Jay Ward
Minnesota VikingsPos S
Updated October 8, 2026
Comps
Coming out
pros whose college production, size and testing looked like his
Jay Ward Injury StatusNot listed
Jay Ward is not on the injury report as of Oct 7. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.
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
#106
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.