[1] With the Georgia Southern Eagles, Ham helped lead the team to back-to-back Division I-AA titles.
The Eagles defeated Furman in the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, with Ham throwing for 419 yards and four touchdowns along with running in a two-point conversion.
After his college career, Ham was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the ninth round of the 1987 NFL draft.
[4] However, on May 22, 1987, Ham signed a three-year deal with the Edmonton Eskimos of the CFL due to a belief that NFL teams wanted him to play a position other than quarterback.
With the trading of Dunigan to the BC Lions and injuries to Allen, Ham established himself as their new starting quarterback.
In 1989, he won the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award in leading the Eskimos to a 16-2 record, throwing for 4,366 yards on 268 completions out of 517 attempts with 30 touchdowns to 18 interceptions.
With the demise of the US-based teams, the core of the Stallions franchise was transferred to Montreal where they became the third incarnation of the Alouettes.
The team's offense was geared to the running attack, especially when Mike Pringle returned from the NFL midway through the 1996 season.