Cam Ward goes to Nashville as the next quarterback for the Titans' franchise. The former zero-star prospect turned his career from nothing into being the top pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. The hustle for Ward didn't come overnight,

"No one wanted him." How Ward let outsiders' doubt fuel his rise from a no-star recruit to becoming the future face of an NFL franchise.

The name Cam Ward has very different meanings in North Carolina's Research Triangle and the rest of the country. In Raleigh, N.C., he is forever the nerve center of the Carolina Hurricanes' 2006 Stanley Cup team—the rookie who backstopped his squad to the promised land.