Jackson Ward

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Jackson Ward
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    186
  • Hometown:
    Forrest Park, Ga.
  • Position:
    DB
  • Year:
    Junior
  • High School:
    Banneker
  • gp
    10
  • tk
    26.0
  • sac
    -
  • int
    -
  • ffum
    2
Bio

2023: Ward started four games and appeared in 10 contests in his red-shirt junior season.  Warder turned in 26 tackles, 22 of which were solo stops.  He had 1.5 tackles for loss and a pass break up.  Ward's most productive game came against Tusculum (Oct. 7) when he registered a career-best eight tackles.  He also forced two fumbles against the Pioneers.  

2022: Ward made five starts and played in all 11 games in his red-shirt sophomore campaign.  He tallied 21 tackles with five break ups and a fumble recovery.  His high watermark for tackles came at Lenoir-Rhyne (Sept. 24) when he had five stops.  He produced multiple stops in seven games for C-N.  He recovered his fumble against Erskine (Oct. 15).  

2021: Ward appeared in all 10 games with seven starts as a member of Carson-Newman's secondary.  Ward was the Eagles' seventh-leading tackler with 37 tackles.  He also turned in a tackle for loss, broke up six passes and picked another.  Ward had his best days against the toughest competition, turning in seven-tackle performances against West Georgia (9/2) and Lenoir-Rhyne (10/16), two teams that would finish the year in the national rankings.  He also picked off a pass against the Bears.  Ward broke up three passes against the Wolves.  

2020: Registered one pass break up playing in the defensive backfield against UVA Wise. 

HIGH SCHOOL: Ward tallied 30 tackles during his career with a trio of interceptions and 10 pass break ups. He was recognized by his Trojan teammates with the Best Defensive Back award and Most Improved.

PERSONAL: The son of Raven and La’Mon Ward, he intends to study communications at Carson-Newman. He made A&B Honor Roll during his high school career.

