Tim Ward

Senior defensive end for Old Dominion. 2018: 3.5 sacks, 9 tackles for loss, 41 tackles.

DE · Old Dominion · Sr. · #2

6′6″ · 243 lb · High Point, NC

Old Dominion 2018 alumnus

The story

4 defensive end for Old Dominion. 2018: 3.5 sacks, 9 tackles for loss, 41 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Old Dominion in 2015.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

WDE recruit

No. 3120 nationally · Signed with Old Dominion

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Old Dominion, 12 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2015

Signed with Old Dominion2-star out of High Point Central

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3120 national

CFB

College

Old Dominion

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

1 coach

2015–2018

Bobby Wilder

Old Dominion

Played his entire career under Bobby Wilder.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Bobby Wilder — 24-25 over that span.

2015Old Dominion5-7HC: Bobby Wilder · Balanced

2016Old Dominion10-3HC: Bobby Wilder · Run-leaning

2017Old Dominion5-7HC: Bobby Wilder · Run-leaning

2018Old Dominion4-8HC: Bobby Wilder · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (92nd percentile). Strength: sacks (89th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#201 / 2662 · 92nd pct

9.0

Sacks#255 / 2662 · 89th pct

3.5

QB hurries#287 / 2662 · 86th pct

Passes defended#519 / 2662 · 76th pct

Tackles#893 / 2662 · 66th pct

Solo tackles#1064 / 2662 · 59th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	5.2	1.3	0.4	0.2
Road5g	3.0	0.5	0.3	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.6	0.5	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+3g	5.3	1.8	1.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ricky Rahne

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Old Dominion	41	21	9.0	3.5	3	--	--
2017	Old Dominion	37	19	9.0	3.0	1	--	--
2016	Old Dominion	25	9	6.5	5.0	--	--	--
2015	Old Dominion	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		103	49	24.5	11.5	4	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week