Maguire Anderson

#2 · WR · Florida International6′0″ · 185 lb · Lutz, FL

Receiving yards59744th of 467 receivers Last gameL 10–49at Liberty · Oct 31

Nextvs Missouri StateSat Nov 7 · 4 pm ET

Every catch and target this season

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a catch, dashed to the catch point then solid afterthrown to him, incomplete

Seen from behind the quarterback; numbers are yards past the line of scrimmage. The play text only says left, middle or right, so inside a lane marks are sorted, not placed. Of his catches with a spot in the play text: left 10, middle 7, right 18.

Maguire Anderson

WR · Florida International · #2

Filling the Shoesas of Nov 4

Maguire Anderson takes over from Alex Perry at Florida International.

597receiving yards41catches4receiving TD

TEAM RECEIVING YARDS LEADER

597

Team leader in receiving yards (597).

Read the story so far

Maguire Anderson lines up at WR for Florida International.

On the field, the headline is 597 rec yds, with 41 rec.

Maguire Anderson inherited the WR job from Alex Perry (3-star).

The number to watch: 597 — team receiving yards leader.

WR successionleap of faith

Inherited fromAlex Perry 3★

AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-11-04

Style of play

Play style

Wins underneath on volume and route precision.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

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Riley NeerOhio · 2026 · 89% season match
Jordan WesterkampNebraska · 2015 · 88% season match
Chris LawsonWashington · 2026 · 87% season match
Khalil ShakirBoise State · 2020 · 86% season match

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2026	Florida International	41	597	14.6	4	50
2025	Florida International	25	280	11.2	1	46
Career		66	877	13.3	5	50

Season	Team
2026	Florida International	3	20	7	81	--
2025	Florida International	1	3	10	149	1
Career		4	23	17	230	1

Last game (Wk 9): 28 receiving yards, 5 catches.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 8 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 9-19@ South Florida	8	87	10.9	0	20
Wk 2	W 33-20vs Buffalo	5	99	19.8	2	45	2 TD catches
Wk 3	L 10-16@ Florida Atlantic	8	139	17.4	0	41	Season-high 139 yds
Wk 4	W 20-3vs Long Island University	3	58	19.3	0	39
Wk 6	W 22-3vs New Mexico State	1	19	19.0	0	19
Wk 7	L 24-27@ Jacksonville State	8	133	16.6	2	50	2 TD catches
Wk 8	L 23-26vs Middle Tennessee	3	34	11.3	0	16
Wk 9	L 10-49@ Liberty	5	28	5.6	0	12
Total		41	597	14.6	4	50

The latest game

Oct. 31 · L 10-49 at Liberty, play by play

5 catches for 28 yards. Florida International threw to him on 6 of its 31 passes.

5 of 6 targets caught
1 moved the chains
1 of 1 on 3rd and 4th down

First quarterbegan tied 0-0
1st & 101
Second quarterbegan down 7-0
1st & 106
Third quarterbegan down 28-0
3rd & 1212 1st down1
Fourth quarterbegan down 42-0
1st & 10incomplete
1st & 107
2nd & 72
FinalL 10-49

a catch, by its yardsa touchdownthrown to him, incomplete

1
12-yard catch on 3rd and 12. Third quarter, down 42-0. Converted.

The season, game by game

Signature game

Week 7 · 2026

L 24-27

at Jacksonville State

8 rec · 133 yds · 2 TD

With J. Kohl — 278 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 60.2 · 16 rush yds (5 car) · F. Visser — 37 yards per punt · 4 punts · 1 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 7 · Jacksonville State · 3rd and 15 · Q1 · EPA +6.43J.Kohl pass complete deep right to M.Anderson caught at Jax ST21, for 50 yards to the Jax ST00 TOUCHDOWN
Week 2 · Buffalo · 2nd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +4.05Kohl to Anderson: a 45-yard touchdown pass.
Week 7 · Jacksonville State · 2nd and 14 · Q2 · EPA +3.71J.Kohl pass complete deep left to M.Anderson caught at Jax ST00, for 30 yards to the Jax ST00 TOUCHDOWN. The previous play is under automatic review - "Pass completion". CALL UPHELD PENALTY Jax ST Offside declined
Week 3 · Florida Atlantic · 1st and 15 · Q4 · EPA +3.32Kohl to Anderson: a 41-yard pass.
Week 3 · Florida Atlantic · 3rd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +2.83Kohl to Anderson: a 22-yard pass.
Week 7 · Jacksonville State · 4th and 4 · Q2 · EPA +2.81J.Kohl pass complete short middle to M.Anderson caught at Jax ST41, for 8 yards to the Jax ST38 (J.Cruz)

4 more plays

Week 2 · Buffalo · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.55Kohl to Anderson: a 14-yard touchdown pass.
Week 8 · Middle Tennessee · 3rd and 9 · Q3 · EPA +2.51Kohl to Anderson: a 16-yard pass.
Week 1 · South Florida · 2nd and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.41Kohl to Anderson: a 19-yard pass.
Week 1 · South Florida · 4th and 2 · Q3 · EPA +2.35Kohl to Anderson: an 8-yard pass.

