CAREER HIGHS Receptions: 16, vs. Baylor (2011)
Yards: 180, vs. Kansas (2012)
Touchdowns: 3 2x, at TCU (2012)*
Longest Reception: 48, at Oklahoma (2011)
All-Purpose Yards: 180, vs. Kansas (2012)
* Indicates most recent high
2012 Phil Steele All-Big 12 (3rd Team)... Dallas Morning News All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... San Antonio Express-News All-Big 12 (1st Team)... All-Big 12 (Honorable Mention)... Biletnikoff Award Watch List (Nation's Top Receiver)... Preseason Phil Steele All-Big 12 (2nd Team)... Preseason Phil Steele No. 51 Nationally-Ranked WR... Preseason College Sports Madness All-Big 12 (3rd Team)... NCAA RANKINGS: eighth in receiving touchdowns (12)... 19th in receptions/game (6.83)... 20th in receptions (82)... 26th in receiving yards/game (87.75)... 24th in receiving yards (1,053)... BIG 12 RANKINGS: fourth in 100-yard receiving games (5)... third in receiving touchdowns (12)... fifth in receiving yards (1,053)... fifth in receiving yards/game (87.8)... sixth in receptions (82)... sixth in receptions/game (6.8)... 10th in scoring touchdowns (12)... TEXAS TECH RECORD BOOKS: seventh in touchdown receptions (12)... ranks fourth in Tech career receiving touchdowns (23)... joins Michael Crabtree as the only players in school history to catch 12 touchdowns in back-to-back seasons... played in 12 games (12 starts) with 82 receptions, a team-leading 1,053 receiving yards and 12 receiving touchdowns... averaged 87.8 receiving yards/game... averaged 12.8 yards/reception... five 100-yard receiving performances this season (7 career)... caught multiple touchdowns during three games in the season (7 career)... had at least three receptions in every game (12) played during the season... caught at least one touchdown in seven contests... had at least 100 yards receiving in four of the last six games of the season... made seven catches for 79 yards with a receiving touchdown against Minnesota (12/28) in the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas at Reliant Stadium... had nine receptions for 113 yards with a touchdown against Baylor (11/24) at Cowboys Stadium... made five catches for 38 yards (long 13) at No. 24 Oklahoma State (11/17)... recorded third straight 100-yard receiving performance with 12 catches for 180 yards against Kansas (11/10)... became the first Red Raider since 2007 (Michael Crabtree) to have three consecutive 100-yard performances... 180 receiving yards marked the most by a Red Raider in Big 12 play since 2007 (Michael Crabtree - 9 REC, 195 YDS, 2 TD - at Texas)... tallied second straight 100-yard receiving performance with eight catches for 126 yards (long 22) against No. 22 Texas (11/3)... became the first Red Raider with back-to-back 100-yard receiving games since 2011 (Alex Torres - vs. Texas A&M/K-State)... recorded 161 yards receiving on 11 catches with two touchdowns at No. 3 Kansas State (10/27)... marked the most receiving yards in a Big 12 game by a Red Raider since 2009 (Alex Torres - 163 vs. Oklahoma)... led the team with six catches for 61 yards (long 29) and tied a career high with three touchdown receptions at No. 21 TCU (10/20)... caught one touchdown and made four receptions for 37 yards against No. 4 West Virginia (10/13)... caught three passes for 20 yards (long 8) against No. 14 Oklahoma (10/6)... led the team with nine catches for 122 yards receiving with one touchdown at Iowa State (9/29)... marked first 100-yard receiving performance of the season (2nd career)... touchdown marked the fourth of the season (15th career)... Iowa State performance reached two career milestones of 1,000 career receiving yards and 100 career receptions... caught three touchdown passes - all in the first half - with five catches for 90 yards (long 39) against New Mexico (9/15)... became the first Tech player to catch three touchdown passes in a game since Alex Torres caught three at No. 1 Oklahoma in 2011... became the first Red Raider with three receiving touchdowns in the first half since 2007 (Michael Crabtree, 3 - at Oklahoma State)... made season debut with three catches for 26 yards in season opener against Northwestern State (9/1).
