Jay Ward
Pos S
Updated August 24, 2026
Draft & College
Round 4, pick 134 · Minnesota Vikings · 2023
LSU (SEC)
Taken
#134
where he actually went
Consensus board
120th
average of the public big boards that spring
Our college model
#76
among S in our college data
He went about where consensus had him.
In college · 2020-2022 · 35 games
6 INT, 14 pass breakups, 152 tackles, 4 TFL
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
What this pick usually becomes
Of the 450 players taken as a fourth-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 38% earned a second contract and 26% became starters. The median one started 11 career games.
