Last confirmed: South Florida, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′0″ · Moultrie, GA · Colquitt County
Johnny Ward: DB · South Florida · #24.
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Johnny Ward
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Second year in the South Florida secondary. One game to point at: 5 tackles against UConn — Week 7, 2016.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | South Florida | 32 | 20 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2014 | South Florida | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 2 |
| Career | 32 | 20 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-20vs Towson | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 48-17vs Northern Illinois | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-20@ Syracuse | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 35-55vs No. 13 Florida State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 45-20@ Cincinnati | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-22vs East Carolina | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 42-27vs UConn | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 30-46@ Temple | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 52-45vs No. 22 Navy | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 35-27@ SMU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 48-31vs UCF | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 46-39@ South Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 20 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
Week 5 · 2016
W 45-20
at Cincinnati
1 interception · 1 tackle for loss · 4 tackles
Dominant 25-point win on the road against Cincinnati.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
32tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%1 TFL32 tackles · 1 for loss · 2 pass breakups · 1 interception.
2 seasons under Willie Taggart — 15-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 2.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Taggart
Pass share
39.0%
358 pass / 559 run
Plays / game
70.5
13 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
352 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at South Florida, 32 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Willie Taggart.
