Bad stats: 10/10
Role in team success: 10/10
Expectations: 1/10
Overall Bust Index: 21/30
Ward is the second two-sport star to appear on this list. As a college quarterback, he led the Seminoles to a 23-2 record in his two years as a starter, with two Orange Bowl wins and a national championship. As a basketball player, Ward averaged 8.1 points and 2.6 steals per game for the Seminoles in four seasons.
After his college career ended, Ward made it clear to NFL teams that he would stick to basketball unless he was drafted in the first round of the 1994 NFL draft. Due to his small size and possible risk of choosing basketball over football, he went undrafted. Instead, he was taken by the Knicks with the No. 26 overall pick in the 1996 NBA draft. He spent 11 seasons in the NBA, averaging 6.3 points per game and shooting 36 percent from 3-point range. Though his NBA career was a success, his absence from the NFL makes him a bust in this context.
