Jihad Ward

LB · LV/IND/BAL/JAX/NYG/MIN/TEN · 2016–2026

Born May 11, 1994 · College Illinois; Globe Institute · Drafted 2016, round 2, pick 44 (LV) · 6-5, 285 lb

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2016	LV	15	30	0.0	10	0	0	0
2017	LV	2	2	1.0	1	1	0	0
2018	IND	4	4	3.0	6	3	0	0
2019	BAL	8	7	1.0	5	1	1	0
2019 playoffs	BAL	1	2	0.0	2	0	0	0
2020	BAL	9	16	3.0	8	4	2	0
2020 playoffs	BAL	1	3	0.0	0	1	0	0
2021	JAX	15	32	2.0	7	3	0	0
2022	NYG	15	43	3.0	13	7	4	2
2022 playoffs	NYG	2	3	0.0	1	1	0	0
2023	NYG	14	24	5.0	9	5	0	1
2024	MIN	13	10	1.0	14	1	1	0
2024 playoffs	MIN	1	2	0.0	0	0	0	0
2025	TEN	17	31	5.0	22	4	4	0
2026	NYG	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0
Career	NYG	113	200	24.0	95	29	12	3

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2016	LV	16	–	–	624	60.5
2017	LV	5	–	–	122	38.6
2018	IND	6	–	–	138	32.2
2019	IND/BAL	14	–	–	396	46.2
2019 playoffs	BAL	1	–	–	26	51.0
2020	BAL	10	–	–	270	39.7
2020 playoffs	BAL	2	–	–	26	25.5
2021	JAX	17	–	–	448	41.1
2022	NYG	16	–	–	650	62.2
2022 playoffs	NYG	2	–	–	82	65.1
2023	NYG	17	–	–	652	58.5
2024	MIN	17	–	–	464	41.5
2024 playoffs	MIN	1	–	–	38	74.5
2025	TEN	17	–	–	700	67.6

Game logs

2026 game log (1 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
5	2026-10-11	@ WAS	T 27–27 OT	1	0.0	0	0

2025 game log (17 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2025-09-07	@ DEN	L 12–20	2	0.0	0
2	2025-09-14	vs LA	L 19–33	0	0.0	0
3	2025-09-21	vs IND	L 20–41	0	0.0	0
4	2025-09-28	@ HOU	L 0–26	2	0.0	0
5	2025-10-05	@ ARI	W 22–21	1	0.0	1
6	2025-10-12	@ LV	L 10–20	3	0.0	1
7	2025-10-19	vs NE	L 13–31	4	1.0	0
8	2025-10-26	@ IND	L 14–38	1	0.0	0
9	2025-11-02	vs LAC	L 20–27	4	2.5	0
11	2025-11-16	vs HOU	L 13–16	0	0.0	0
12	2025-11-23	vs SEA	L 24–30	0	0.0	1
13	2025-11-30	vs JAX	L 3–25	2	1.0	0
14	2025-12-07	@ CLE	W 31–29	4	0.0	0
15	2025-12-14	@ SF	L 24–37	3	0.0	0
16	2025-12-21	vs KC	W 26–9	1	0.5	1
17	2025-12-28	vs NO	L 26–34	1	0.0	0
18	2026-01-04	@ JAX	L 7–41	3	0.0	0

2024 game log (14 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2024-09-08	@ NYG	W 28–6	0	0.0	0
2	2024-09-15	vs SF	W 23–17	0	0.0	0
4	2024-09-29	@ GB	W 31–29	0	0.0	0
5	2024-10-06	vs NYJ	W 23–17	0	0.0	1
9	2024-11-03	vs IND	W 21–13	2	1.0	0
10	2024-11-10	@ JAX	W 12–7	1	0.0	0
11	2024-11-17	@ TEN	W 23–13	1	0.0	0
13	2024-12-01	vs ARI	W 23–22	1	0.0	0
14	2024-12-08	vs ATL	W 42–21	2	0.0	0
15	2024-12-16	vs CHI	W 30–12	0	0.0	0
16	2024-12-22	@ SEA	W 27–24	0	0.0	0
17	2024-12-29	vs GB	W 27–25	1	0.0	0
18	2025-01-05	@ DET	L 9–31	2	0.0	0
P19	2025-01-13	@ LA	L 9–27	2	0.0	0

2023 game log (14 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2023-09-10	vs DAL	L 0–40	0	0.0
2	2023-09-17	@ ARI	W 31–28	1	0.0
3	2023-09-21	@ SF	L 12–30	1	0.0
5	2023-10-08	@ MIA	L 16–31	1	0.0
6	2023-10-15	@ BUF	L 9–14	2	0.0
7	2023-10-22	vs WAS	W 14–7	0	0.0
8	2023-10-29	vs NYJ	L 10–13 OT	1	0.0
9	2023-11-05	@ LV	L 6–30	3	0.0
10	2023-11-12	@ DAL	L 17–49	1	0.0
11	2023-11-19	@ WAS	W 31–19	1	1.0
12	2023-11-26	vs NE	W 10–7	5	1.5
16	2023-12-25	@ PHI	L 25–33	4	0.5
17	2023-12-31	vs LA	L 25–26	3	1.0
18	2024-01-07	vs PHI	W 27–10	1	1.0

