Player Dossier

2023-2025

Marshall

Braydin Ward

DL • 6'6" • 237 lbs • Montgomery, WV, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Braydin Ward shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

55

Solid production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

38

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

68

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Marshall

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Marshall
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Eastern Kentucky

Player Story

Braydin Ward built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Montgomery, WV wearing No. 58, spending time with Marshall. The clearest part of Braydin Ward's career was his defensive...

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Braydin Ward, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Marshall. Braydin Ward shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
32
TFL
7.5
Sacks
5.5
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Braydin Ward quick answers

Latest team and position
Marshall · DL
Career Tackles
32
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 13 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Marshall
Top game
Eastern Kentucky
Latest roster
No. 58 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
18 tackles · DL 399th (top 37%) · Sun Belt 239th (top 38%) · National 2,175th (top 36%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonMarshall00-0--0-
2024 Regular SeasonMarshall6141.51-1029.2
2025 Regular SeasonMarshall71864.542064

Related Context

Braydin Ward played DL for Marshall. Across 3 tracked seasons, Braydin Ward recorded 32 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Marshall.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Marshall paired 16.5 primary output with 33.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 17.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: James Madison

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

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2024 Regular Season · Marshall

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

17.2

Usage

4

Consistency

38.9

Best Game by takeover score

James Madison

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Stony Brook: 1. Ohio State: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Southern Miss: 1.5. James Madison: 2. Louisiana: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Stony Brook: 2 by 18.3. Ohio State: 2 by 8.3. Western Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Southern Miss: 2 by 23.3. James Madison: 6 by 45. Louisiana: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.9 · Games = 5 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.9 vs Wins

Game Log

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6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

James Madison

Best efficiency game

45 vs James Madison

Result
Sun 12/8@ LouisianaW 31-310000
Sun 12/1@ James MadisonSplash gameW 35-3363110
Sat 11/9@ Southern MissW 37-3210.50010
Sat 9/28vs Western MichiganW 27-2010000
Sat 9/21@ Ohio StateL 14-4920000
Sat 8/31vs Stony BrookW 45-320001

Player Story

Braydin Ward story

Braydin Ward built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Montgomery, WV wearing No. 58, spending time with Marshall. The clearest part of Braydin Ward's career was his defensive production: 32 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 13 career games in the available record. That gives Braydin Ward's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Marshall

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonMarshall0
2024 Regular SeasonMarshall4.517.244.5
2025 Regular SeasonMarshall16.533.67.412

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Eastern Kentucky

Week 3 · W 38-7

Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5.5

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#2

@ James Madison

Week 14 · W 35-33 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 108 Missouri State

Week 2 · L 20-21

4

Havoc Plays

67.6 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 67.6 takeover score.

#4

@ No. 105 Louisiana

Week 5 · L 51-54 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

53.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.5 takeover score.

#5

@ Southern Miss

Week 11 · W 37-3 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

47.2 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 47.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Marshall

16.5 primary output · 33.6 efficiency · 7.4 usage

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#2

2024 Regular Season · Marshall

29.2

4.5 primary · 17.2 efficiency · 4 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Marshall

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

6

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games