Last confirmed: Houston, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · Tyler, TX · John Tyler
Greg Ward Jr.: QB · Houston · #1.
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Greg Ward Jr.
Keeps the offense on schedule and doesn't lose the game. Three seasons at Houston, two different head coaches: Tony Levine and Tom Herman. On tape: 487 passing yards and 65 rushing yards against Memphis, Week 13, 2016.
Play style
Consistent underneath passer who protects the lead. Rarely loses games; rarely wins them alone.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
64.6% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 39.2% conversion-per-dropback — 31.0% of completions land short of the sticks.
Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. checkdown by design
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
12 of 17 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (70.6%). 10 of the team's 39 inside-the-5 carries (25.6%).
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Houston Chronicle Oct 4Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 33-23vs No. 3 Oklahoma | 23/40 | 321 | 2 | 0 | 8.0 | 67.1 | 4 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 3 | W 40-16@ Cincinnati | 24/36 | 326 | 1 | 2 | 9.1 | 69.1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 64-3@ Texas State | 20/26 | 289 | 2 | 0 | 11.1 | 98.4 | Clean 2-TD game |
| Wk 5 | W 42-14vs UConn | 32/38 | 389 | 3 | 0 | 10.2 | 94.3 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 6 | L 40-46@ Navy | 32/50 | 359 | 3 | 2 | 7.2 | 72.2 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 7 | W 38-31vs Tulsa | 26/34 | 254 | 0 | 1 | 7.5 | 75.7 | |
| Wk 8 | L 16-38@ SMU | 21/33 | 241 | 2 | 0 | 7.3 | 38.5 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-24vs UCF | 26/37 | 240 | 1 | 3 | 6.5 | 46.9 | 3 INTs — rough day |
| Wk 11 | W 30-18vs Tulane | 18/30 | 189 | 2 | 0 | 6.3 | 69.5 | |
| Wk 12 | W 36-10vs No. 3 Louisville | 25/44 | 233 | 2 | 0 | 5.3 | 45.1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 44-48@ Memphis | 47/67 | 487 | 4 | 1 | 7.3 | 84.5 | Season-high 487 yds |
 Bowl | L 10-34@ San Diego State | 25/34 | 229 | 0 | 4 | 6.7 | 24.7 | |
| Total | 319/469 | 3557 | 22 | 13 | 7.6 | — |
Week 13 · 2016
L 44-48
at Memphis
The plays that mattered most
Pass Profile · Completions by yards gained (PBP)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 457 passing plays (309 completions) against the box score's 469 attempts (319 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
6.3487 of 193 QBsSack rate
6.6%119 of 193 QBsSacked on 6.6% of dropbacks (119 of 193) — and still 87 of 193 in Adjusted ANY/A.
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Short
0–9 ydsMiddle
10–19 ydsDeep
20+ ydsOverall 68.0% completion on 469 attempts · 41 deep completions averaging 27.9 yds.
Is he a different quarterback when it matters
Each situation vs his own 2016 baseline
+89
percentile points better on third down or later
Deltas are vs. this player’s own season baseline, never a league average. League sack rate by down is shown as context because sack attribution isn’t incompletion-denominated.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 261 | 1.6 | 7.2 | 0.8 |
| Road5g | 340 | 2.4 | 8.4 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 310 | 1.6 | 8.5 | 1.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 278 | 2.2 | 6.5 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tom Herman
Pass share
48.8%
521 pass / 546 run
Plays / game
82.1
13 games
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
469 pass attempts and 197 carries in 12 games, more passes and runs a game than nearly every FBS quarterback who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Houston, 8,395 passing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 39 games over 3 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tony Levine → Tom Herman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
