forums

Cam Ward projected as No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft

View as article
Advertisement
Trinton Breeze said:
No, that’s not a typo. Your eyes are not deceiving you. This is not Miami Hurricanes Nation fanfiction.

Cam Ward a zero-star coming out of high school is now the projected No. 1 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.

The 33rd Team released its latest mock draft on Thursday and moved the Columbia High School grad up to the very top. Ward is playing out of his mind and the draft experts are officially buying what he’s selling.

Kyle Crabbs projects the New York Giants to draft first overall and pairing the Miami senior with wide receiver Malik Nabers as the franchise’s next great one-two punch.

"No quarterback in the country is playing ball like Ward during the first three weeks of the college football season. With a dynamic arm and loads of confidence, Ward is seeing the field well and helping the Hurricanes to some record-setting numbers," Crabbs said.

His traditional stats are just as impressive. Ward has thrown 65 completions on 89 attempts, racking up 1,035 passing yards along with 11 touchdowns and one interception. On the ground, he's carried the ball seven times for 46 rushing yards and added another touchdown to his tally.




He still believes there is room for improvement.

“We’re not even close to playing our best football,” he told reporters. “If you go back and really watch the tape from the first game, I would say there was a minimum of ten bad plays just from a quarterback and receiver standpoint.”

Click to expand...

like I said a long time ago hes the first pick
 
Advertisement
This is one of the reasons I am not worried about USF. Ward has 30 million reasons to light up the scoreboard. He knows he’s moved himself from a 3-5th rounder to near the top of the first round. If he craps the bed against USF, he’s basically throwing away 30 million dollars (top 5 pick money compared to being a 4th rounder). Bad games again top teams can be overlooked by nfl scouts, but not games against a G5. He transferred to UM for the express purpose of raising his draft stock. Hes done that so far beyond expectations. He’s not going to ruin that by having his “one bad game” against USF. Maybe it happens against Cal or Louisville, but I see no chance of it happening against USF as he has so much personally riding on his own performance. Since he will be locked in, the rest of the team will be as well.
 
Advertisement
Warrior808 said:
Agreed. Brugler is by far the top guy to read if your looking for serious draft projections. He is a little more reserved on Cam and moving him up this far, this early;

Interested in your thoughts on Miami’s Cam Ward. I’ve seen a lot of mocks lately with him going in the first round. — @mlc1994

That’s certainly a lofty projection at this point. NFL scouts thought Ward would be drafted somewhere in the third- to fifth-round range had he kept his name in the 2024 NFL Draft, so I doubt one positive outing against a Florida defense that ranks 106th in the country gave him that much of a bump.

If Ward plays at a high level for the full season, the math would change. But NFL teams need to see it. Last season at Washington State, Ward looked like a Heisman frontrunner in September (16 touchdowns, zero interceptions), but the wheels came off in October as better competition shined a bright light on his streaky decision-making and inconsistent feel versus pressure. But quarterbacks often get better, and there also is no question Ward is playing with a more talented supporting cast than he had last season.

So, my feelings right now about Ward are this: He is great in the RPO game with his athleticism and quick load-and-fire throws; he is a dynamic athlete, which allows him to buy time; he can threaten every inch of the field with his arm. But he also tends to make things more difficult than they should be, escaping clean pockets or drifting and altering his arm angles without reason.

If his decision-making and ball placement stay consistent, Ward will undoubtedly boost his draft grade, but scouts are taking a wait-and-see approach.
Click to expand...
1) thanks for this
2) guy wrote up a very good analysis and those are still things he has struggled with this season at times even with lesser competition
 
Advertisement
BigDikDaddyFromCincinnati said:
Can we stop with the 0 star thing? It's right up there with "Ed Reed was only a 2 star." In the case of Ed Reed, the star system didn't exist yet, so there are differences from a pragmatic standpoint. However, the annoyance factor is roughly the same. Stop with the over the top hyperbole, please.

In the case of Cam, they don't give out "0 stars." Most of the services stop at 3 stars. I believe some sites may have 2 stars, but they're simply unrated if less than 2 stars. He played QB at a small high school that ran a Wing T offense (that's old school 1950's offense for the youngin's out there) where he hardly threw the ball, hence the lack of attention/ranking. Again, please stop with the unnecessary and over the top hyperbole.
Click to expand...
Bro I’m about to tell you when that Wing T is ran to perfection it is the most beautiful running offense ever. When I played HS football at Northside HS (Warner Robins, GA) our nemesis, the Warner Robins Demons ran that offense to perfection and won the High School NC with that offense. # 1 team in the country by USA Today (yes I’m old). Bo Nix grandfather was my HS football coach (he’s alive BTW). But that Wing T is lethal if ran properly.
 
Advertisement
arwinga said:
Way too early for this nonsense. Remember Kayaa was a 1st round pick too
Click to expand...

It is especially considering last year for cam. Through 4 games last year, he was on fire, wSu was undefeated and then second half of the season killed that team. Would love to get that monkey off his back and keeep the consistency all year
 
WR Cane said:
Bro I’m about to tell you when that Wing T is ran to perfection it is the most beautiful running offense ever. When I played HS football at Northside HS (Warner Robins, GA) our nemesis, the Warner Robins Demons ran that offense to perfection and won the High School NC with that offense. # 1 team in the country by USA Today (yes I’m old). Bo Nix grandfather was my HS football coach (he’s alive BTW). But that Wing T is lethal if ran properly.
Click to expand...
I’m not really knocking the Wing T. I’m pointing out that the Wing T isn’t the most effective at showcasing a modern QB’s talents, which is why Cam was unranked. For high school, it’s a great offense as you mentioned.
 
Advertisement
Back
Top