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The Rise of Cam Ward: From Wing-T to Heisman contending QB
Cam Ward's path from zero-star recruit to Miami Hurricanes star is a lesson to all quarterback recruits: Nobody defines a player's final destination except him.
The legend of Cam Ward’s origin story has grown into an increasingly taller tale on his path from FCS All-American to Heisman frontrunner at the University of Miami.
It was one of those satellite summer camps at Incarnate Word where everyone on the team’s recruiting board, even those not, was invited. Ward, a rising senior at Columbia High School and zero-star recruit, was on the side of the 50-yard line with the have-nots. But when UIW quarterbacks coach Mack Leftwich glanced over, he kept seeing missiles fired from a 6 '2, 235-pound Ward.
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