2009: Second Team Consensus Draft Scout Preseason All-America... Considered one of the top pro QB prospects in the FCS for 2009... Second Team Preseason All-Conference pick by Phil Steele... voted as a senior captain by the team... Enters his senior season as Richmond's career leader in completion pct. (62.0), ranks third in career passing yards (6,573) and second in TD passes (45)... Owns a 6-1 career record in the playoffs and is 30-10 overall in three years as the Spiders' starting signal-caller... He is 13-5 in his career versus teams ranked in the Top-25... Enters 2009 needing 10 more TD passes to break the school's career record of 54 held by Bob Bleier (1983-86)... A dual-threat QB, he has rushed for 1,046 yards and 18 TDs in his career.

2008: Finished his most prolific season as a Spider by setting single-season school records in passing yards (2,808), completion percentage (64.1), attempts (359), completions (230), while tying for seventh in TD passes (17)... Ranked 26th nationally with his career-best 141.50 QB efficiency rating... Ended the season in Championship style, setting a career-high with 280 yards passing (28-of-35) in the NCAA Semifinal victory at Northern Iowa... Capped the UNI thriller by engineering a masterful, game-tying TD drive with 1:44 remaining on the clock and no timeouts... Ward was six-for-eight on the final drive for 52 yards and ran once for five yards... Of his seven incompletions in the UNI game, three were thrown to avoid sacks and one was thrown to intentionally stop the clock... In the National Championship game, Ward opened the scoring with a gadget-play that resulted in him making his first career TD catch -- a 23-yard pass from FB John Crone... Opened the season in style by throwing for a then-career-best 236 yards and two TDs in the win at No. 15 Elon... Named the Sports Network National Offensive Player of the Week and CAA Football Offensive Player of the Week following the Elon game... Set another career high with 273 passing yards and three TDs (no interceptions) in the Maine victory... Threw for 224 yards on 17-of-25 passing against James Madison... Had his career-long streak of 141-consecutive passes without an interception snapped versus Georgetown... Passed for 245 yards and three TDs in the NCAA First Round win over EKU... The next week he rushed for a career-best 91 yards and a TD in the NCAA Quarterfinal win at Appalachian State... Richmond converted seven third-downs in the App. State game, and Ward accounted for six of them (four rush, two pass) -- four coming in the fourth quarter.

2007: Enjoyed a breakout season as a sophmore, proving his threat as both a runner and passer, while spearheading one of the nation's most explosive offenses... The Spiders finished 16th nationally and third in CAA Football in scoring offense (34.9 points/game) and ranked 31st nationally and fourth in the league in total offense (405.4 yards/game)... Set career-highs in every offensive category... His 2,341 passing yards stands as the fourth-best single-season performance in school history, while his 216 completions set a new school record... If 2007 was his "breakout" season, his "breakout" game came in the NCAA Semifinals versus Appalachian State when a national TV audience watched Ward throw for 208 yards and three TDs and run for 79 and two more TDs... Was tabbed with his first career CAA Offensive Player of the Week award after throwing for 199 yards, along with career-highs in TD passes (four) and rushing yards (81)... Did not throw an interception at UD -- part of a five-game stretch where the sophomore was picked just once... Completed 25 of 35 passes for 217 yards and a TD in the win over No. 11 New Hampshire... Threw for 207 yards a game earlier at Bucknell to mark consecutive 200-yard passing games for the first time in his career... Over the final nine games of the season, threw 15 TD passes against five INTs (2 TDs, 6 INTs in first five games).

2006: Atlantic 10 Offensive Rookie of the Year... Ward ended his first season as the Spiders' quarterback with an efficiency rating of 124.8. Ward ammased 1,424 yards passing and 11 touchdowns... The Atlanta, Ga., native who started 10 of Richmond's 11 games, also rushed for 130 yards on 57 carries and scored two touchdowns on the ground... Ward was named A-10 Rookie of the Week twice during the season... His first honor was on the heels of leading the Spiders to a 13-0 win at Division I Duke to open the season... Ward was 11-for-23 for 120 yards and a touchdown through the air, while running for 14 yards on nine carries against the Blue Devils... In his final game of the 2006 season, Ward completed a season-high 21 passes for 174 yards and two touchdowns against William & Mary, on his way to another Rookie of the Week honor... He threw for 218 yards on 18-for-28 passing and a touchdown at New Hampshire for his first career 200-yard passing game.

2005: Redshirted.

High School: Earned first team All-Conference... Honorable Mention All-Region selection... Ranked as one of top-75 players in Georgia... Team captain final two seaons for head coach Buck Godfrey.

Personal: Son of Clifford and Elizabeth Ward... Born April 12, 1987.