Stoically sitting upon the sideline bench during the oft ritualistic homecoming game, third string safety Mitchel Ward observes as his fellow Chadron State teammates take the field against their fierce opponents, but his mind is not dwelling at the obstacle at hand. As his colleagues bleed and sweat on their beloved home field, Ward is planning his ascension to the greatest height of heights: the National Football League.
“This is just a warm up,” Ward told the Dailyer. “My true challenge will begin once I am drafted to the NFL. It is my destiny, my calling. God put me on this earth to play in the pros, and I refuse to let anyone tell me otherwise.”
Ward was signed to Chadron State in 2011, moving from the highly competitive state of California, where Ward claims athletic recognition was based less on pure ability and more on politics.

“Yeah the whole system is broke down there. It’s all about who you know and not about how well you play. That’s why I came to Chadron State, because this is where I’m gonna get noticed by the pros, and once that happens, I’ll be laughin’ at all those “athletic specimens” they built up back in California.”

Since attending Chadron State, Ward has played an accumulated one minute and thirty six seconds across seven games. In that time span, Ward believes he has shown enough potential to be considered for the pros.
“I know scouts have seen me and were impressed, they’re just not trying to make a huge fuss about me because they don’t want other scouts to catch on to my unbounded potential.”

Currently a Junior, Ward is still an undeclared major, asserting that he will likely be drafted at the end of this season, therefore a degree isn’t necessary.

“We are incredibly worried about Mitchel,” Alexis Payne, head advisor to undeclared students stated. “We even gathered all his teammates and coaching staff into a room with him, where they all took turns screaming ‘You’re not fucking good at all! Get a goddamn degree you son of a bitch!’ but it seemed to have no effect. He is a brick fucking wall, that Mitchel Ward. Whatever, fuck him. I don’t give a shit anymore. God damnit I need a cigarette.”

Ward later entered the homecoming game in the fourth quarter, where he failed to stop seven, yes seven, touchdown passes.