TraShaun Ward

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TraShaun Ward
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Weight:
    175
  • Hometown:
    Miami, Fla.
  • Position:
    RB
  • Year:
    Junior
  • High School:
    Coral Reef
  • gp
    10
  • yds
    292
  • yds/g
    29.2
  • td
    4
Bio

2014: Second on the team in all purposes yards with 915.  He rushed for two, was Carson-Newman' second leading-receiver with 292, grabbed 68 in punt return yards and 553 in kickoff returns.  Ward’s best games catching the ball came in succession against Brevard, Catawba and Mars Hill.  He caught three passes for 79 yards and a score against the Tornadoes.  He looped in a quartet of receptions, including the game-sealing touchdown, for 59 yards against Catawba before tallying a career high 96 yards on three catches and a touchdown against Mars Hill. 

2013: Led Carson-Newman with 1,215 all purpose yards, 91 of which came on the ground, 344 through the air, 75 on punt returns and 705 on kickoff returns.  He reset his own school record for most return yards in a season with his 705 kickoff return yards.  Ward did the bullk of his work on the ground against Mars Hill (10/5) when he tallied 56 yards on the ground on four carries.  He was C-N's third leading receiver.  Had a career best five grabs against Wingate (11/16) and Lenoir-Rhyne (11/30).  Had his career high for receiving yards against Newberry (11/9) with 92 yards, among that was a 53-yard career long grab and his first career touchdown.  His longest kick return of the year was an 81-yarder against Catawba (9/28).  

2012: Fourth on the team in all-purpose yards as a freshman.  Had 65.5 a game with 51 yards rushing, 20 receiving and 650 on kick returns.  Best game on the ground came against North Greenville (10/13) when he toted the rock four times for 25 yards.  Had four carries for 18 yards the week prior against Catawba (10/6).  Averaged 21.7 yards a kick return with a long of 35 yards.  Had a career high seven returns for 183 yards on the road at Newberry.  