Where he ranks

Rec yards59744thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Receptions41tied for 45thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Yards / catch14.6tied for 140thAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Rec TDs4tied for 63rdAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Long catch50tied for 171stAmong 468 receivers with 12 or more catches

Rush yards20tied for 65thAmong 212 receivers with 12 or more catches

Rush TDs1tied for 6thAmong 212 receivers with 12 or more catches

43rd in receiving yards, among all 2,086 FBS players with a receiving row this season, any position

Catches41tied for 4th in the Conference USA this season.

Receiving yards5973rd in the Conference USA this season.

Receiving touchdowns4tied for 5th in the Conference USA this season.

Conference ranks count every player in the conference with a row in that stat, any position. Career ranks count current FBS players, from the games in our log.

Opponents faced, by strength

Ratings of the games shown run from -15 to +8 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

41 rec · 597 yds · 4 TD

41 of 41 receptions matched to play-by-play

62 of 62 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

6224% of team targets

Catch rate

66%41 of 62 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

8% of targets (5)

80%catch rate

Air -1.6 · YAC 5.5 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

40% of targets (25)

84%catch rate

Air 4.2 · YAC 4.6 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

32% of targets (20)

50%catch rate

Air 13.6 · YAC 5.2 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

19% of targets (12)

50%catch rate

Air 26.0 · YAC 8.7 avg

66% catch rate on 62 targets · 24% of the team's targets · 50% catch rate on 12 deep targets (20+ air yds).

Teams and coaches

2 seasons under Willie Simmons, all balanced offenses — 10-11 over that span.

2025Florida International7-6HC: Willie Simmons · Balanced

2026Florida International3-5HC: Willie Simmons · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 77 (#40 of 465). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

77All-Conference level #40 of 465?

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: epa / target (85th percentile). Strength: rush tds (92nd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#86 / 569 · 85th pct

0.71

Explosive rate#121 / 569 · 79th pct

16.1%

Yards / catch#156 / 569 · 73rd pct

14.6

Catch rate#253 / 569 · 55th pct

66.1%

TD rate#261 / 569 · 54th pct

4.8%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush TDs#6 / 212 · 92nd pct

Rec yards#44 / 468 · 91st pct

597

Receptions#45 / 468 · 89th pct

Rec TDs#63 / 468 · 82nd pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 126 · 81st pct

Yards / catch#140 / 468 · 69th pct

14.6

Rush yards#65 / 212 · 69th pct

Long catch#171 / 468 · 63rd pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

58th → 85th percentile

Explosive rate

38th → 79th percentile

Catch rate

49th → 55th percentile

TD rate

18th → 54th percentile

Yards / catch

46th → 73rd percentile

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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2026 season · 8 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	3.0	52.5	17.4	0.5
Road4g	7.2	96.8	12.6	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.5	89.2	17.2	0.7
Weeks 8+2g	4.0	31.0	8.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Willie Simmons

Pass share

50.7%

272 pass / 265 run

Plays / game

67.1

8 games

Team sack rate

3.4%

296 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2026

Starter

41 catches and 3 carries in 8 games, more catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Surprisingly productive for a receiver with no award recognition yet — top-10% reception volume, top-4% overall receiving production.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

77 · #40 of 465 WRs

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #34 of 52 Conference USA WRs

How the All-Conference USA base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).

Maguire Anderson

This week

Every catch and target this season

Style of play

Similar players

Fans

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The latest game

The season, game by game

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Receiving profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Starter

Three seasons at Florida International

Maguire Anderson

This week

25% of the catches, 31% of the yards, 33% of the touchdowns

Share of the team's receiving yards, game by game

Who caught the team's passes

Every catch and target this season

Style of play

Similar players

Fans

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

The latest game

The season, game by game

Signature game

Signature plays

Where he ranks

Receiving profile

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

Starter

Three seasons at Florida International