Nazir Ward
Syracuse Orange
79
Solid

Nazir Ward

Syracuse OrangeRebuilding
RCBDefenseSolidTRANSFER · Western Kentucky
Projected Starter

Is Nazir Ward starting?

Nazir Ward is the projected starter at RCB for Syracuse Orange.

Redshirt junior · #7 · 6'0", 185 lbs

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Depth at RCB · Syracuse Orange

  1. 1779Nazir WardStarter
  2. 2456Chase Geter

Syracuse Starting Lineup

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Up next for Syracuse

Syracuse plays Clemson at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Miami Northwestern, ranked #1,772 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 35 tackles, 1 INT, 6 PBU. That's 9% of the team's production at his spot and 84th-percentile production nationally — good for a 79 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,772 NatlTeam Share9%Percentile84th
Miami, FL
Jersey
#7
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
6'0"
Weight
185 lbs
Transfer
Western Kentucky

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—3516

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8378
National Rank
#1772
High School
Miami Northwestern
Hometown
Miami, FL

Why this rating?

On a 75-rated defense; 84th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.79 for competition level) put them +4 vs unit starters → 79.

Team defense (SP+)
75
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 84% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 32% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.79)
Depth-chart adjustment
+4 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31WSMUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 30-27

Oct 24WUNCTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 31-30 OT

Oct 17LLOUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-26

Oct 3WCONNTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 42-41 OT

Sep 12LCALTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 21-18

Nazir Ward's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

35 tkl · 6 PD · 1 INT
Usage / Involvement90%
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