#14

Ahmad Edwards

Senior wide receiver for Ball State. 2023: 31 catches, 354 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · Ball State · Sr. · #14

6′1″ · 180 lb · Alabaster, AL

CFB Index 39 · #317 of 497 WRsHigh confidenceBall State 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 2024 nationally · Signed with Jacksonville State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Ball State. 2023: 31 catches, 354 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Jacksonville State in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Ball State, 354 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 72 yds at Western Michigan.Western Michigan · L 24-422023

2018

Signed with Jacksonville State3-star out of Thompson

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2024 national

CFB

College

Ball State

2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Ball State4-8HC: Mike Neu · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

39Below cohort / limited sample #317 of 497?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: catch rate (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#356 / 639 · 44th pct

11.6

Explosive rate#410 / 639 · 36th pct

11.1%

EPA / target#449 / 639 · 30th pct

0.56

TD rate#510 / 639 · 20th pct

2.2%

Catch rate#553 / 639 · 14th pct

68.9%

Box-score rates (7)

Long catch#177 / 566 · 68th pct

Rush yards#128 / 294 · 55th pct

Receptions#262 / 566 · 53rd pct

Rec yards#318 / 566 · 44th pct

354

Rush TDs#54 / 294 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#392 / 566 · 30th pct

11.4

Rec TDs#375 / 566 · 23rd pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.2	26.2	12.4	0.0
Road5g	3.6	39.4	11.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.7	35.3	12.2	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	28.4	11.6	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Uremovich

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

39 · #317 of 497 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #317 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Ball State	31	354	11.4	1	--
Career		31	354	11.4	1	--

Season	Team
2023	Ball State	2	12	23	--	--
Career		2	12	23	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2023

W 45–7

vs Indiana State

2 rec · 32 yds

Dominant 38-point win at home against Indiana State.

With L. Borrow — 45 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 65 LONG · M. Cooper — 177 rush yds (22 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Western Michigan · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +4.47Layne Hatcher pass complete to Ahmad Edwards for 57 yds for a TD (Jackson Courville KICK)
Week 7 · Toledo · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.49Kiael Kelly pass complete to Ahmad Edwards for 28 yds to the TOL 43 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Georgia · 2&12 · Q3 · EPA +3.03Layne Hatcher pass complete to Ahmad Edwards for 28 yds to the BALL 48 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Kent State · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +3.00Kiael Kelly pass complete to Ahmad Edwards for 46 yds to the KENT 15 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Bowling Green · 3&9 · Q4 · EPA +2.78Kiael Kelly pass complete to Ahmad Edwards for 10 yds to the BGSU 46 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Indiana State · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.83Kadin Semonza pass complete to Ahmad Edwards for 21 yds to the INST 44 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Miami (OH) · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +1.80Kiael Kelly pass complete to Ahmad Edwards for 7 yds to the BALL 41 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · Northern Illinois · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +1.61Kiael Kelly pass complete to Ahmad Edwards for 5 yds to the BALL 39 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Western Michigan · 2&7 · Q3 · EPA +1.55Layne Hatcher pass complete to Ahmad Edwards for 9 yds to the BALL 47 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Georgia · 3&5 · Q4 · EPA +1.37Layne Hatcher pass complete to Ahmad Edwards for 5 yds to the UGA 34 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 3-45@ Georgia	4	47	11.8	0	28
Wk 3	W 45-7vs Indiana State	2	32	16.0	0	21
Wk 4	L 3-40vs Georgia Southern	1	2	2.0	0	2
Wk 5	L 24-42@ Western Michigan	3	72	24.0	1	57	Season-high 72 yds
Wk 6	L 10-24@ Eastern Michigan	3	21	7.0	0	9
Wk 7	L 6-13vs Toledo	3	38	12.7	0	28
Wk 8	W 24-17vs Central Michigan	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 10	L 21-24@ Bowling Green	3	25	8.3	0	10
Wk 11	W 20-17@ Northern Illinois	5	32	6.4	0	14
Wk 12	W 34-3vs Kent State	2	50	25.0	0	46
Wk 13	L 15-17vs Miami (OH)	4	22	5.5	0	7
Total		31	354	12.0	1	57

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology