Player Dossier

2020-2025

Ball State

Qian Magwood

WR • 6'0" • 184 lbs • Hilltop, OH, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Qian Magwood reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

21%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

39

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

33

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

56

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Ball State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Ball State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan

Player Story

Qian Magwood built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Hilltop, OH wearing No. 5, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Qian Magwood's career was his receiving role: 83...

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Qian Magwood, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Ball State. Qian Magwood reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
885
Receptions
83
Touchdowns
7

Quick Answers

Qian Magwood quick answers

Latest team and position
Ball State · WR
Career Receiving Yards
885
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 31 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Ball State
Top game
Western Michigan
High school pipeline
Cardinal Newman · 19 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 5 · Senior
2025 Receiving yards rank
320 receiving yards · WR 342nd (top 32%) · Mid-American 30th (top 16%) · National 416th (top 19%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonBall State0-00-
2021 Regular SeasonBall State0-00-
2022 Regular SeasonBall State0-00-
2023 Regular SeasonBall State1141358170.8
2024 Regular SeasonBall State1023207442.4
2025 Regular SeasonBall State1019320265.8

Related Context

Qian Magwood played WR for Ball State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Qian Magwood recorded 19 passing yards, 6 rushing yards, and 885 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Ball State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Ball State paired 358 primary output with 56.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 56.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2023 Regular Season · Ball State

Games

11

Receiving Yards / G

32.5

Efficiency

56.5

Usage

24.3

Consistency

45.8

Best Game by takeover score

Western Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kentucky: 38. Georgia: 32. Indiana State: 14. Georgia Southern: 47. Western Michigan: 110. Eastern Michigan: 19. Central Michigan: 49. Bowling Green: 0. Northern Illinois: 26. Kent State: 11. Miami (OH): 12

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kentucky: 4 by 63.3. Georgia: 5 by 42.7. Indiana State: 3 by 31.1. Georgia Southern: 3 by 100. Western Michigan: 9 by 81.5. Eastern Michigan: 3 by 42.2. Central Michigan: 7 by 46.7. Northern Illinois: 3 by 57.8. Kent State: 1 by 73.3. Miami (OH): 3 by 26.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins25 · Games = 4 · -11.9 vs Losses
Losses36.9 · Games = 7 · +11.9 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Western Michigan

Best efficiency game

100 vs Georgia Southern

Result
Sat 11/25vs Miami (OH)L 15-173124408
Sat 11/18vs Kent StateW 34-31111111011
Wed 11/8@ Northern IllinoisW 20-173268.78.70021
Wed 11/1@ Bowling GreenL 21-24
Sat 10/21vs Central MichiganW 24-1774977016
Sat 10/7@ Eastern MichiganL 10-243196.36.30015
Sat 9/30@ Western Michigan100 receiving yards · High volumeL 24-42911012.212.20132
Sat 9/23vs Georgia SouthernL 3-4034715.715.70020
Sat 9/16vs Indiana StateW 45-73144.74.70018
Sat 9/9@ GeorgiaL 3-455326.46.40010
Sat 9/2@ KentuckyL 14-444389.59.50022

Player Story

Qian Magwood story

Qian Magwood built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Hilltop, OH wearing No. 5, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Qian Magwood's career was his receiving role: 83 catches, 885 receiving yards, 6 touchdowns, and 6 rushing yards across 31 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Ball State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 19 passing yards, 6 rushing yards, and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 31 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Ball State.

The arc is straightforward: Qian Magwood moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Ball State

    2020-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202020212022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonBall State0
2021 Regular SeasonBall State00
2022 Regular SeasonBall State00
2023 Regular SeasonBall State35856.524.3358
2024 Regular SeasonBall State20747.99.9-151
2025 Regular SeasonBall State32085.114.1113

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Western Michigan

Week 5 · L 24-42 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

110

Receiving Yards

93.8 takeover

110 receiving yards with a 81.5 efficiency score.

#2

vs No. 84 Ohio

Week 6 · W 20-14 · Conference game

92

Receiving Yards

92.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

92 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Central Michigan

Week 4 · L 34-37 · Conference game

98

Receiving Yards

88.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

98 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Georgia Southern

Week 4 · L 3-40

47

Receiving Yards

71.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

47 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ No. 53 UConn

Week 4 · L 25-31

59

Receiving Yards

67 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

59 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Ball State

358 primary output · 56.5 efficiency · 24.3 usage

70.8

#2

2025 Regular Season · Ball State

65.8

320 primary · 85.1 efficiency · 14.1 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Ball State

42.4

207 primary · 47.9 efficiency · 9.9 usage

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

1

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games