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Solo tackles 22 17
Assists 4 3
Tackles 26.0 20.0
Tackles per game 2.6 2.9
Sacks - -
Sack yards - -
Interceptions - -
Returned for touchdown - -
Fumble recoveries - -
Fumble return TDs - -
Tackle for loss 1.5 1.5
Tackle for loss yards 3 3
Recent results
Date Opponent Result
Oct 7 Tusculum L, 27-21
Oct 14 at Erskine W, 14-10
Oct 21 Mars Hill L, 21-17
Oct 28 Emory & Henry W, 37-7
Nov 4 at Virginia-Wise W, 52-7
Nov 11 Catawba L, 24-14
Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Aug 31 Virginia-Lynchburg W, 35-3 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at East Tenn. St. L, 42-0 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Limestone L, 45-14 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 #17/15 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 24-7 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Newberry W, 34-21 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 Tusculum L, 27-21 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 at Erskine W, 14-10 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 Mars Hill L, 21-17 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Emory & Henry W, 37-7 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 at Virginia-Wise W, 52-7 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Catawba L, 24-14 - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Aug 31 Virginia-Lynchburg W, 35-3 - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at East Tenn. St. L, 42-0 - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Limestone L, 45-14 - - - - - - -
Sep 23 #17/15 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 24-7 - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Newberry W, 34-21 - - - - - - -
Oct 7 Tusculum L, 27-21 - - - - - - -
Oct 14 at Erskine W, 14-10 - - - - - - -
Oct 21 Mars Hill L, 21-17 - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Emory & Henry W, 37-7 - - - - - - -
Nov 4 at Virginia-Wise W, 52-7 - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Catawba L, 24-14 - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Aug 31 Virginia-Lynchburg W, 35-3 - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at East Tenn. St. L, 42-0 - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Limestone L, 45-14 - - - - - - -
Sep 23 #17/15 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 24-7 - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Newberry W, 34-21 - - - - - - -
Oct 7 Tusculum L, 27-21 - - - - - - -
Oct 14 at Erskine W, 14-10 - - - - - - -
Oct 21 Mars Hill L, 21-17 - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Emory & Henry W, 37-7 - - - - - - -
Nov 4 at Virginia-Wise W, 52-7 - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Catawba L, 24-14 - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Aug 31 Virginia-Lynchburg W, 35-3 - - - - - 0
Sep 9 at East Tenn. St. L, 42-0 - - - - - 0
Sep 16 at Limestone L, 45-14 - - - - - 0
Sep 23 #17/15 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 24-7 - - - - - 0
Sep 30 at Newberry W, 34-21 - - - - - 0
Oct 7 Tusculum L, 27-21 - - - - - 0
Oct 14 at Erskine W, 14-10 - - - - - -
Oct 21 Mars Hill L, 21-17 - - - - - 0
Oct 28 Emory & Henry W, 37-7 - - - - - 0
Nov 4 at Virginia-Wise W, 52-7 - - - - - 0
Nov 11 Catawba L, 24-14 - - - - - 0
Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Aug 31 Virginia-Lynchburg W, 35-3 - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at East Tenn. St. L, 42-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Limestone L, 45-14 - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 #17/15 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 24-7 - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Newberry W, 34-21 - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 Tusculum L, 27-21 - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 at Erskine W, 14-10 - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 Mars Hill L, 21-17 - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Emory & Henry W, 37-7 - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 at Virginia-Wise W, 52-7 - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Catawba L, 24-14 - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Aug 31 Virginia-Lynchburg W, 35-3 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at East Tenn. St. L, 42-0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Limestone L, 45-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 #17/15 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 24-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Newberry W, 34-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 Tusculum L, 27-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 at Erskine W, 14-10 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 Mars Hill L, 21-17 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Emory & Henry W, 37-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 at Virginia-Wise W, 52-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Catawba L, 24-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Aug 31 Virginia-Lynchburg W, 35-3 1 - - - - 0
Sep 9 at East Tenn. St. L, 42-0 1 - - - - 0
Sep 16 at Limestone L, 45-14 1 - - - - 0
Sep 23 #17/15 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 24-7 1 - - - - 0
Sep 30 at Newberry W, 34-21 1 - - - - 0
Oct 7 Tusculum L, 27-21 1 - - - - 0
Oct 14 at Erskine W, 14-10 - - - - - -
Oct 21 Mars Hill L, 21-17 1 - - - - 0
Oct 28 Emory & Henry W, 37-7 1 - - - - 0
Nov 4 at Virginia-Wise W, 52-7 1 - - - - 0
Nov 11 Catawba L, 24-14 1 - - - - 0
Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Aug 31 Virginia-Lynchburg W, 35-3 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 9 at East Tenn. St. L, 42-0 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 16 at Limestone L, 45-14 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 23 #17/15 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 24-7 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 30 at Newberry W, 34-21 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 7 Tusculum L, 27-21 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 14 at Erskine W, 14-10 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 Mars Hill L, 21-17 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 28 Emory & Henry W, 37-7 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 4 at Virginia-Wise W, 52-7 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 11 Catawba L, 24-14 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Aug 31 Virginia-Lynchburg W, 35-3 0 1 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 at East Tenn. St. L, 42-0 3 0 3.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Limestone L, 45-14 2 0 2.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 #17/15 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 24-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 at Newberry W, 34-21 3 0 3.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - 1 - -
