Qian Magwood

Senior wide receiver for Ball State. 2025: 19 catches, 320 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · Ball State · Sr. · #5

6′0″ · 184 lb · Hilltop, OH

CFB Index 35 · #355 of 485 WRsHigh confidenceReturning to Ball State for 2026

The numbers

320

receiving yards · 2025

19 catches · 1 TD · 16.8 per catch

Backed by 9 rec · 110 yds · 1 TD -- top 1% catches game.

The play that turned itSwung Ball State from 53% to 92% to win.Ohio at Ball State · 20-14

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Ball State. 2025: 19 catches, 320 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Walnut Ridge in 2020.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Moves the chains on third down.

Yards / catch: 88th percentile.

The full scouting read

Qian Magwood

WR · Ball State · Sr · #5

Moves the chains on third down. Three seasons at Ball State, two different head coaches: Mike Neu and Mike Uremovich. The receipt on tape: 92 rec yds, 4 receptions against Ohio, Week 6, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

2024Ball State3-9HC: Mike Neu · Balanced

2025Ball State4-8HC: Mike Uremovich · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

35Below cohort / limited sample #355 of 485?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (88th percentile). Strength: yards / catch (90th percentile). Concern: catch rate (3rd percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#95 / 798 · 88th pct

15.4

EPA / target#299 / 798 · 63rd pct

0.50

Explosive rate#365 / 798 · 54th pct

10.8%

TD rate#507 / 798 · 18th pct

0.0%

Catch rate#772 / 798 · 3rd pct

48.6%

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / catch#57 / 558 · 90th pct

16.8

Long catch#209 / 558 · 62nd pct

Rec yards#342 / 558 · 39th pct

320

Rush TDs#67 / 287 · 39th pct

Rush yards#183 / 287 · 35th pct

Rec TDs#373 / 558 · 24th pct

Receptions#436 / 558 · 21st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

12th → 63rd percentile

Explosive rate

21st → 54th percentile

Catch rate

58th → 3rd percentile

TD rate

88th → 18th percentile

Yards / catch

16th → 88th 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).

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

38%14 of his 37 targets came on third down · Receiver median is 24%

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	1.8	34.0	16.8	0.2
Road6g	2.0	30.7	17.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	40.0	16.8	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	1.6	24.0	17.1	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 · 2025

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

35 · #355 of 485 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #355 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-MAC

Based on 2025: #26 of 38 Mid-American WRs

How the All-MAC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Ball State	19	320	16.8	1	--
2024	Ball State	23	207	9.0	4	--
2023	Ball State	41	358	8.7	1	--
Career		83	885	10.7	6	--

Season	Team
2025	Ball State	4	6	--	12	--
2024	Ball State	--	--	--	15	--
2023	Ball State	--	--	--	26	--
Career		4	6	--	53	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 34–29

vs New Hampshire

1 rec · 8 yds

Edged out New Hampshire at home in a shootout.

With Q. Ashley — 154 rush yds (12 car) · 2 TD · K. Kelly — 105 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 77.4 · 101 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Ohio · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +4.54Qian Magwood 43 Yd pass from Kiael Kelly (Kiael Kelly Pass to Donovan Hamilton for Two-Point Conversion)
Week 4 · UConn · 2&8 · Q1 · EPA +4.09Kiael Kelly pass complete to Qian Magwood for 53 yds to the CONN 28 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Ohio · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +3.50Kiael Kelly pass complete to Qian Magwood for 35 yds to the OHIO 25 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Toledo · 3&11 · Q4 · EPA +3.48(05:39) No Huddle-Shotgun #1 K.Kelly pass complete deep middle to #5 Q.Magwood caught at BSU47, for 32 yards to the TOLEDO49 (#27 D.Kelly), 1ST DOWN
Week 4 · UConn · 4&1 · Q2 · EPA +3.31Qian Magwood pass complete to Kiael Kelly for 19 yds for a TD (Carson Holmer KICK)
Week 2 · Auburn · 4&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.72Kiael Kelly pass complete to Qian Magwood for 15 yds to the BALL 35 Kiael Kelly pass complete to Qian Magwood for 15 yds to the BALL 35 PENALTY BSU Delay Of Game (Saul,Adam) 5 yards from BSU35 to BSU30. NO PLAY.
Week 6 · Ohio · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.57Kiael Kelly pass complete to Qian Magwood for 10 yds to the OHIO 40 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · Eastern Michigan · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.39(06:50) Shotgun #1 K.Kelly pass complete short left to #5 Q.Magwood caught at EMU46, for 19 yards to the EMU29 (#6 B.Llewellyn), out of bounds, 1ST DOWN
Week 8 · Akron · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.06Kiael Kelly pass complete to Qian Magwood for 17 yds to the BALL 49 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Northern Illinois · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.84(10:13) Shotgun #1 K.Kelly pass complete short right to #5 Q.Magwood caught at BALL41, for 21 yards to the BALL44 (#26 J.Finley IV), 1ST DOWN

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 3-42@ Auburn	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 3	W 34-29vs New Hampshire	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 4	L 25-31@ UConn	2	59	29.5	0	53
Wk 6	W 20-14vs Ohio	4	92	23.0	1	43	Season-high 92 yds
Wk 7	L 0-42@ Western Michigan	3	26	8.7	0	13
Wk 8	W 42-28vs Akron	1	17	17.0	0	17
Wk 9	L 7-21@ Northern Illinois	1	21	21.0	0	21
Wk 12	L 9-24vs Eastern Michigan	1	19	19.0	0	19
Wk 13	L 9-38@ Toledo	2	45	22.5	0	32
Wk 14	L 24-45@ Miami (OH)	3	18	6.0	0	7
Total		19	320	17.0	1	53