Chris Ward (American football)

Chris Ward

No. 72

Position:

Tackle

Personal information

Date of birth:

December 16, 1956

Place of birth:

Cleveland, Ohio

Height:

6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Weight:

267 lb (121 kg)

Career information

College:

Ohio State

NFL draft:

1978 / Round: 1 / Pick: 4

Career history

New York Jets (1978–1983)
New Orleans Saints (1984)

Career highlights and awards

2x All-American (1976, 1977)
Ohio State Hall of Fame

Career NFL statistics

Games Played:	100
Games Started:	95

Christopher Lamar Ward (born December 16, 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the New York Jets and New Orleans Saints. He played college football at Ohio State University.

1976 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Tommy Kramer RB Ricky Bell RB Tony Dorsett RB Rob Lytle WR Larry Seivers TE Ken MacAfee OT Mike Vaughan OT Chris Ward G Mark Donahue G Joel Parrish C Derrel Gofourth

Defense	DL Ross Browner DL Bob Brudzinski DL Joseph Campbell DL Gary Jeter DL Al Romano DL Wilson Whitley LB Robert Jackson LB Jerry Robinson DB Bill Armstrong DB Dave Butterfield DB Gary Green DB Dennis Thurman

1977 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Guy Benjamin RB Charles Alexander RB Earl Campbell RB Terry Miller WR John Jefferson WR Ozzie Newsome TE Ken MacAfee OT Dan Irons OT Chris Ward G Mark Donahue G Leotis Harris C Tom Brzoza

Defense	DL Ross Browner DL Dee Hardison DL Randy Holloway DL Brad Shearer DL Art Still LB Tom Cousineau LB Jerry Robinson LB Gary Spani DB Luther Bradley DB Zac Henderson DB Bob Jury DB Dennis Thurman

1978 NFL draft first-round selections

Earl Campbell Art Still Wes Chandler Chris Ward Terry Miller James Lofton Ken MacAfee Ross Browner Keith Simpson Gordon King Luther Bradley Clay Matthews Mike Kenn John Jefferson Steve Little Blair Bush Doug Williams Bob Cryder Ken Greene Elvis Peacock Randy Holloway Ron Johnson Ozzie Newsome Dan Bunz Reese McCall John Anderson Don Latimer Larry Bethea

New York Titans / Jets first-round draft picks

Brown Stephens Stovall Snell Namath Nowatzke Yearby Seiler White Foley Tannen Riggins Barkum Taylor Owens Barzilauskas Todd Powell Ward Lyons L. Jones McNeil Crable O'Brien Carter Faurot Toon Haight Vick Cadigan Lageman Bl. Thomas Mitchell M. Jones Glenn Brady Douglas Johnson Farrior Ellis Abraham Pennington Becht Moss Br. Thomas Robertson Vilma Ferguson Mangold Revis Gholston Keller Sanchez Wilson Wilkerson Coples Milliner Richardson Pryor Williams

AFC East BUF MIA NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAX TEN West DEN KC OAK SD NFC East DAL NYG PHI WAS North CHI DET GB MIN South ATL CAR NO TB West ARI LA SF SEA

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