Ward, who won the 2024 Davey O’Brien Award (college football’s top quarterback) and was Miami’s first player to win ACC Player of the Year, was the franchise's (including Oilers) third player to be drafted with the first overall pick.

NFL Draft may prove out otherwise, but there was a time where there was not all that much separating Shedeur Sanders from Cam Ward. To be quite frank,

The Tennessee Titans have made clear they aren’t ready to name a starter at quarterback despite taking Cam Ward out of Miami with the No. 1 overall draft pick.