Colts sign CB Charvarius Ward to 3 year, $60M contract

[apballin]

Originally Posted by ChaosTheory

If AR throws < 50% and we get out-TOP'd 2:1 game after game... This way will fail, too.

Can’t win going 3 and out, 3 and out, turnover

Doesn’t matter who you have on defense or who the coordinator is

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

More contract details:

https://x.com/JoelAErickson/status/1899828217118109870

Charvarius Ward

Signing bonus: $20M
Guarantee: $34.98M

2025
Base: $2M (Gtd)
Per-game roster bonus: $30K

2026
Base: $12.98M ($5M fully gtd at signing, rest fully gtd if on roster 5th day of '26)
Per-game roster bonus: $30K

2027
Base: $17.49M
Per-game roster bonus: $30K

Up to $2M in incentives per year

The contract has also been updated on Spotrac if you prefer to view it there:

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/player/_...harvarius-ward

[AlwaysSunnyinIndy]

https://x.com/JoelAErickson/status/1900247742879871328

Charvarius Ward: "I felt like (the Colts) were the most aggressive team"

https://x.com/JoelAErickson/status/1900249689213047142

Ward acknowledges that everything that happened last year to him left him drained mentally throughout the season. "Mentally, I was in Texas with my family, but physically, I was in Santa Clara." For his mind, Ward knew he needed to get out of SF

https://x.com/JoelAErickson/status/1900250557845299202

Ward says Anarumo plans to have him travel with the opponent's best WR.

[Colts And Orioles]

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In his most recent full season in 2023, Ward led the NFL in Passes Defended (23), and had a career-high 5 INT's.

In 2024 he only played in 12 games, and he may have been playing partially injured in some of them (he had hamstring and knee issues, which caused him to miss 5 games overall.)



Overall, he's had an unexpectedly solid career for an undrafted player who played 2 seasons at Hinds Community College and 2 seasons at lightly-regarded Middle Tennessee State.

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[Dam8610]

Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles

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In his most recent full season in 2023, Ward led the NFL in Passes Defended (23), and had a career-high 5 INT's.

In 2024 he only played in 12 games, and he may have been playing partially injured in some of them (he had hamstring and knee issues, which caused him to miss 5 games overall.)



Overall, he's had an unexpectedly solid career for an undrafted player who played 2 seasons at Hinds Community College and 2 seasons at lightly-regarded Middle Tennessee State.

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In addition to injury issues, Ward also dealt with the passing of his 1 year old daughter, which he said took his mental focus off the game. I feel like Ward is one of the 2 CBs that was available that had CB1 and All-Pro potential (the other being Paulson Adebo), and given everything that happened to Ward last season, positive regression should be expected, and it's reasonable to hope for massive positive regression.