Jarvis Ward
No. 11 Detroit Lions | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wide Receiver | |||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Place of birth: Farmers Branch, TX | |||||||
| |||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: Brookhaven College | |||||||
College: Texas A&M | |||||||
NFL Draft: 2022 / Round: 1 / Pick: 15 | |||||||
Debuted in 2022 for the Los Angeles Chargers | |||||||
Career history
| |||||||
| |||||||
Roster status: Active | |||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||
Career NFL statistics as of 2025 | |||||||
|
Jarvis Ward is an American football Wide Receiver for the Detroit Lions. He played college football at Texas A&M.
Contents
Early Years
Ward grew up in Farmers Branch, Texas. In the eighth grade, Ward was promoted to the varsity football team for the final two games of their season. He attended Robert E. Lee High School. Ward did not play high school football until his junior year and received his first scholarship offer after just his second game on the gridiron. As a senior, he had 38 catches for 639 yards and 20 total touchdowns over nine games. Of those 20 touchdowns, nine were catches, seven were rushes, three were passes, and one was a kick return. In addition to football, Ward played basketball and ran track in high school, and his 10.58-second 100-meter dash time broke the Texas High School Athletic Association's class 7A record. 247Sports.com ranked Ward as the second best high school football player in Texas. Ward received scholarship offers from over 20 colleges to play football, but ultimately committed to Texas A&M.
College Career
Recruiting
Statistics
Season | Receiving | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GP | GS | Receptions | Yards | TD | YPC | Drops | FUM | ||||||
2020 | 12 | 12 | 87 | 1,246 | 16 | 14.32 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2021 | 12 | 12 | 85 | 1,066 | 11 | 12.54 | 1 | 0 | |||||
NCAA Career Totals | 24 | 24 | 172 | 2,312 | 26 | 13.44 | 1 | 0 |
Professional Career
Pre-draft
Ht | Wt | 40-yd dash | Shuttle | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | Wonderlic |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5 ft 9 in | 189 lb | 4.31 s | 4.04 s | 6.72 s | 41.5 in | 9 ft 10 in | 15 reps | |
All values from NFL Combine |
Draft
Jarvis Ward was selected by the Los Angeles Chargers with the 15th overall pick of the 2022 NFLHC Draft
Trades
Prior to the 2026 NFLHC Draft, the Los Angeles Chargers traded Wide Receiver Jarvis Ward to the Detroit Lions for Free Safety Marquise Holliday and Outside linebacker Dean Fagan.
Regular season
Contract Information |