Oct 7 Tusculum L, 27-21 7 1 8.0 - - 0.0 - 2 - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 at Erskine W, 14-10 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 Mars Hill L, 21-17 2 1 3.0 - - 0.5 1 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Emory & Henry W, 37-7 2 0 2.0 - - 1.0 2 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 at Virginia-Wise W, 52-7 1 1 2.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 Catawba L, 24-14 2 0 2.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2020-21 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2021-22 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2022-23 11 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2024-25 12 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 44 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2020-21 1 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 10 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 11 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - -
2024-25 12 - - - - - - - -
Total 44 - - - - - - - -
gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2020-21 1 - - - - - - -
2021-22 10 - - - - - - -
2022-23 11 - - - - - - -
2023-24 10 - - - - - - -
2024-25 12 - - - - - - -
Total 44 - - - - - - -
gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2020-21 1 - - - - - - - 0
2021-22 10 - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 11 - - - - - - - 0
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - 0
2024-25 12 - - - - - - - 0
Total 44 - - - - - - - 0
gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2020-21 1 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 10 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 11 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 10 - - - - - - - -
2024-25 12 - - - - - - - -
Total 44 - - - - - - - -
kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2020-21 - - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 - - - - - - - - - -
2022-23 - - - - - - - - - -
2023-24 - - - - - - - - - -
2024-25 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -
gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2020-21 1 - - - - 0 .0
2021-22 10 - - - - 0 .0
2022-23 11 - - - - 0 .0
2023-24 10 - - - - 0 .0
2024-25 12 - - - - 0 .0
Total 44 - - - - 0 .0
pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2020-21 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
2021-22 0 0.0 - - - - 0 - - - - 0
2022-23 0 0.0 - - - - - 0 - - - 0
2023-24 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
2024-25 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Total 0 0.0 - - - - 0 0 - - - 0
gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2020-21 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - 1 -
2021-22 10 28 9 37.0 3.7 - - 1.0 3 - - - 1 9 6 -
2022-23 11 9 12 21.0 1.9 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 1 -3 0 0 5 0
2023-24 10 22 4 26.0 2.6 - - 1.5 3 2 - - - - 1 -
2024-25 12 20 17 37.0 3.1 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Total 44 79 42 121.0 2.8 0.0 0 2.5 6 2 1 -3 1 9 18 0
gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event
Total 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location
Home 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result
Wins 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month
August 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
September 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event
Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 6 - - - - - - - -
Away 4 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 4 - - - - - - - -
Losses 6 - - - - - - - -
Month
August 1 - - - - - - - -
September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 3 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -
gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event
Total 10 - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 6 - - - - - - -
Away 4 - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 4 - - - - - - -
Losses 6 - - - - - - -
Month
August 1 - - - - - - -
September 4 - - - - - - -
October 3 - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - -
gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event
Total 10 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 7 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location
Home 6 - - - - - - - 0
Away 4 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result
Wins 4 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 6 - - - - - - - 0
Month
August 1 - - - - - - - 0
September 4 - - - - - - - 0
October 3 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 - - - - - - - 0
gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event
Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 6 - - - - - - - -
Away 4 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 4 - - - - - - - -
Losses 6 - - - - - - - -
Month
August 1 - - - - - - - -
September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 3 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -
kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month
August - - - - - - - - - -
September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -
gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event
Total 10 - - - - 0 .0
Conference 7 - - - - 0 .0
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location
Home 6 - - - - 0 .0
Away 4 - - - - 0 .0
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result
Wins 4 - - - - 0 .0
Losses 6 - - - - 0 .0
Month
August 1 - - - - 0 .0
September 4 - - - - 0 .0
October 3 - - - - 0 .0
November 2 - - - - 0 .0
pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event
Total 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Conference 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location
Home 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Away 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result
Wins 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Losses 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Month
August 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
September 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
October 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
November 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event
Total 10 22 4 26.0 2.6 - - 1.5 3 2 - - - - 1 -
Conference 7 17 3 20.0 2.9 - - 1.5 3 2 - - - - 1 -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 6 13 3 16.0 2.7 - - 1.5 3 2 - - - - - -
Away 4 9 1 10.0 2.5 - - 0.0 - - - - - - 1 -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 4 6 2 8.0 2.0 - - 1.0 2 - - - - - 1 -
Losses 6 16 2 18.0 3.0 - - 0.5 1 2 - - - - - -
Month
August 1 0 1 1.0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
September 4 8 0 8.0 2.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - 1 -
October 3 11 2 13.0 4.3 - - 1.5 3 2 - - - - - -
November 2 3 1 4.0 2.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
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