Derrick Ward
Ward with the Texans in 2010
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | August 30, 1980 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Los Angeles, California | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||||||
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| College: | Ottawa | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2004 / Round: 7 / Pick: 235 | ||||||||
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| Rushing yards: | 2,628 |
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| Rushing average: | 4.8 |
| Rushing TDs: | 12 |
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Derrick LaRon Ward (born August 30, 1980) is a former American football running back in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the New York Jets in the seventh round of the 2004 NFL Draft and played for the New York Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Houston Texans. He played college football at Fresno State University and Ottawa University.
Ward earned a Super Bowl ring with the Giants in Super Bowl XLII beating the New England Patriots. He is the cousin of former Patriots running back J.R. Redmond.
Ward attended Valley View High School in Moreno Valley, California and was a letterman in football. In football, as a senior, he posted 1,100 rushing yards, 973 receiving yards, and 17 touchdowns, was an All-Riverside County choice, won All-CIF honors, was the Team Co/MVP, and was named the Sun Belt League Offensive MVP. As a junior, he was the 3rd string Rb and was not the Team MVP.
For his collegiate career, he rushed 460 times for 3,152 yards (6.9-yard avg.) and 39 touchdowns and caught seven passes for 96 yards (13.7-yard avg.).
He gained 1,091 yards with 11 touchdowns on 197 carries (5.5-yard avg.) and caught three passes for 49 yards (16.3-yard avg.) in 20 games at Fresno State. Ward was ruled academically ineligible to play at Fresno State in 1998, he earned Freshman All-America honors the following year despite playing with a broken right hand. He was limited to only seven games for the Bulldogs in 2000 due to a knee injury. His Fresno State career ended when he was again ruled ineligible to play in 2001 and 2002 due to academics.
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