Miami’s Cam Ward units NCAA’s Division I document for profession landing passes

Cam Ward made NCAA historical past in his ultimate school recreation.

The Miami quarterback threw a record-setting 156th landing go of his school profession Saturday, connecting with Jacolby George for a 4-yard rating with 4:12 left within the first quarter of the Pop-Tarts Bowl.

That is the Division I — FBS and FCS — document, yet another than Houston‘s Case Keenum threw from 2007 by way of 2011. Ward added two extra landing passes within the first half to convey his ultimate profession whole to 158, earlier than he sat out the second half of Iowa State’s 42-41 thrilling comeback win.

Ward might not maintain the document for lengthy. Oregon‘s Dillon Gabriel — whose group might play as many as three video games within the Faculty Soccer Playoff — has 153 landing passes to this point in his profession, spanning six seasons at UCF, Oklahoma and now Oregon.

Both method, Ward is assured of ending school with one of many high careers by any quarterback at any stage.

He entered Saturday with 17,999 yards — 6,908 at Incarnate Phrase, 6,968 at Washington State and 4,123 at Miami — for the third-most in NCAA historical past behind solely Keenum (19,217) and Gabriel (18,423). He threw for 190 yards towards Iowa State to complete with 18,189 profession passing yards.

And when it is all accomplished, Ward can be on the landing checklist for some time as effectively.

The all-division NCAA document is 162 landing passes by John Matocha from Division II’s Colorado College of Mines from 2019 by way of 2023.

Tyson Bagent of Division II’s Shepherd threw for 159 touchdowns from 2018 by way of 2022. Braxton Punk of Division III’s Mount Union threw for 158 from 2019 by way of 2023; North Central’s Luke Lehnen, whose group will play within the Division III nationwide championship recreation subsequent month, additionally has 158 in his profession. Ward is now tied with Punk and Lehnen for third on the NCAA checklist.

Ward rewrote Miami’s document e book in 2024, his lone season with the Hurricanes. He’ll go away as Miami’s single-season chief in yards (4,313), completions (305) and landing passes (39). He additionally will depart because the Hurricanes’ chief in completion share — each for a season (65.8%, set in 2023 by Tyler Van Dyke) and for a profession (64.3% by D’Eriq King in 2020 and 2021).

Ward accomplished 67.2% of his passes this season, and has made sufficient passing makes an attempt to qualify for the Hurricanes’ profession checklist.

[Related: Shedeur Sanders vs. Cam Ward: Which QB should go first in the 2025 NFL Draft?]

The 22-year-old is anticipated to be a excessive choose within the 2025 NFL Draft. In his most up-to-date mock draft for FOX Sports activities, Jason McIntyre initiatives Ward to go No. 1 general to the New York Giants.

The Related Press contributed to this report.

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