Cam Ward's Personality Was Made For South Beach And He Is Drawing More People In
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LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Dan Marino, Don Shula, and so many others have graced Miami-Dade County with elite play in their sport or having some of the most electricity personalities to ever come out of South Beach.
The day that Cam Ward arrived in Coral Gables, the city, team, university, and faultful knew they had a special talent on hand, and four games into the season, he has been more than expected for the entirety of that community.
No. 7 Miami (4-0) has been one of the best teams in the country and thanks to Ward, they have one of the best offenses in the nation and have had the best offensive start in Miami Hurricanes history. The fans have appreciated every moment of it and have also started to gravitate towards the personality of Ward and his style of play.
"I think [the fans] get to see some really unique personalities and some special players that maybe haven't existed in Miami football in the last several years," Miami Hurricanes head coach Mario Cristobal said.
With the performance and game-breaking ability of Travis Hunter, there is no doubt that this year's Heisman race has started on fire with his play for Colorado (3-1). The issue for Hunter is that Ward is also playing lights-out football while also leading a historical program back to relevance with his play and a personality that matches.
Cristobal knows the superstar talent that has resided in Miami and believes that Ward and this team could be on the same level as those athletes.
"Miami tends to gravitate towards certain personalities right? I mean you've seen it with Don Shula, Bob Greasy, Dan Marino, LeBron James," Cristobal said. "I mean there have been so many great athletes to go through here. They're handing it well. They're staying focused on the right type of mad and their humility shines through all the progress."
Ward so far this season has completed over 72 percent of his passes, thrown for 14 touchdowns, has the second-best QBR in the country at 94.4, thrown for nearly 1500 yards, and only two interceptions (really one). He's done this while also being one of the smoothest, cockiest, and best personalities Miami football hasn't seen in nearly two decades.
Cam Ward has multiple times this year told the defense exactly where the play was going and each time the defense couldn’t do anything about it. This is incredibly cool and also setting up the best play fake of all time. (Great @NMDgrant zoom in here) pic.twitter.com/uTen4mb3n2
— Kevin Clark (@bykevinclark) September 22, 2024
He has a calm demeanor about him when he talks to the media and in all of his time speaking about his teammates, but once he steps in the field, there is a flip that is switched.
Cam Ward Throws Down The Horns after Sam Brown’s Touchdown 👎🏾 #GoCanes pic.twitter.com/Je8pCfPWr1
— Florida Boy Corey 🌴🍊🌊☀️ (@floridaboycorey) September 22, 2024
His touchdown celebration has taken over the Florida region and has also added that swagger that has been missing from the Hurricanes since 2001. He has started to transient to that next level of superstar that the nation will start to gravitate to and he will do it one wave at a time.
QB1 pic.twitter.com/no5dg9JCWb
— NMD Grant (@NMDgrant) September 21, 2024
The Canes will start its conference play against Virginia Tech at Hard Rock Stadium on Friday at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN.
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— NMD Grant (@NMDgrant) September 22, 2024
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Justice Sandle is a graduate of Mississippi State University earning a Bachelor of Arts and Science in Communications with a concentration in Print and Digital Journalism. During his time in Starkville, he spent a year as an intern working for Mississippi State On SI primarily covering basketball, football, baseball, and soccer while writing, recording, and creating multimedia stories during his tenor. Since graduating, he has assumed the role of lead staff writer for Miami Hurricanes On SI covering football, basketball, baseball, and all things Hurricanes related.