While Tennessee has Will Levis, who started 12 games last season, it would be anything but surprising if Ward is the starter in Week 1 of the 2025 campaign. It's not as if Levis was excellent while going 2-10 with 13 touchdown passes to 12 interceptions in those 12 starts, and the Miami product brings a much higher ceiling.

In a draft full of twists, trades, and shockers, one name rose above the rest: Cam Ward. Once labeled "overweight" and lightly recruited, Ward's improbable rise from a zero-star high school recruit to the No.