2011 All-Big 12 honorable mention (Coaches)... All-Big 12 third team (Phil Steele)... All-Big 12 second team (San Antonio Express-News)... All-Big 12 second team (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)... All-Big 12 second team (Waco Tribune-Herald)... Academic All-Big 12 second team... All-Big 12 Midseason second team (Phil Steele)... NCAA RANKINGS: tied for 11th in receiving touchdowns... tied for 18th in receptions per game (7.0)... BIG 12 RANKINGS: tied for third in receiving touchdowns (11)... ranked fourth in receptions per game (7.0)... ranked ninth in receiving yards per game (66.7)... one of 26 players in the conference with a 100-yard receiving game... played in 12 games (11 starts) leading the team with 84 receptions, 800 receiving yards, 11 receiving touchdowns and averaging 66.7 yards receiving per game... averaged 9.5 yards per catch... marked the ninth time during the last 16 years that a Texas Tech player made at least 80 catches with at least 800 yards receiving (Detron Lewis, 2010; Michael Crabtree, 2008, Michael Crabtree, 2007; Danny Amendola, 2007; Joel Filani, 2006; Robert Johnson, 2006; Wes Welker, 2003; Wes Welker, 2002)... second on the team in scoring (66 points)... second on the team in all-purpose yards (807)... recorded four multiple touchdown performances... scored at least one touchdown in seven of 12 games played... broke school single-game record with 16 receptions against No. 18 Baylor at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington (11/26)... also tallied 151 receiving yards with two touchdowns against the Bears... 16 receptions marked the most by a Big 12 player during the season and was two shy of the league's all-time record for receptions in a single-game (18, Albert Connell, Texas A&M - 1996)... 16 catches in a single-game tied for the second most by a player in the nation... caught seven passes for 46 yards at Missouri (11/19)... made four catches for 36 yards against No. 2 Oklahoma State (11/12)... has caught at least five passes in five consecutive games... led team with eight catches for 75 yards with a touchdown at No. 25 Texas (11/5)... led team catching five passes for 62 yards (long 19) against Iowa State (10/29)... caught six passes for 78 yards at No. 1 Oklahoma (10/22)... recorded eight catches for 63 yards receiving against No. 17 Kansas State (10/15)... made 10 catches for 74 yards with one receiving touchdown against No. 24 Texas A&M (10/8)... became the first Texas Tech WR to catch at least one touchdown in the first five games of the season since Michael Crabtree in 2008... became the first Texas Tech WR to catch multiple touchdowns in three consecutive games since Michael Crabtree posted multiple touchdown catches in four straight games in 2008... caught four passes for 71 yards with two touchdowns at Kansas (10/1)... led team with six catches for 51 yards receiving with two touchdowns, including game-winning touchdown with 36 seconds left in the game to give Tech the 35-34 victory over Nevada (9/24)... marked back-to-back games with multiple receiving touchdowns... posted eight catches for 87 yards with two receiving touchdowns at New Mexico (9/17)... marked first career multiple touchdown performance... caught two passes for six yards including first career touchdown catch during season opener against Texas State (9/3)... TD catch from QB Seth Doege came in the fourth quarter with 3:27 left to play to give Tech a 40-point advantage.
2010 Played in 11 games (1 start) making six receptions for 63 yards receiving (10.5 avg.) and also made two tackles (both solo) on the season... made one catch for seven yards against Northwestern in the TicketCity Bowl (1/1) at the Cotton Bowl... equaled a season-high two catches for a season-best 27 yards against Weber State (11/20)... made first career start at wide receiver at No. 16 Oklahoma (11/13)... also made two catches for 23 yards against No. 14 Missouri (11/6)... made career debut making first career catch for six yards against SMU (9/5) in season-opener.
2009 Redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL Enrolled in January ... four-star (Rivals.com, Scout.com) wide receiver from Rider High School in Wichita Falls, Texas ... PrepStar All-Midlands Region ... No. 16 wide receiver nationally, per Scout.com ... No. 41 wide receiver nationally, according to Rivals.com ... No. 31 overall prospect on the Rivals.com Texas Postseason Top 100 list ... good size and excellent feel for the game ... good surge off the snap and is a strong runner in the open field ... elusive in the open field ... grabbed 53 catches for 1,063 yards and 15 touchdowns during junior season ... clocked at 4.4 in the 40 ... Class 4A All-State honorable mention ... district most valuable player ... also received offers from Oklahoma, Arizona, Arizona State and Tulsa ... High School Coach: Scott Ponder.
PERSONAL Eric Ward ... born on July 24, 1990, in Los Angeles, Calif. ... son of Katherine Veals and Michael Wesley ... has one brother and two sisters ... majoring in human development and family studies.
