Cameron Ward
Cameron Ward
Picks you apart underneath and protects the ball. Two head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. His first career honor landed in 2024: All-ACC. The receipt: 437 pass yds, 15 rush yds against California — Week 6, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Miami, 11,263 passing yards — drafted at No. 1 overall by Tennessee.
Career Arc
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE · 1ST TEAM
All-Conf 1st team (2024)
All-ACC
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mario Cristobal.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
TennesseeEntering 2nd NFL season
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mario Cristobal
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 5 · ApexR15 · POTY finalist
Position-of-the-Year finalist. Among the nation's elite at the position.
Recognition
Production
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE · 1ST TEAM
All-Conf 1st team (2024)
All-ACC
Career stats
| Season | Team | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Miami | 305 | 454 | 67.2% | 4,313 | 9.5 | 39 | 7 | 172.2 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Washington State | 324 | 486 | 66.7% | 3,732 | 7.7 | 25 | 7 | 145.3 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Washington State | 319 | 496 | 64.3% | 3,218 | 6.5 | 23 | 9 | 130.5 | -- | -- |
| Career | 948 | 1,436 | 66.0% | 11,263 | 7.8 | 87 | 23 | 148.7 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Miami | 60 | 204 | 3.4 | 4 | -- |
| 2023 | Washington State | 120 | 122 | 1.0 | 8 | -- |
| 2022 | Washington State | 106 | 70 | 0.7 | 5 | -- |
| Career | 286 | 396 | 1.4 | 17 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2024
W 41–17
at Florida
385 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 95.7 · 33 rush yds (3 car)
Dominant 24-point win on the road against Florida.
How he plays
Play style
High-percentage passer who protects the ball. Loses the matchup on improvisation.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Pocket Surgeon
High-percentage passer who protects the ball. Loses the matchup on improvisation.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Caleb Williams’s 2022 season.
Matches Caleb on
Differs from Caleb on
Through 4 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Alessio Milivojevic’s path through Michigan State.
Eli Peters
Matches Alessio on
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jaxson Dart's senior season at Ole Miss (2024).
Matches Jaxson on
Differs from Jaxson on
Player DNA
Players who play like Cameron Ward
Heisman trajectory
Final Heisman Position · 2024
#2
Heisman finalist tier (#2) · finalist probability 61%.
Development
Development Trajectory · passing yards
2022–2024+34%
Up 34% from first season to most-recent.