Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2016South Florida
Johnny Ward
DB • 6'0" • Moultrie, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Johnny Ward shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · South Florida
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- South Florida
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati
Player Story
Johnny Ward built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive back from Moultrie, GA wearing No. 24, spending time with South Florida. The clearest part of Johnny Ward's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- South Florida
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Johnny Ward, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · South Florida. Johnny Ward shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 32
- TFL
- 1
- Passes defended
- 2
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Johnny Ward quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Florida · DB
- Career Tackles
- 32
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2013 Regular Season · South Florida
- Top game
- Cincinnati
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Colquitt County · South Florida
- High school pipeline
- Colquitt County · 43 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 24 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 32 tackles · DB 285th (top 35%) · American Athletic 129th (top 25%) · National 1,335th (top 24%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | South Florida | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 48.3 |
| 2014 Regular Season | South Florida | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.9 |
| 2015 Regular Season | South Florida | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Postseason | South Florida | 12 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | South Florida | 12 | 31 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 2 | 36.3 |
Related Context
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Johnny Ward played DB for South Florida. Across 4 tracked seasons, Johnny Ward recorded 32 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with South Florida.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season
South Florida paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 14.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Postseason · South Florida
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
14.4
Usage
2.7
Consistency
8.3
Best Game by takeover score
Cincinnati
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Carolina: 0. Towson: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Syracuse: 0. Florida State: 0. Cincinnati: 2. East Carolina: 1. UConn: 1. Temple: 0. Navy: 0. SMU: 0. UCF: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Towson: 2 by 8.3. Northern Illinois: 3 by 12.5. Syracuse: 1 by 4.2. Florida State: 5 by 20.8. Cincinnati: 4 by 36.7. East Carolina: 2 by 18.3. UConn: 5 by 30.8. Temple: 2 by 8.3. Navy: 3 by 12.5. SMU: 1 by 4.2. UCF: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.4 · Games = 10 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Cincinnati
Best efficiency game
36.7 vs Cincinnati
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 12/29 | @ South Carolina | W 46-39 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/26 | vs UCF | W 48-31 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/20 | @ SMU | W 35-27 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/28 | vs Navy | W 52-45 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/21 | @ Temple | L 30-46 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | vs UConn | W 42-27 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | vs East Carolina | W 38-22 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ CincinnatiSplash game | W 45-20 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Florida State | L 35-55 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Syracuse | W 45-20 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Northern Illinois | W 48-17 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Towson | W 56-20 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Johnny Ward story
Johnny Ward built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive back from Moultrie, GA wearing No. 24, spending time with South Florida. The clearest part of Johnny Ward's career was his defensive production: 32 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 4 interceptions, and 2 passes defended across 16 career games in the available record. That gives Johnny Ward's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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South Florida
2013-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | South Florida | 1 | 20 | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | South Florida | 2 | 13.3 | — | 1 |
| 2015 Regular Season | South Florida | 0 | — | — | -2 |
| 2016 Postseason | South Florida | 4 | 14.4 | 2.7 | 4 |
| 2016 Regular Season | South Florida | 4 | 14.4 | 2.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Cincinnati
Week 5 · W 45-20 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#2
vs McNeese
Week 1 · L 21-53
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
vs East Carolina
Week 7 · L 17-28 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
vs Maryland
Week 2 · L 17-24
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#5
vs UConn
Week 7 · W 42-27 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
38 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 38 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Regular Season · South Florida
1 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
48.3
#2
2014 Regular Season · South Florida
42.9
2 primary · 13.3 efficiency · — usage
#3
2016 Postseason · South Florida
36.3
4 primary · 14.4 efficiency · 2.7 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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