Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Alex Ward was born April 21, 1999, in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. He is a long snapper in the NFL.

Ward redshirted his true freshman year at UCF and spent his redshirt freshman season as a backup long snapper. As a redshirt senior, he was a finalist for the Patrick Mannelly Award. Ward used the extra year of eligibility granted to college athletes due to the COVID-19 pandemic and returned to UCF for a sixth season and was a finalist for the Mannelly Award for a second straight year. Ward played in 47 games over the course of his college career. After the conclusion of his college career Ward played in the 2023 Senior Bowl and the 2023 Hula Bowl.

Ward was signed by the Los Angeles Rams as an undrafted free agent on April 29, 2023, shortly after the conclusion of the 2023 NFL Draft.