Jimmie Ward
Houston TexansUpdated August 24, 2026
Model Score
80.8
MODEL
2018
69.0
2019
87.7
2020
83.1
2021
87.2
2022
79.3
2023
77.1
2024
80.8
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 →
Draft & College
Round 1, pick 30 · San Francisco 49ers · 2014
Northern Illinois
Taken
#30
where he actually went
Consensus board
35th
average of the public big boards that spring
He went about where consensus had him.
Coming out
4.59s
40 yd
9 reps
Bench
What this pick usually becomes
Of the 220 players taken as a late first-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 70% earned a second contract and 72% became starters. The median one started 58 career games.