2022 game log (17 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2022-09-11	@ TEN	W 21–20	6	0.0	0
2	2022-09-18	vs CAR	W 19–16	4	0.0	0
3	2022-09-26	vs DAL	L 16–23	6	0.0	1
4	2022-10-02	vs CHI	W 20–12	4	1.0	0
5	2022-10-09	@ GB	W 27–22	1	0.0	0
6	2022-10-16	vs BAL	W 24–20	2	0.0	0
7	2022-10-23	@ JAX	W 23–17	2	0.0	0
8	2022-10-30	@ SEA	L 13–27	0	0.0	1
10	2022-11-13	vs HOU	W 24–16	1	1.0	0
11	2022-11-20	vs DET	L 18–31	4	0.0	1
12	2022-11-24	@ DAL	L 20–28	1	0.0	0
13	2022-12-04	vs WAS	T 20–20 OT	3	1.0	0
14	2022-12-11	vs PHI	L 22–48	1	0.0	0
16	2022-12-24	@ MIN	L 24–27	4	0.0	1
17	2023-01-01	vs IND	W 38–10	4	0.0	0
P19	2023-01-15	@ MIN	W 31–24	1	0.0	0
P20	2023-01-21	@ PHI	L 7–38	2	0.0	0

2021 game log (15 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2021-09-12	@ HOU	L 21–37	4	0.0
2	2021-09-19	vs DEN	L 13–23	2	0.0
3	2021-09-26	vs ARI	L 19–31	2	0.0
4	2021-09-30	@ CIN	L 21–24	2	0.0
5	2021-10-10	vs TEN	L 19–37	3	0.0
6	2021-10-17	vs MIA	W 23–20	1	0.0
8	2021-10-31	@ SEA	L 7–31	1	0.0
10	2021-11-14	@ IND	L 17–23	1	0.0
11	2021-11-21	vs SF	L 10–30	1	0.0
12	2021-11-28	vs ATL	L 14–21	2	0.0
13	2021-12-05	@ LA	L 7–37	2	0.0
14	2021-12-12	@ TEN	L 0–20	1	1.0
16	2021-12-26	@ NYJ	L 21–26	5	1.0
17	2022-01-02	@ NE	L 10–50	4	0.0
18	2022-01-09	vs IND	W 26–11	1	0.0

2020 game log (10 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2020-09-13	vs CLE	W 38–6	6	0.0	0
2	2020-09-20	@ HOU	W 33–16	2	0.0	0
3	2020-09-28	vs KC	L 20–34	2	0.0	0
5	2020-10-11	vs CIN	W 27–3	0	0.0	0
6	2020-10-18	@ PHI	W 30–28	2	1.0	0
13	2020-12-08	vs DAL	W 34–17	1	1.0	0
14	2020-12-14	@ CLE	W 47–42	1	0.0	1
16	2020-12-27	vs NYG	W 27–13	1	1.0	0
17	2021-01-03	@ CIN	W 38–3	1	0.0	1
P18	2021-01-10	@ TEN	W 20–13	3	0.0	0

2019 game log (9 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2019-09-08	@ LAC	L 24–30 OT	0	0.0	1
6	2019-10-13	vs CIN	W 23–17	2	0.0	0
7	2019-10-20	@ SEA	W 30–16	1	0.0	0
9	2019-11-03	vs NE	W 37–20	1	1.0	0
10	2019-11-10	@ CIN	W 49–13	1	0.0	0
12	2019-11-25	@ LA	W 45–6	0	0.0	0
13	2019-12-01	vs SF	W 20–17	1	0.0	0
15	2019-12-12	vs NYJ	W 42–21	1	0.0	0
P19	2020-01-11	vs TEN	L 12–28	2	0.0	0

2018 game log (4 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
2	2018-09-16	@ WAS	W 21–9	1	1.0
4	2018-09-30	vs HOU	L 34–37 OT	1	1.0
5	2018-10-04	@ NE	L 24–38	0	0.0
6	2018-10-14	@ NYJ	L 34–42	2	1.0

2017 game log (2 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD
16	2017-12-25	@ PHI	L 10–19	1	1.0	0	0
17	2017-12-31	@ LAC	L 10–30	1	0.0	0	0

2016 game log (15 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
1	2016-09-11	@ NO	W 35–34	3
2	2016-09-18	vs ATL	L 28–35	2
3	2016-09-25	@ TEN	W 17–10	4
4	2016-10-02	@ BAL	W 28–27	2
5	2016-10-09	vs LAC	W 34–31	1
6	2016-10-16	vs KC	L 10–26	1
7	2016-10-23	@ JAX	W 33–16	0
8	2016-10-30	@ TB	W 30–24 OT	2
11	2016-11-21	vs HOU	W 27–20	1
12	2016-11-27	vs CAR	W 35–32	2
13	2016-12-04	vs BUF	W 38–24	2
14	2016-12-08	@ KC	L 13–21	7
15	2016-12-18	@ LAC	W 19–16	1
16	2016-12-24	vs IND	W 33–25	1
17	2017-01-01	@ DEN	L 6–24	1