Damon Ward Jr.

#8 · WR · Sr. · North Texas5′11″ · 204 lb · Beaumont, TX

Damon Ward Jr.: WR · North Texas · #8.

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Damon Ward Jr.

WR · North Texas · Sr · #8

Beats you over the top. Played for two head coaches at North Texas: Seth Littrell and Eric Morris. A game that shows it: 230 receiving yards and 12 receptions against South Alabama — Week 1, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

North Texas in the news

June Jones passes awayOct 29
North Texas QB eligibility questionedFort Worth Star-Telegram Oct 20
$1.02M donation to UNT athleticsUniversity of North Texas Athletics Oct 20
Former North Texas HS standout dies after injuryCBS News Oct 16

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	North Texas	41	755	18.4	4	57
2023	North Texas	39	487	12.5	5	59
2022	North Texas	26	378	14.5	3	56
2021	North Texas	21	311	14.8	2	77
Career		127	1,931	15.2	14	77

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

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 52-38@ South Alabama	12	230	19.2	2	54	133-yard receiving day
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 No. 18 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 28-30vs Texas State	5	133	26.6	0	57
Total		41	755	18.4	4	57

Signature game

Week 1 · 2024

W 52-38

at South Alabama

12 rec · 230 yds · 2 TD

Edged out South Alabama on the road in a shootout.

With C. Morris — 415 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.3 · 17 rush yds (5 car) · 2 TD · J. Price — 19 rush yds (7 car) · 1 rec · 2 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 9 · Tulane · 4th and 5 · Q3 · EPA +4.39Chandler Morris pass complete to Damon Ward Jr. for 44 yds to the TULN 26 for a
Week 1 · South Alabama · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +4.18Morris to Ward Jr.: a 54-yard touchdown pass.
Week 1 · Texas State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +3.89Drew Mestemaker pass complete to Damon Ward Jr. for 57 yds to the TXST 33 for a
Week 1 · Texas State · 3rd and 3 · Q3 · EPA +2.92Drew Mestemaker pass complete to Damon Ward Jr. for 22 yds to the TXST 46 for a
Week 9 · Tulane · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.80Chandler Morris pass complete to Damon Ward Jr. for 10 yds for a TD (Kali Nguma KICK)
Week 9 · Tulane · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.72Chandler Morris pass complete to Damon Ward Jr. for 26 yds for a TD (Kali Nguma KICK)

4 more plays

Week 1 · Texas State · 3rd and 9 · Q1 · EPA +2.61Drew Mestemaker pass complete to Damon Ward Jr. for 17 yds to the UNT 43 for a
Week 1 · Texas State · 3rd and 7 · Q4 · EPA +2.51Drew Mestemaker pass complete to Damon Ward Jr. for 10 yds to the UNT 48 for a
Week 12 · UTSA · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.39Chandler Morris pass complete to Damon Ward Jr. for 27 yds to the UTSA 48 for a
Week 1 · South Alabama · 3rd and 3 · Q1 · EPA +2.38Chandler Morris pass complete to Damon Ward Jr. for a

Teams and coaches

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

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 64 (#118 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

64Quality starter #118 of 466 · 2024?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. 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 in 2024. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

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
Road4g	4.8	89.2	16.2	0.5

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

2024 season

Head Coach

Eric Morris

Pass share

59.8%

556 pass / 373 run

Plays / game

71.5

13 games

Team sack rate

3.2%

565 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

41 catches in 10 games

About as many catches a game as a typical FBS receiver who plays every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

64 · #118 of 466 WRs · 2024

Damon Ward Jr.

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Style of play

Fans

North Texas in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

41 catches in 10 games

Six seasons at North Texas