Charvarius Ward
Indianapolis ColtsOVERPAIDModel Score
How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →
Season Stats · 7 games
Draft & College
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Comps
STM Take
Super Bowl LIV ring plus 2024 Pro Bowl plus 2023 tier 3 (#22) STTM peak as a Middle Tennessee 2018 UDFA puts Ward in the rare outlier-positive journeyman elite CB class. The 30-spot regression from tier 6 (#46) in 2024 to tier 8 (#76) in 2025 with Indianapolis confirms the structural ceiling is highly team-fit dependent. The 2026 question is whether Ward returns to tier 5-6 territory or whether the structural late-career decline closes the chapter.
Ward came out of Middle Tennessee as a 2018 undrafted free agent signed by the Dallas Cowboys. He won Super Bowl LIV with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2019, made the 2024 Pro Bowl with the 49ers, then signed with the Indianapolis Colts in 2025 free agency. His STTM career runs tier 4 (#27) in 2021, tier 6 (#46) in 2022, tier 3 (#22) in 2023, tier 6 (#46) in 2024 Pro Bowl, and tier 8 (#76) collapse in 2025.
Strengths
- Super Bowl LIV ring plus 2024 Pro Bowl plus 2023 tier 3 (#22) STTM peak as a 2018 UDFA puts him in the rare outlier-positive journeyman elite CB class.
- Middle Tennessee Conference USA UDFA origin plus eight years of NFL elite production gives him real veteran market value.
Concerns
- 30-spot regression from tier 6 (#46) in 2024 to tier 8 (#76) in 2025 confirms the ceiling is highly team-fit dependent.
- Indianapolis's broader defensive identity around the multi-year offensive instability compresses the structural support around Ward.
What to watch: Whether Ward returns to tier 6 (top 50) in 2026 with the Colts, the threshold for confirming the late-prime ceiling holds.