On a recent appearance with Bussin' With The Boys, Miami head coach Mario Cristobal described what it was like when No. 1 overall pick Cam Ward first entered the building.
"Well the best story was he got here [Coral Gables] and we really needed an alpha at quarterback..."
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Mario Cristobal + Field Yates join the boys for episode #349
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ud83dudcfa 6AM pic.twitter.com/6knAWueGwc— Bussin' With The Boys (@BussinWTB) October 7, 2025Cristobal mentioned that when Ward first got to Miami he wanted all of the wide receivers' phone numbers so he could get some routes in on the first Saturday.