Former running back at App State. 2024: 148 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 5 catches.
5′8″ · 195 lb · Wake Forest, NC
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
Former running back at App State. 2024: 148 rushing yards, 1 rushing TD, 5 catches.
Maquel Haywood
Does a little of everything without one standout trait. Maquel Haywood has played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. The receipt: 47 rush yds, 23 rec yds against South Alabama — Week 4, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at App State, 961 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Shawn Clark.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: carries (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 28.3 | 5.9 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 15.8 | 3.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 19.0 | 4.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 26.5 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dowell Loggains
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2024
W 34–20
19 rush yds (3 car)
With J. Aguilar — 216 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.7 · 4 rush yds (5 car) · M. Jackson — 5 rec · 162 yds · 1 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-10vs East Tennessee State | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-66@ Clemson | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 3 | W 21-19@ East Carolina | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-48vs South Alabama | 7 | 47 | 6.7 | 1 | 15 | Season-high 47 yds |
| Wk 6 | L 37-52@ Marshall | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 13 | W 34-20vs James Madison | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 10 | |
| Wk 14 | L 20-29@ Georgia Southern | 6 | 34 | 5.7 | 0 | 17 | |
| Total | 29 | 148 | 4.9 | 1 | 18 |
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
1 of the team's 23 inside-the-5 carries (4.3%).
Player DNA
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Kaegun Williams’s 2021 season.
Matches Kaegun on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Otis Anderson’s path through UCF.
LaDarius Owens
Matches Otis on
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Rodney Hammond Jr.'s junior season at Pittsburgh (2023).
Matches Rodney on
Player DNA