Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025South Florida
Tavin Ward
S • 6'1" • 197 lbs • Fort Myers, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Tavin Ward shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
62
Solid production for a safety
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Reliability
52
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
74
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · South Florida
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- South Florida
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: San José State
Player Story
Tavin Ward built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a safety from Fort Myers, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with South Florida. The clearest part of Tavin Ward's career was his defensive production: 159...
Read the storyTavin Ward, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · South Florida. Tavin Ward shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 159
- TFL
- 6.5
- Passes defended
- 13
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Tavin Ward quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Florida · S
- Career Tackles
- 159
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 35 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · South Florida
- Top game
- San José State
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 60 tackles · S 76th (top 14%) · American Athletic 43rd (top 7%) · National 409th (top 7%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | South Florida | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Postseason | South Florida | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 48.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | South Florida | 12 | 37 | 2 | 0 | - | 8 | 0 | 48.2 |
| 2024 Postseason | South Florida | 13 | 10 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 44.7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | South Florida | 13 | 51 | 2 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 44.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | South Florida | 10 | 60 | 1.5 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 29.7 |
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Tavin Ward played S for South Florida. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tavin Ward recorded 159 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with South Florida.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
South Florida paired 13 primary output with 24 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 28.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UTSA
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · South Florida
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
28.7
Usage
5.1
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
UTSA
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Boise State: 1. Florida: 0. Miami: 0. South Carolina State: 0. Charlotte: 0. North Texas: 0. Florida Atlantic: 0. Memphis: 1. UTSA: 2. Navy: 0.5
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Boise State: 8 by 43.3. Florida: 6 by 25. Miami: 2 by 8.3. South Carolina State: 4 by 16.7. Charlotte: 3 by 12.5. North Texas: 14 by 50. Florida Atlantic: 1 by 4.2. Memphis: 8 by 43.3. UTSA: 6 by 45. Navy: 8 by 38.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.4 · Games = 7 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 3 · +0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UTSA
Best efficiency game
50 vs North Texas
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/15 | @ Navy | L 38-41 | 8 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/7 | vs UTSASplash game | W 55-23 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Memphis | L 31-34 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Florida Atlantic | W 48-13 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/10 | @ North Texas10+ tackles | W 63-36 | 14 | 12 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/3 | vs Charlotte | W 54-26 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs South Carolina State | W 63-14 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Miami | L 12-49 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Florida | W 18-16 | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/28 | vs Boise State | W 34-7 | 8 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Tavin Ward story
Tavin Ward built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a safety from Fort Myers, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with South Florida. The clearest part of Tavin Ward's career was his defensive production: 159 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 6 interceptions, and 13 passes defended across 35 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with South Florida. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Tavin Ward's production has multiple signals. With 35 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across South Florida.
The arc is straightforward: Tavin 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
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South Florida
2022-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | South Florida | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2023 Postseason | South Florida | 13 | 24 | 4.4 | 13 |
| 2023 Regular Season | South Florida | 13 | 24 | 4.4 | 0 |
| 2024 Postseason | South Florida | 8 | 25.7 | 4.8 | -5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | South Florida | 8 | 25.7 | 4.8 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | South Florida | 4.5 | 28.7 | 5.1 | -3.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ San José State
Week 1 · W 41-39 · Postseason
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
87 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 87 takeover score.
#2
@ UTSA
Week 12 · L 21-49 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
75.3 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Florida Atlantic
Week 7 · L 14-56 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
73.6 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 62 UTSA
Week 11 · W 55-23 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
70.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Memphis
Week 7 · L 3-21 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
56.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · South Florida
13 primary output · 24 efficiency · 4.4 usage
48.2
#2
2023 Regular Season · South Florida
48.2
13 primary · 24 efficiency · 4.4 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · South Florida
44.7
8 primary · 25.7 efficiency · 4.8 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
6
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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