Denzel Ward CB #34 91 OVR
5'11''
Height
190
Weight
31
Age
10 yrs
Exp
Ohio State
College
X-Factor
Dev
405
Trade Value
Drafted: 5th Pick, 1st Round
Trade Worth: Late 1st Rd Pick
$31.50M
Contract
3
Years
$31.50M
Signing Bonus
$19.79M
Salary
$31.50M
Cap Penalty
3
Years Left
Universal Coverage
The most physical coverage defenders prevent catches from happening even when their target has hands on the ball. When they enter the zone, they are nearly guaranteed knockouts.
Force incompletions
Don't allow yards
Flat Zone KO
Defenders with this ability force more catch knockouts and react quicker in any flat zone coverage, less than 10 yards from the LoS and outside the hash marks.
Bench Press
Defenders with this ability apply bonus fatigue to their man coverage target after a successful press win
Deep Zone KO
Defenders with this ability force more catch knockouts and react quicker in deep zone coverage; 20+ yards from the LoS.
| 2028 Regular Season | Defense | |||||||||||
| WK | GAME | RESULT | Tck | Sck | Int | FF | FRec | Defl | Ctha | Sfty | TD | |
| 15 | CLE @ MEX | 20 - 73 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | PIT @ CLE | 23 - 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | BAL @ CLE | 10 - 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | CLE @ TOR | 13 - 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Defense Stats | |||||||
| Year | Team | Tackles | Sacks | FF | INT | TD | |
| 2024 | Cleveland Browns | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | Mexico City Armadillos | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2025 | Cleveland Browns | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2026 | Mexico City Armadillos | 22 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| 2027 | Minnesota Vikings | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2028 | Cleveland Browns | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |