Winfred Ward

Position:
Safety
Height:
6-0
Weight:
199
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Lehigh Acres, Fla.
High School:
East Lee County

Left the Ball State football program after the 2014 season . . .

2014: Redshirted

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters for Coach Dave Smith at East Lee County High School . . . helped team to a district championship as a junior . . . all-district as a senior . . . East Lee County’s Most Valuable Player as a sophomore, junior and senior . . . selected to play in the Florida North-South All-Star Game . . . team captain as a senior . . . managed 1,500 yards passing and 400 yards rushing as a senior . . . tallied 4,489 total passing and rushing yards in career . . . set a school record with 30 career TD passes . . . also competed in basketball . . . averaging 20.8 points per game as a senior . . . helped team to district championship as a junior and runner-up finish as a senior .

PERSONAL: Son of Winfred and Josanna Ward . . . born Aug. 30, 1995, in Fort Myers, Fla. . . . three sisters and one brother . . . owns a 3.5 grade-point average on the school’s 4.0 scale . . . full name is Winfred Lynn Ward III.