INDIANAPOLIS – Denzel Ward will be competing for more than just his draft stock when the Ohio State cornerback participates in the vertical jump at the NFL Scouting Combine on Monday.
Through the website Pledge It, Ward set up a donation drive in which donors have committed to give a pledged amount of money to the Paul G. Ward Jr. Scholarship Fund for every inch that Ward leaps on Monday.
That cause is important to Ward because the Paul G. Ward Jr. Scholarship Fund, which will provide financial assistance to graduating seniors who are going on to college in the city of Bedford, Ohio, was set up by Ward’s family in honor of his late father.