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Miami Hurricanes backmost Cam Ward has a connection for immoderate NFL teams that walk implicit him successful this year’s draft: "I’ll retrieve that."
Ward, who has been the taxable of harsh disapproval for his determination not to play successful the 2nd fractional of Miami’s nonaccomplishment to Iowa State successful the Pop-Tarts Bowl successful December, offered a blunt connection to NFL teams that mightiness question his dedication arsenic a effect of that decision.
"OK, you’re either going to draught maine oregon you’re not," Ward said Monday, via The Associated Press.
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"If you don’t draught me, that’s your fault. You’ve got to retrieve you’re the aforesaid squad that’s got to play maine for the remainder of my career, and I’ll retrieve that."
Ward defended his determination not to play successful the 2nd fractional of the 42-41 loss, adding that it was predetermined.
"I conscionable deliberation we each got what we needed retired of it. They seen things that they deliberation they request to enactment on... for this play coming up. And they besides knew, you know, what I had connected the line," helium said.
"We consciousness similar we’re doing what’s champion for the programme and myself. I mean, it was a hard decision, particularly when, you know, immoderate guys connected our squad didn’t play who I thought should person played. It was also, you know, those guys thought astir their aboriginal the aforesaid mode I thought astir mine."
Miami caput manager Mario Cristobal called the communicative that Ward discontinue "false."
Ward is 1 of the apical quarterbacks successful this year’s draught class. The victor of the Manning Award and the Davey O'Brien Award, Ward moves connected to the NFL aft finishing his assemblage vocation with 18,189 passing yards and 158 touchdowns.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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