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Jersey Number 60
Jonathan Ward
- Hometown:
- Durham, N.C.
- Position:
- Long Snapper
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-10 / 235
- High School:
- Cardinal Gibbons High
2025 (Sr.)
- Was honored as the team's Anchor Award recipient for leadership at the annual awards banquet on April 18
- Preseason All-CAA selection
- Phil Steele Preseason All-CAA Second Team
- Phil Steele Midseason FCS 1st Team All-American
- Chuck Boone Award Nominee
- 90.1 Pro Football Focus Grade (1st among Long Snappers in CAA, 2nd among all levels of College Football)
- Ended the season with 47 consecutive career starts
- Plans on finishing MBA in 12 months
- Most heralded long snapper in school history
- With a nose for the ball, he made nine tackles in a pro style punt scheme
- Earned preseason second-team All-CAA honors by Phil Steele
- Named first-team All-CAA by Phil Steele
- Third-team All-American in 2025 by Phil Steele
- CFB Network second-team FCS All-American
- CFB Network first-team HBCU All-American
- Participated in the 2026 NFL HBCU Showcase for top draft-eligible players
2024 (Jr.)
- Was a mainstay as the team’s long snapper
- Played in all 12 games in 2024 and finished the year with 33 straight starts in his career
- Graduated a year early with Cum Laude degree in Journalism and inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma the national college athletic honor society
- A standout student-athlete, he was named to the CAA Commissioner’s Honor Roll (3.00 GPA or better) for the Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 semesters
- Earned Hampton University Dean’s List honors (3.00 or higher GPA) for the Fall 2024 semester and Spring 2025 semesters
- Awarded scholarship after starting as a walk-on heading into junior season
2023 (So.)
- Played in all 11 games for the Pirates as the team’s long snapper
- Earned High Honors as member of the Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll
2022 (Fr.)
- Saw action in ten games during his first season with the Pirates
- Primarily was the holder for field goals and PAT's
- Named to the 2022 CAA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
High School
- Attended Cardinal Gibbons High
- Predominantly played center, guard and was the long snapper in high school
- Was a two time All-State Selection
- Won the NC Farm Bureau Insurance State Championship Sportsmanship Award
- Named an honorary captain
- Was an honor student and made the Academic All-State Team.
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