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Cam Ward made Miami history on Saturday.
In the first half of the Hurricanes’ game against Georgia Tech, Ward threw his 30th touchdown pass of the season, setting a new single-season program record. He moved past Steve Walsh, who threw 29 touchdown passes during the 1988 season.
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On Miami’s second offensive play of the game, Ward fired an absolute laser into Elijah Arroyo, who sliced through the middle of the coverage and sprinted 74 yards for the touchdown.
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Ward is in his first season with the Hurricanes. The graphic the program’s social media accounts used to congratulate him on his record mentioned the 0-star status Ward received as a high school recruit.
He ran the Wing T offense for Columbia High School in West Columbia, Texas. FBS programs didn’t have enough tape of Ward as a pure dropback passer, and he left high school with offers only from Texas Southern and Incarnate Word.
He spent 2 seasons with UIW, winning the Jerry Rice award as the most outstanding freshman in the FCS. Prior to the 2022 season, Ward transferred to Washington State, where he’d spend another 2 seasons as the starting quarterback. He graduated in December 2023, declared for the NFL Draft in January 2024, and then transferred to Miami a few weeks later.
The U has been better for it. Miami entered Week 11 ranked No. 4 in the College Football Playoff rankings with a 9-0 record.
Ward might be able to grab a couple more Miami records before the season is through, too. He’s on pace to pass Bernie Kosar’s single-season yardage total (3,642) and to break Jacory Harris’s mark for completion rate in a season (65.0%). Ward entered Week 11 tied with Kosar for the most 300-yard games in a season in program history (8) and he needs only 1 more game with 400 passing yards to set both the single-season and career program records for 400-yard passing games.
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