Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2024App State
Maquel Haywood
RB • 5'8" • 195 lbs • Wake Forest, NC, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Maquel Haywood leans balanced backfield option traits and 53.6 efficiency.
Impact Production
26
Developing production for a back
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Reliability
16
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
38
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Navy
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Navy • App State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: South Alabama
Player Story
Maquel Haywood built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a running back from Wake Forest, NC wearing No. 28, spending time with App State and Navy. The clearest part of Maquel Haywood's career was his...
Read the storyMaquel Haywood, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Navy. Maquel Haywood leans balanced backfield option traits and 53.6 efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 1,174
- Rushing yards
- 961
- Receiving yards
- 213
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
Maquel Haywood quick answers
- Latest team and position
- App State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 1,174
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Navy
- Top game
- South Alabama
- Latest roster
- No. 28 · Senior
- 2024 Scrimmage yards rank
- 200 scrimmage yards · RB 343rd (top 49%) · Sun Belt 110th (top 42%) · National 1,013th (top 38%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Navy | 7 | 46 | 22 | 24 | 2 | 14.2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Navy | 12 | 610 | 473 | 137 | 2 | 66.1 |
| 2023 Postseason | App State | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.9 |
| 2023 Regular Season | App State | 12 | 318 | 318 | 0 | 2 | 45.9 |
| 2024 Regular Season | App State | 7 | 200 | 148 | 52 | 1 | 39.3 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Maquel Haywood played RB for Navy and App State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Maquel Haywood recorded 961 rushing yards, 213 receiving yards, and 5 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Navy.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Navy paired 610 primary output with 68.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 53.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Navy, App State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Alabama
Loss with 70 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2024 Regular Season · App State
Games
7
Scrimmage Yards / G
28.6
Efficiency
53.6
Usage
9
Consistency
44.9
Best Game by takeover score
South Alabama
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. East Tennessee State: 19. Clemson: 14. East Carolina: 0. South Alabama: 70. Marshall: 44. James Madison: 19. Georgia Southern: 34
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. East Tennessee State: 4 by 49.5. Clemson: 4 by 25. South Alabama: 9 by 74.4. Marshall: 8 by 47.9. James Madison: 3 by 66. Georgia Southern: 6 by 59
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins12.7 · Games = 3 · -27.8 vs Losses
Losses40.5 · Games = 4 · +27.8 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
South Alabama
Best efficiency game
74.4 vs South Alabama
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | @ Georgia Southern | L 20-29 | 6 | 34 | 5.70 | 0 | — | — | 5.7 |
| Sat 11/23 | vs James Madison | W 34-20 | 3 | 19 | 6.30 | 0 | — | — | 6.3 |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Marshall | L 37-52 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 5.5 |
| Thu 9/19 | vs South Alabama | L 14-48 | 7 | 47 | 6.70 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 7.8 |
| Sat 9/14 | @ East Carolina | W 21-19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 9/8 | @ Clemson | L 20-66 | 3 | 5 | 1.70 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3.5 |
| Sat 8/31 | vs East Tennessee State | W 38-10 | 4 | 19 | 4.80 | 0 | — | — | 4.8 |
Player Story
Maquel Haywood story
Maquel Haywood built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a running back from Wake Forest, NC wearing No. 28, spending time with App State and Navy. The clearest part of Maquel Haywood's career was his backfield work: 961 rushing yards, 171 carries, 3 rushing touchdowns, and 213 receiving yards across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Navy. 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 213 receiving yards, 5 tackles, and 930 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across App State and Navy.
The arc is straightforward: Maquel Haywood 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Navy
2021-2022
Opening stop
- 2
App State
2023-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20212022202320232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Navy | 46 | 33 | 2.4 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Navy | 610 | 68.6 | 10.7 | 564 |
| 2023 Postseason | App State | 318 | 48.3 | 8.5 | -292 |
| 2023 Regular Season | App State | 318 | 48.3 | 8.5 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | App State | 200 | 53.6 | 9 | -118 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs South Alabama
Week 4 · L 14-48 · Conference game
Loss with 70 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
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Scrimmage Yards
75.7 takeover
70 scrimmage yards and 18.4 usage.
#2
@ SMU
Week 7 · L 34-40 · Conference game
102
Scrimmage Yards
74.8 takeover
Loss with 102 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
102 scrimmage yards and 10.5 usage.
#3
vs Georgia Southern
Week 13 · W 55-27 · Conference game
61
Scrimmage Yards
74.3 takeover
Win with 61 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
61 scrimmage yards and 10.7 usage.
#4
vs Delaware
Week 1 · L 7-14
105
Scrimmage Yards
71 takeover
Loss with 105 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
105 scrimmage yards and 11.8 usage.
#5
@ Georgia State
Week 11 · W 42-14 · Conference game
45
Scrimmage Yards
64 takeover
Win with 45 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
45 scrimmage yards and 7.5 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Navy
610 primary output · 68.6 efficiency · 10.7 usage
66.1
#2
2023 Postseason · App State
45.9
318 primary · 48.3 efficiency · 8.5 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · App State
45.9
318 primary · 48.3 efficiency · 8.5 usage
Milestones
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100+ rush yards
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150+ scrimmage yards
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2+ TD games
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