Miami quarterback Cam Ward broke the Division I career touchdown pass record on Saturday when he completed his 156th career touchdown pass to Jacolby George with 4:12 left in the first quarter of the Pop-Tarts Bowl.

The four-yard score, Ward’s 37th touchdown pass of the season, tied former Houston quarterback Case Keenum, who holds the Football Bowl Subdivision-only record with 155 touchdown passes.

Ward, who was named ACC Player of the Year, was a Heisman Trophy finalist and is expected to be selected in the first round of the NFL Draft, spent his first two years of college football at Incarnate Word, a Football Championship Subdivision program. He threw 71 touchdown passes there before moving to Washington State for two seasons. Ward threw 48 touchdown passes in two seasons with the Cougars before moving to Miami in January.

Ward may not hold the record for too long. Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel has thrown 153 career touchdown passes – all at the FBS level – and will play Ohio State in the College Football Playoff quarterfinals on Jan. 1 in the Rose Bowl in the semifinals of the 12-team round.

Gabriel is already the FBS leader in career touchdowns with 186. Ward has 176 career touchdowns, including 20 on the ground.

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