Miami QB Cam Ward not taking field at combine, will throw March 24

Top-ranked quarterback Web cam Ward involved the NFL Scouting Integrate to interview along with staffs yet are going to not participate in on-field workout sessions along with the job team on Sunday.

Ward could be the No. 1 total selection in the 2025 NFL Draft and met the Tennessee Titans this week. Tennessee possesses the initial general selection however standard manager Mike Borgonzi mentioned the franchise business has an interest in trading the variety to gather draft picks in the top 100.

"Whether I go first rounded or even 2nd round, by the end of the time, that make choice doesn't imply nothing at all," Ward claimed. "It is actually everything about creating yourself once you get the possibility."

Ward plans to throw for precursors at the Miami expert day on March 24.

Ward threw an NCAA-record 158 goal passes. He had a total amount of 18,184 gardens in 5 seasons at three various schools. He started his career at FCS course Incarnate Term (2020-21), moved to Washington State (2022-23), then moved to Miami (2024 ).

"It's a positive that he has that grit and also judgment to prove other individuals incorrect," Borgonzi said. "Every location he was at, he did at a high amount-- that's something you undoubtedly bear in mind when you view a person that has fun with that potato chip on their shoulder."

Colorado's Shedeur Sanders is one more challenger to become the leading quarterback picked in the 2025 draught. The Significant 12 Objectionable Gamer of the Year in 2024, he threw 37 touchdowns and also accomplished 74 per-cent of his elapseds. He likewise won't throw for precursors and trainers in Indianapolis this weekend break.

Ward, 22, said he had nothing to gain taking the field at the Scouting Combine. His 5 times of manufacturing in college say to staffs whatever they need to find out about him as a gamer, he stated.

"The strip says every thing," he said. "I assume only what separates me coming from everyone is the means I approach it, the state of mind I possess going onto the field every activity."

Ward stated he checked out several Titans video games final season and discovered the route ideas as well as general platform of the offense to be so knowledgeable that he thinks he is actually a "connect and play" fit for Tennessee.

"They have actually received astonishing gamers. So I simply wish that God puts me, you recognize, in the situation," Ward claimed.

Sanders, 23, produced pair of college stops and also gained huge at Jackson State as well as Colorado betting his papa, Pro Football Venue of Prominence cornerback Deion Sanders. He mentioned NFL teams know he was a steering force in turn-arounds at both university programs as well as must not wait to invest in him to carry out the exact same at the following amount.

"I have actually done it repeatedly and also over, so it ought to be no doubt why an NFL franchise business ought to pick me," he pointed out Friday.

Generally, Sanders was actually 36-15 as a starter-- 13-12 at Colorado-- along with 64 goals as well as thirteen interceptions. He said he recognizes each one of the quarterbacks within this draught class yet scenery themself as the most ideal choice, regardless of whether NFL staffs see it in a different way.

"The amount where you (are picked in the draft) do not matter," Sanders pointed out. "I reference Tom Brady, given that he is actually the best of the most ideal with all categories. He ain't go first. Thus, the variety you get chosen don't matter. I had not been the top-rated quarterback appearing of high school, since there are actually a bunch of things that people will definitely such as and also don't such as about me. I'm sensible, as well as I'm realistic concerning my family members and everything that folks state that possesses it."