Player statistics
  Overall Conference
Receptions 14 13
Yards 292 263
Yards per game 29.2 37.6
Yards per catch 20.9 20.2
Touchdowns 4 3
Recent results
Date Opponent Result
Oct 4 Mars Hill W, 48-20
Oct 18 at Tusculum W, 55-35
Oct 25 North Greenville W, 35-34
Nov 1 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 35-32
Nov 8 at Newberry L, 46-21
Nov 15 Wingate W, 27-7
Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 4 Edinboro W, 38-24 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at Wayne St. (Mich.) L, 41-31 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 at Brevard W, 55-42 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 at Catawba W, 35-33 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 4 Mars Hill W, 48-20 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 at Tusculum W, 55-35 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 North Greenville W, 35-34 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 35-32 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 at Newberry L, 46-21 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 Wingate W, 27-7 - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 4 Edinboro W, 38-24 - - - - - 1 0
Sep 13 at Wayne St. (Mich.) L, 41-31 - - - - - - -
Sep 20 at Brevard W, 55-42 - - - - - - -
Sep 27 at Catawba W, 35-33 - - - - - - -
Oct 4 Mars Hill W, 48-20 - - - - - - -
Oct 18 at Tusculum W, 55-35 1 3 3.0 3 0 1 0
Oct 25 North Greenville W, 35-34 - - - - - - -
Nov 1 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 35-32 - - - - - - -
Nov 8 at Newberry L, 46-21 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 - -
Nov 15 Wingate W, 27-7 - - - - - 1 0
Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 4 Edinboro W, 38-24 1 29 29.0 29 1 1 0
Sep 13 at Wayne St. (Mich.) L, 41-31 - - - - - - -
Sep 20 at Brevard W, 55-42 3 79 26.3 68 1 - -
Sep 27 at Catawba W, 35-33 4 59 14.8 30 1 - -
Oct 4 Mars Hill W, 48-20 3 96 32.0 61 1 - -
Oct 18 at Tusculum W, 55-35 1 17 17.0 17 0 1 0
Oct 25 North Greenville W, 35-34 - - - - - - -
Nov 1 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 35-32 - - - - - - -
Nov 8 at Newberry L, 46-21 2 12 6.0 7 0 - -
Nov 15 Wingate W, 27-7 - - - - - 1 0
Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 4 Edinboro W, 38-24 - - - - - 0
Sep 13 at Wayne St. (Mich.) L, 41-31 - - - - - 0
Sep 20 at Brevard W, 55-42 - - - - - 0
Sep 27 at Catawba W, 35-33 - - - - - 0
Oct 4 Mars Hill W, 48-20 - - - - - 0
Oct 18 at Tusculum W, 55-35 - - - - - 0
Oct 25 North Greenville W, 35-34 - - - - - 0
Nov 1 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 35-32 - - - - - 0
Nov 8 at Newberry L, 46-21 - - - - - 0
Nov 15 Wingate W, 27-7 - - - - - 0
Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 4 Edinboro W, 38-24 - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at Wayne St. (Mich.) L, 41-31 - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 at Brevard W, 55-42 - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 at Catawba W, 35-33 - - - - - - - -
Oct 4 Mars Hill W, 48-20 - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 at Tusculum W, 55-35 - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 North Greenville W, 35-34 - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 35-32 - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 at Newberry L, 46-21 - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 Wingate W, 27-7 - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 4 Edinboro W, 38-24 3 85 28.3 36 0 2 -3 -1.5 0 0
Sep 13 at Wayne St. (Mich.) L, 41-31 1 16 16.0 16 0 - - - - -
Sep 20 at Brevard W, 55-42 1 4 4.0 4 0 1 0 0.0 0 0
Sep 27 at Catawba W, 35-33 2 38 19.0 22 0 1 -2 -2.0 0 0
Oct 4 Mars Hill W, 48-20 1 16 16.0 16 0 1 14 14.0 14 0
Oct 18 at Tusculum W, 55-35 5 119 23.8 37 0 2 -4 -2.0 0 0
Oct 25 North Greenville W, 35-34 3 116 38.7 89 0 2 34 17.0 25 0
Nov 1 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 35-32 4 68 17.0 26 0 - - - - -
Nov 8 at Newberry L, 46-21 5 91 18.2 25 0 - - - - -
Nov 15 Wingate W, 27-7 1 34 34.0 34 0 3 29 9.7 16 0
Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 4 Edinboro W, 38-24 1 - 29 -3 85 111
Sep 13 at Wayne St. (Mich.) L, 41-31 1 - - - 16 16
Sep 20 at Brevard W, 55-42 1 - 79 0 4 83
Sep 27 at Catawba W, 35-33 1 - 59 -2 38 95
Oct 4 Mars Hill W, 48-20 1 - 96 14 16 126
Oct 18 at Tusculum W, 55-35 1 3 17 -4 119 135
Oct 25 North Greenville W, 35-34 1 - - 34 116 150
Nov 1 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 35-32 1 - - - 68 68
Nov 8 at Newberry L, 46-21 1 -1 12 - 91 102
Nov 15 Wingate W, 27-7 1 - - 29 34 63
Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 4 Edinboro W, 38-24 6 - 1 0 0 - - - - - 0 -
Sep 13 at Wayne St. (Mich.) L, 41-31 0 - - 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 20 at Brevard W, 55-42 6 - 1 0 0 - - - - - 0 -
Sep 27 at Catawba W, 35-33 6 - 1 0 0 - - - - - 0 -
Oct 4 Mars Hill W, 48-20 6 - 1 0 0 - - - - - 0 -
Oct 18 at Tusculum W, 55-35 0 0 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 -
Oct 25 North Greenville W, 35-34 0 - - 0 0 - - - - - 0 -
Nov 1 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 35-32 0 - - 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 8 at Newberry L, 46-21 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 15 Wingate W, 27-7 0 - - 0 0 - - - - - 0 -
Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 4 Edinboro W, 38-24 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 at Wayne St. (Mich.) L, 41-31 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 at Brevard W, 55-42 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 at Catawba W, 35-33 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 4 Mars Hill W, 48-20 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 at Tusculum W, 55-35 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 North Greenville W, 35-34 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 Lenoir-Rhyne L, 35-32 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 at Newberry L, 46-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 Wingate W, 27-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2012-13 11 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2013-14 13 0 0 - 0 0.0 - 0 0 0 0.0
2014-15 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2015-16 12 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 46 0 0 - 0 0.0 - 0 0 0 0.0
gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2012-13 11 11 51 4.6 4.6 0 16 1 1
