Greg Ward threw more touchdown passes in college than Carson Wentz and had a higher career passer rating than Nick Foles.
These days, his job is catching passes, not throwing them.
It's quite a transition from big-time NCAA Division 1 quarterback to NFL wide receiver, but at 5-foot-11, 185 pounds, the former Houston Cougar knows where his future is.
Ward spent all of last year on the Eagles' practice squad, learning the nuances of a new position and figuring out how to think like a receiver instead of a quarterback.
He looked surprisingly polished at wide out in training camp, caught nine passes for 63 yards in the preseason and then spent the season focusing on getting better.
"I still haven't 100 percent gotten the position," Ward said after a recent rookie camp practice. "I always feel like I can get better, always feel like I can learn something new, feel like there'll always be something to improve on.
"Last year was a big year for me. Just learning a new position, learning football period, learning from Alshon (Jeffery), Torrey (Smith) and Nelson (Agholor), it was a very important year for me.
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"Just gathering every bit of information I could watching those guys practice and watching them in games and then learning how to apply what you've learned to your game."
Ward never did get a chance to play, but he said he felt himself getting better as the year went along.
"Everybody wants to play," said Ward, who led Houston to a Peach Bowl win over No. 9 Florida State in Atlanta at the end of his junior year.
"You're a competitor, that's why we all do this. But I was humbled and thankful just to be on a Super Bowl team. Just to be in the NFL period. Some guys aren't able to play football at all. I'm just grateful to be on a football team.
"But this is not the end of my story. I am going to get out there and I am going to play."
Ward was with the Eagles during their postseason run and he was there in Minneapolis for the Super Bowl.
He used every moment, every day, as an opportunity to improve. Even if nobody could see it happening.
"The biggest thing I learned was just being patient, just being humble," he said. "Our team last year, there was nobody that was selfish. Nobody who thought they were bigger than anybody else. I learned patience and the importance of doing extra. Getting extra work, studying more, watching more film. That's what it takes to win a championship."
The Eagles have quite a crowd at wide receiver, with Jeffery, Agholor and Mack Hollins back, Wallace and Markus Wheaton in the fold and guys like Bryce Treggs, Shelton Gibson and Rashard Davis all also in the mix.
But Ward doesn't concern himself with the numbers.
"The next step for me is to separate myself," he said. "As a competitor, especially coming from being undrafted, you have to separate yourself. You have to be different.
"You have to catch whoever's eye it is, head coach, position coach, catch everybody's eyes. They have to see value in you. That's where I am right now. Trying to separate myself."
How long will it take?
"I'm leaving that up to God," he said. "I know I'm putting in the hard work and I know one day it will pay off. I know that day will come."
