 · Round 1 · Pick 1 · Tennessee Titans
Latest roster
No. 1 · Senior
2024 Total offense rank
4,517 total offense · QB 3rd (top 1%) · ACC 2nd (top 1%) · National 3rd (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2022 PostseasonWashington State13134137-3069.6
2022 Regular SeasonWashington State133,1543,081732869.6
2023 Regular SeasonWashington State123,8543,7321223376.4
2024 PostseasonMiami131981908372.3
2024 Regular SeasonMiami134,3194,1231964172.3

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Washington State to MiamiG5/FCS to P494Jan 14, 2024

Cam Ward played QB for Washington State and Miami. Across 3 tracked seasons, Cam Ward recorded 11,263 passing yards, 396 rushing yards, and -6 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Miami.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Washington State paired 3,854 primary output with 61 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

pass-led usage with 70.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Washington State, Miami.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Ball State

Win with 346 yards of offense and 89.3 efficiency. It landed in the 46.2th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2024 Postseason · Miami

Games

13

Primary Metric / G

347.5

Efficiency

70.4

Usage

15.3

Consistency

84.7

Best Game by takeover score

Ball State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Iowa State: 198. Florida: 418. Florida A&M: 317. Ball State: 346. South Florida: 447. Virginia Tech: 400. California: 452. Louisville: 348. Florida State: 204. Duke: 401. Georgia Tech: 343. Wake Forest: 275. Syracuse: 368

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. Iowa State: 21 by 71.6. Florida: 38 by 88.6. Florida A&M: 30 by 76.7. Ball State: 28 by 89.3. South Florida: 39 by 86. Virginia Tech: 48 by 68.6. California: 59 by 63.1. Louisville: 39 by 72.5. Florida State: 42 by 53.1. Duke: 44 by 59. Georgia Tech: 44 by 59.6. Wake Forest: 41 by 55.5. Syracuse: 41 by 72.1

Split Comparison

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

Wins360.8 · Games = 10 · +57.8 vs Losses
Losses303 · Games = 3 · -57.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Ball State

Best efficiency game

89.3 vs Ball State

Result
Sat 12/28vs Iowa State3+ TDL 41-42121919063.23071.628406
Sat 11/30@ Syracuse300-yard gameL 38-42253634969.42072.15193.80017
Sat 11/23vs Wake Forest3+ TDW 42-14273828071.12155.53-5-1.7011
Sat 11/9@ Georgia Tech300-yard game · 3+ TDL 23-28253934864.13059.65-5-107
Sat 11/2vs Duke300-yard game · 3+ TDW 53-31254140061.05159310.3008
Sat 10/26vs Florida StateW 36-14223520862.90053.17-4-0.60011
Sat 10/19@ Louisville300-yard game · 3+ TDW 52-45213231965.64072.57294.10022
Sun 10/6@ California300-yard game · 3+ TDW 39-38355343766.02163.16152.50124
Fri 9/27vs Virginia Tech300-yard game · 3+ TDW 38-34243834363.24268.610575.70119
Sat 9/21@ South Florida300-yard game · 3+ TDW 50-15243440470.631865438.60018
Sat 9/14vs Ball State300-yard game · 3+ TDW 62-0192834667.95089.3
Sat 9/7vs Florida A&M300-yard game · 3+ TDW 56-9202630476.93076.74133.3018
Sat 8/31@ Florida300-yard game · 3+ TDW 41-17263538574.33188.633311024

Player Story

Cam Ward story

Cam Ward built his college career from 2022 through 2024 as a quarterback from West Columbia, TX wearing No. 1, spending time with Miami and Washington State. The clearest part of Cam Ward's career was his passing role: 11,263 passing yards, 87 touchdown passes, 1,436 attempts, and 396 rushing yards across 39 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Miami. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 396 rushing yards and 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 39 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Miami and Washington State.

The arc is straightforward: Cam Ward moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Washington State

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Miami

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20222022202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 PostseasonWashington State3,2885730.7
2022 Regular SeasonWashington State3,2885730.70
2023 Regular SeasonWashington State3,8546136.3566
2024 PostseasonMiami4,51770.415.3663
2024 Regular SeasonMiami4,51770.415.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Oregon

Week 8 · L 24-38 · Conference game

Loss with 468 yards of offense and 68.5 efficiency.

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Total Offense

87.9 takeover

468 total offense with 68.5 efficiency.

#2

@ Colorado State

Week 1 · W 50-24

491

Total Offense

82.9 takeover

Win with 491 yards of offense and 70.7 efficiency.

491 total offense with 70.7 efficiency.

#3

vs Ball State

Week 3 · W 62-0

346

Total Offense

82.9 takeover

Win with 346 yards of offense and 89.3 efficiency.

346 total offense with 89.3 efficiency.

#4

vs Oregon

Week 4 · L 41-44 · Conference game

379

Total Offense

79.2 takeover

Loss shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

379 total offense with 57.5 efficiency.

#5

vs Washington

Week 13 · L 33-51 · Conference game

317

Total Offense

78.7 takeover

Loss with 317 yards of offense and 53.8 efficiency.

317 total offense with 53.8 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Washington State

3,854 primary output · 61 efficiency · 36.3 usage

76.4

#2

2024 Postseason · Miami

72.3

4,517 primary · 70.4 efficiency · 15.3 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Miami

72.3

4,517 primary · 70.4 efficiency · 15.3 usage

Milestones

25

250+ passing yards

21

300+ total offense

25

3+ TD games

20

Above avg efficiency