Miami's Cam Ward sets a school record with his 30th TD pass of the season

Miami quarterback and Heisman Trophy contender Cam Ward has another milestone on his resume.

Ward is now the Hurricanes' single-season record holder for touchdown passes, reaching that mark on Saturday. His first scoring pass of the game – a 74-yard toss to Elijah Arroyo in the first quarter of the fourth-ranked Hurricanes' game at Georgia Tech – was his 30th of the season.

Ward, the first FBS quarterback to reach the 30-touchdown mark this season, tied Steve Walsh for the school single-season record on Saturday. Walsh had 29 touchdown passes for the Hurricanes in 1988.

Ward, a fifth-year player who spent his first two seasons with FCS member Incarnate Word and the last two seasons with Washington State, is one of five players in NCAA All-Division history to reach the mark in their career of 17,000 yards.

He entered Saturday ranked No. 5 on that list with 17,022 yards — and the 74-yard touchdown moved him to No. 3 on the list, ahead of Tyson Bagent (17,034) and Timmy Chang (17,072).

The only players ahead of Ward on this list now are No. 2 Dillon Gabriel (17,530 yards before Oregon's home game against Maryland on Saturday) and No. 1 Case Keenum (19,217).

Ward entered Saturday with 3,146 yards rushing this season, the 10th most of any Miami player in a single year. He's on pace to easily break the Hurricanes' 40-year mark – Bernie Kosar set the Miami record of 3,642 yards in 1984.