Jowyn Ward Class: Senior Hometown: Katy, Texas High School: Mayde Creek HS Height / Weight: 6-2 / 282 Position: Defensive Tackle Experience: 3L

Arizona: 3L... Contender for nose tackle role in 2012... Started USC, Oregon State and Colorado games in 2011... Nine tackles, 1.5 for losses... Career-best three hits against Oregon State... Redshirted 2010... Lettered in each of his first two years as reserve... Played in four games as backup in 2009 with a tackle at Stanford... Pitched in and helped bolster line depth as a true freshman in 2008, appearing in five games... Had a tackle in second game against Toledo and recovered a fumble against Washington State... Helped UA continue its string of recruiting successes in greater Houston area in class of 2008...

Career: 19 Games played, 3 starts, 11 tackles, FR, 1.5 TFL, 1-4 Sk

High School: Mayde Creek High School, Houston, 2008... First-team All-District 18-5A as a defensive lineman in 2007... PrepStar All-Midlands... Dave Campbell's Texas Football Top 20 DL... 5Atexasfootball DL super list... Reported 80 tackles and four sacks his senior year... 71 tackles as a junior...Two-way lineman for coach Joe Sheffy, offensively as a short-yardage blocker, and scored a touchdown on a fumble recovery against Alief Taylor... Second-team All-District 18-5A defense as junior... Eighth place in 5A Region III track meet in April 2007 in shot put...

Personal: Academic major is economics... Outstanding student recruited by service academies... Pronunciation: Joe-win