2013-14 13 16 91 7.0 5.7 0 29 - -
2014-15 10 2 2 0.2 1.0 0 3 3 0
2015-16 12 - - - - - - 2 1
Total 46 29 144 3.1 5.0 0 29 6 2
gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2012-13 11 2 0.2 20 1.8 10.0 0 16
2013-14 13 24 1.8 344 26.5 14.3 1 53
2014-15 10 14 1.4 292 29.2 20.9 4 68
2015-16 12 45 3.8 877 73.1 19.5 6 75
Total 46 85 1.8 1533 33.3 18.0 11 75
gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2012-13 11 - - - - - - - 0
2013-14 13 - - - - - - - 0
2014-15 10 - - - - - - - 0
2015-16 12 - - - - - - - 0
Total 46 - - - - - - - 0
gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2012-13 11 - - - - - - - -
2013-14 13 - - - - - - - -
2014-15 10 - - - - - - - -
2015-16 12 - - - - - - - -
Total 46 - - - - - - - -
kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2012-13 30 650 21.7 0 35 - - - - -
2013-14 31 705 22.7 0 81 12 75 6.3 0 21
2014-15 26 587 22.6 0 89 12 68 5.7 0 25
2015-16 28 619 22.1 1 85 17 155 9.1 0 32
Total 115 2561 22.3 1 89 41 298 7.3 0 32
gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2012-13 11 51 20 - 650 721 65.5
2013-14 13 91 344 75 705 1215 93.5
2014-15 10 2 292 68 587 949 94.9
2015-16 12 - 877 155 619 1651 137.6
Total 46 144 1533 298 2561 4536 98.6
pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2012-13 0 0.0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0
2013-14 6 0.5 0 1 0 0 - - - - - 0
2014-15 24 2.4 0 4 0 0 - - - - - 0
2015-16 42 3.5 - 6 1 0 - - - - - 0
Total 72 1.6 0 11 1 0 - - - - - 0
gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2012-13 11 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2013-14 13 0 1 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2014-15 10 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2015-16 12 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Total 46 0 1 1.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event
Total 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location
Home 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result
Wins 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month
September 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event
Total 10 2 2 0.2 1.0 0 3 3 0
Conference 7 2 2 0.3 1.0 0 3 2 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 5 - - - - - - 2 0
Away 5 2 2 0.4 1.0 0 3 1 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 7 1 3 0.4 3.0 0 3 3 0
Losses 3 1 -1 -0.3 -1.0 0 0 - -
Month
September 4 - - - - - - 1 0
October 3 1 3 1.0 3.0 0 3 1 0
November 3 1 -1 -0.3 -1.0 0 0 1 0
gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event
Total 10 14 1.4 292 29.2 20.9 4 68
Conference 7 13 1.9 263 37.6 20.2 3 68
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 5 4 0.8 125 25.0 31.3 2 61
Away 5 10 2.0 167 33.4 16.7 2 68
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 7 12 1.7 280 40.0 23.3 4 68
Losses 3 2 0.7 12 4.0 6.0 0 7
Month
September 4 8 2.0 167 41.8 20.9 3 68
October 3 4 1.3 113 37.7 28.3 1 61
November 3 2 0.7 12 4.0 6.0 0 7
gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event
Total 10 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 7 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location
Home 5 - - - - - - - 0
Away 5 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result
Wins 7 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 3 - - - - - - - 0
Month
September 4 - - - - - - - 0
October 3 - - - - - - - 0
November 3 - - - - - - - 0
gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event
Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 7 - - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - - - - - - -
Month
September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 3 - - - - - - - -
November 3 - - - - - - - -
kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event
Total 26 587 22.6 0 89 12 68 5.7 0 25
Conference 19 370 19.5 0 37 8 37 4.6 0 16
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 12 319 26.6 0 89 8 74 9.3 0 25
Away 14 268 19.1 0 37 4 -6 -1.5 0 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 16 412 25.8 0 89 12 68 5.7 0 25
Losses 10 175 17.5 0 26 - - - - -
Month
September 7 143 20.4 0 36 4 -5 -1.3 0 0
October 9 251 27.9 0 89 5 44 8.8 0 25
November 10 193 19.3 0 34 3 29 9.7 0 16
gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event
Total 10 2 292 68 587 949 94.9
Conference 7 2 263 37 370 672 96.0
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location
Home 5 - 125 74 319 518 103.6
Away 5 2 167 -6 268 431 86.2
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result
Wins 7 3 280 68 412 763 109.0
Losses 3 -1 12 - 175 186 62.0
Month
September 4 - 167 -5 143 305 76.3
October 3 3 113 44 251 411 137.0
November 3 -1 12 29 193 233 77.7
pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event
Total 24 2.4 0 4 0 0 - - - - - 0
Conference 18 2.6 0 3 0 0 - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location
Home 12 2.4 - 2 0 0 - - - - - 0
Away 12 2.4 0 2 0 0 - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result
Wins 24 3.4 0 4 0 0 - - - - - 0
Losses 0 0.0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Month
September 18 4.5 - 3 0 0 - - - - - 0
October 6 2.0 0 1 0 0 - - - - - 0
November 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 - - - - - 0
gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event
Total 10 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location
Home 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result
Wins 7 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Month
September 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
November 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
News mentions
Longsnapper Nance receives preseason All-America honor from USA Football
  • Article
  • June 30, 2015
Longsnapper Nance receives preseason All-America honor from USA Football

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman longsnapper Dusty Nance (Lewisburg, Tenn.) has been named a first team preseason All-America longsnapper by USA Football.

  • June 30, 2015
Thomas, Ward net preseason All-America honors from USA Football
  • Article
  • June 23, 2015
Thomas, Ward net preseason All-America honors from USA Football

New York, N.Y. – Carson-Newman senior quarterback De’Andre Thomas (Milledgeville, Ga.) and wideout/return specialist TraShaun Ward (Miami, Fla.) have made USA Football’s preseason All-America team.

  • June 23, 2015