high_school height_ft years weight_lb birth_place draft_year team nationality position career_end article_title height_in birth_date number college name career_start
clinton -lrb- clinton , mississippi -rrb- 6 1998 2001 2001 -- 2002 2002 2002 -- 2003 2003 -- -- 2004 2004 2004 -- 2005 2005 -- 2006 2006 2006 1999 -- 2009 2009 2009 -- 2011 1999 -- 2000 2000 -- 2001 235.4 jackson , mississippi 1998 grand ibl -rrb- los angeles stars -lrb- aba -rrb- mobiline phone rapids pals -lrb- philippines -rrb- granada -lrb- spain -rrb- cibona zagreb hoops -lrb- croatia -rrb- granada -lrb- spain -rrb- café najjar -lrb- -lrb- lebanon -rrb- ja vichy -lrb- france -rrb- jeonju kcc egis cba -lrb- south korea -rrb- rb montecatini terme -lrb- italy -rrb- -rrb- sagesse beirut -lrb- lebanon -rrb- toyama grouses -lrb- japan -rrb- richmond toros de aragua -lrb- venezuela -rrb- fundación adepal alcázar -lrb- rhythm spain -rrb- -lrb- american power forward/center 2011 jerod ward
 9 05 may 1976 32 , 7 , 20 , 15 , 3 michigan -lrb- 1994 -- 1998 -rrb- jerod ward 1998
jerod ward

jerod davanta ward -lrb- born may 5 , 1976 -rrb- is an american former professional basketball player , who played power forward and center positions .
ward was the # 1 recruit in the nation coming out of clinton , mississippi in 1994 .
he signed with the university of michigan and comprised part of its highly touted fab five ii that included travis conlan , maceo baston , willie mitchell , and maurice taylor .
though plagued by injuries at michigan , ward ranked 5th in career three-point field goals .
the 6 ' 9 '' , 235 lbs forward has played for the grand rapids hoops of the cba , in 1998 -- 99 , he averaged 14.9 points and 5.9 rebounds per game and was named to the cba all-rookie team .
he also played for cb granada in spain , cibona zagreb -lrb- croatia -rrb- and was part of the toronto raptors training camp in 2002 .
