Jay Ward stats

Vikings

Safety · #24

Age 26 · 6' 1" · 190 lbs

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Jay Ward recorded 7 tackles and 0.0 sacks in 7 games of 2026 for the Minnesota Vikings. Last game: .

Stats

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Totals

GP
7
TOT
7
SOLO
3
AST
4
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0
Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2023MIN178530.0000
2024MIN166420.0010
2025MIN172713140.0000
2026MIN77340.0000

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season

GP
57
TOT
48
SOLO
25
AST
23
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
1
FF
0

Per game

GP
7
TOT
1
SOLO
0.4
AST
0.6
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0
FF
0

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made without help.AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught.FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose.
2023MIN170.50.30.20.000.00
2024MIN160.40.30.10.000.10
2025MIN171.60.80.80.000.00
2026MIN71.00.40.60.000.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF

Career regular season, Per game

GP
57
TOT
0.8
SOLO
0.4
AST
0.4
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0.0
FF
0

Bio

Age
26 yearsJul 13, 2000
Height
6' 1"
Weight
190 lbs
Experience
4 years
Birthplace
Moultrie, GA
Draft
2023Rd 4, Pk 134
College
LSU
Salary
$1.15 million2026

Against other safeties

2026 regular season, 114 NFL safeties with 6+ games.

  • Tackles7

    Higher than 10% of the other 113 NFL safeties.

  • Solo Tackles3

    Higher than 5% of the other 113 NFL safeties.

Latest performance

Jay Ward

Nov 01 · @ DET · L 19-15

TOT
1
SOLO
1
AST
0
SACK
0.0
INT
0
PD
0

Snap counts, 2026

68% of his club's special-teams snaps a game (126 in 7 games); 70% in week 8.

His special-teams snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %
1GB2271%
2CHI1257%
3TB3081%
4MIA1664%
5NO1464%
7IND1670%
8DET1670%

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

Jay Ward has been on the NFL’s game-status report 1 week since 2026.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202601Knee

From the weekly injury reports clubs file (nflverse), regular season and playoffs; a practice-only listing counts no week. A player moved to injured reserve leaves the report, so a season-ending injury shows only up to that move.

2023 NFL combine

CB, 6'1", 188 lb · LSU

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.55s34th
Vertical jump34.5"29th
Broad jump11' 0"93rd
Bench press (225 lb)16 reps52nd

Percentile: the share of CBs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2023 combine

Games

All games

Next

vs BUFMon, Nov 09

Most recent games
DateOpponentTOTSOLOSACKINT
Sun, Nov 01atDETL 19-151100
Sun, Oct 25vsINDW 16-102100
Sun, Oct 11atNOW 23-131000
Sun, Oct 04vsMIAW 15-102100
Sun, Sep 27atTBW 23-160000
Sun, Sep 20atCHIW 9-31000

What are Jay Ward's career stats?

Jay Ward has played 4 seasons for the Vikings. He has recorded 48 tackles. His best season so far is 2025: 27 tackles and 0.0 sacks.

Best single games

  • Tackles: 6 vs GB on Jan 4, 2026, W 16-3
Jay Ward's best game in each stat, by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.
20256
20241
20234

What the columns mean: TOT

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2023.

Jay Ward college stats

Jay Ward played 4 seasons at LSU Tigers (2019 to 2022): 158 tackles, 0 sacks and 6 interceptions.

defensive

Jay Ward's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2019LSU Tigers431300000
2020LSU Tigers292186013471
2021LSU Tigers6940294012330
2022LSU Tigers5640164001180

scoring

Jay Ward's college scoring by season
SeasonSchoolPASSRUSHRECREC: Passes caught.RETTDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.2PT2PT: Conversions run or caught from the two-yard line after a touchdown, worth two points instead of the kick's one.PATFGPTSPTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.
2022LSU Tigers000110006

returning

Jay Ward's college returning by season
SeasonSchoolATTYDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.FCLNGATTYDSYDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TDTD: Touchdown passes thrown.LNG
2020LSU Tigers000000000

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Jay Ward's college game log.

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Playoff games

Jay Ward played 1 game across 1 NFL postseason — 0 won, 1 lost.

Jay Ward's line in each playoff game
SeasonOppResultTOTTOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SACKSACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.INTINT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2024LARL 27-900.00

What the columns mean: TOT · SACK · INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.