Cam Ward continues to make history with the Miami football records.
Ward, a Heisman Trophy candidate who already holds the Hurricanes’ single-season record for touchdown passes and is on track to break the school’s completion percentage record, added two more records on Saturday — both previously held by Bernie Kosar.
Ward now has 3,774 yards from 268 completions this season. Kosar had 3,642 yards from 262 completions in 1984, and for the next 40 years, no one matched those numbers — until now.
“Congrats #CamWard,” Kosar posted on social media. “U R Awesome.” It seems like everyone agrees — except for Ward. He has made it clear all season that personal achievements and stats are not very important to him.
“It really doesn’t mean anything… The receiving group that I have, the O-line that I have, any quarterback in this position could set records,” Ward said.
Ward’s 13-yard pass to Damien Martinez with 1:27 left in the second quarter gave him 3,643 yards for the season, breaking the record. Then, in the third quarter, Ward threw a 15-yard pass to Xavier Restrepo for his 263rd completion of the year, setting another record.
Ward has now thrown 34 touchdown passes this season, breaking the previous Miami record of 29 set by Steve Walsh in 1988.
With a completion rate of 67.2%, Ward is on pace to break Miami’s single-season completion percentage record of 65.8% set last year by Tyler Van Dyke, as well as the Miami career mark of 64.3% set by D’Eriq King in 2020 and 2021.
“He only cares about winning,” said wide receiver Jacolby George.
