Damon Ward Jr.

Former wide receiver at North Texas. 2024: 41 catches, 755 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · North Texas · Sr. · #8

5′11″ · 204 lb · Beaumont, TX

CFB Index 64 · #118 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceNorth Texas 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former wide receiver at North Texas. 2024: 41 catches, 755 receiving yards, 4 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at North Texas, 1,931 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 120 yds vs Memphis.Memphis · L 42-452023

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

North Texas

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021–2022

Seth Littrell

North Texas

2023–2024

Eric Morris

North Texas

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Seth Littrell → Eric Morris. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021North Texas6-7HC: Seth Littrell · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022North Texas7-7HC: Seth Littrell · Run-leaning

2023North Texas5-7HC: Eric Morris · Balanced, fast tempo

2024North Texas6-7HC: Eric Morris · Pass-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

64Quality starter #118 of 466?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (93rd percentile). Strength: explosive rate (91st percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#42 / 610 · 93rd pct

1.41

Explosive rate#54 / 610 · 91st pct

26.8%

Yards / catch#195 / 610 · 68th pct

13.4

Catch rate#222 / 610 · 64th pct

92.7%

TD rate#349 / 610 · 43rd pct

4.9%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#46 / 541 · 91st pct

18.4

Rec yards#95 / 541 · 83rd pct

755

Rec TDs#140 / 541 · 69th pct

Receptions#170 / 541 · 68th pct

Long catch#181 / 541 · 65th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

71st → 93rd percentile

Explosive rate

29th → 91st percentile

Catch rate

67th → 64th percentile

TD rate

78th → 43rd percentile

Yards / catch

58th → 68th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	3.4	53.0	14.2	0.4
Road5g	4.8	98.0	18.3	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.2	84.2	17.3	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	4.0	66.8	15.2	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Neal Brown

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

64 · #118 of 466 WRs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	North Texas	41	755	18.4	4	--
2023	North Texas	39	487	12.5	5	--
2022	North Texas	26	378	14.5	3	--
2021	North Texas	21	311	14.8	2	--
Career		127	1,931	15.2	14	--

Season	Team
2024	North Texas	--	--	--	--	--
2023	North Texas	--	--	21	--	--
2022	North Texas	--	--	--	--	--
2021	North Texas	--	--	--	--	--
Career		--	--	21	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 35–20

vs Stephen F. Austin

1 rec · 16 yds

With C. Morris — 322 yds · 4 TD · 3 INT · QBR 22.3 · -7 rush yds (5 car) · S. Evans — 37 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 50 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 9 · Tulane · 4&5 · Q3 · EPA +4.39Chandler Morris pass complete to Damon Ward Jr. for 44 yds to the TULN 26 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · South Alabama · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +4.18Damon Ward Jr. 54 Yd pass from Chandler Morris (Kali Nguma Kick)
Week 1 · Texas State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.89Drew Mestemaker pass complete to Damon Ward Jr. for 57 yds to the TXST 33 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Texas State · 3&3 · Q3 · EPA +2.92Drew Mestemaker pass complete to Damon Ward Jr. for 22 yds to the TXST 46 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Tulane · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.80Chandler Morris pass complete to Damon Ward Jr. for 10 yds for a TD (Kali Nguma KICK)
Week 9 · Tulane · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.72Chandler Morris pass complete to Damon Ward Jr. for 26 yds for a TD (Kali Nguma KICK)
Week 1 · Texas State · 3&9 · Q1 · EPA +2.61Drew Mestemaker pass complete to Damon Ward Jr. for 17 yds to the UNT 43 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Texas State · 3&7 · Q4 · EPA +2.51Drew Mestemaker pass complete to Damon Ward Jr. for 10 yds to the UNT 48 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · UTSA · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.39Chandler Morris pass complete to Damon Ward Jr. for 27 yds to the UTSA 48 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · South Alabama · 3&3 · Q1 · EPA +2.38Chandler Morris pass complete to Damon Ward Jr. for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 52-38@ South Alabama	12	230	19.2	2	54	Season-high 230 yds
Wk 2	W 35-20vs Stephen F. Austin	1	16	16.0	0	16
Wk 3	L 21-66@ Texas Tech	2	35	17.5	0	18
Wk 4	W 44-17vs Wyoming	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 9	L 37-45vs Tulane	6	111	18.5	2	44	2 TD catches
Wk 11	L 3-14vs Army	4	63	15.8	0	28
Wk 12	L 27-48@ UTSA	4	85	21.3	0	33
Wk 13	L 28-40vs East Carolina	5	68	13.6	0	21
Wk 14	W 24-17@ Temple	1	7	7.0	0	7
Bowl	L 28-30@ Texas State	5	133	26.6	0	57
Total		41	755	16.2	4	57

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Damon Ward Jr.

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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