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ATLANTA (AP) — Miami quarterback and Heisman Trophy candidate 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 throw to Elijah Arroyo in the first quarter of the Hurricanes’ fourth-ranked game at Georgia Tech — was his 30th of the season.

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

Ward, a fifth-year player who spent his first two seasons at FCS member Incarnate Word and the past two seasons at Washington State, is one of five players in NCAA history across all divisions to top 17,000 passing yards in his career gained yards.

He entered Saturday at 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 on that list ahead of Ward now are No. 2 Dillon Gabriel (17,530 yards during Oregon’s home game against Maryland on Saturday) and No. 1 Case Keenum (19,217).

Ward started this season Saturday with 3,146 yards, the 10th most of any Miami player in a single year. He is on pace to easily break the Hurricanes mark that has stood for four decades: Bernie Kosar passed for a Miami record of 3,642 yards in 1984.

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