Adrian Ward (American football)

{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1982)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Adrian Ward

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| position = Cornerback

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|7|1|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Berkeley, California, U.S.

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| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lbs = 170 {{Cite web | url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerw/ward00360.html | title=Unknown }}{{Dead link | date=September 2024 | fix-attempted=yes}}

| high_school =

| college = UTEP

| draftyear = 2005

| draftround = 7

| draftpick = 219

| pastteams =

• Minnesota Vikings ({{NFL Year|2005}})*
• New York Giants ({{NFL Year|2005}})*
• Calgary Stampeders ({{CFL Year|2007}})*

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Adrian Michael Ward (born July 1, 1982) is an American former professional football cornerback for the Minnesota Vikings and the New York Giants in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Texas at El Paso after attending Chabot College in Hayward, California. He was selected by the Vikings in the seventh round of the 2005 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=2005 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2005/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/2008-05-23-3429233083_x.htm|title=Vikings waive DE James|date=May 23, 2010|work=USA Today|accessdate=January 30, 2010}} Waived by the Vikings in September 2005,{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/transactions/_/name/min/minnesota-vikings|title=Minnesota Vikings Transactions – 2005|publisher=ESPN|access-date=January 30, 2010}} Ward was signed a little over a week later to the Giants' practice squad, on which he competed briefly. In 2007, the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL) signed him as a free agent.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/transactions/_/name/nyg/new-york-giants|title=New York Giants Transactions – 2005|publisher=ESPN|access-date=January 30, 2010}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/article/stampeders_sign_trio_of_imports|title=Stampeders sign trio of imports|date=May 11, 2007|publisher=Canadian Football League|accessdate=January 30, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825203202/http://www.cfl.ca/article/stampeders_sign_trio_of_imports|archive-date=August 25, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}