Maquel Haywood
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.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at App State, 961 rushing yards — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Shawn Clark.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dowell Loggains
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2024
W 34–20
vs James Madison
19 rush yds (3 car)
How he plays
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Balanced Back
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.
Otis Anderson
LaDarius Owens
Rhamondre Stevenson
Mekhi Sargent
Travis Etienne
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
Players who play like Maquel Haywood
Development
Development Trajectory · rushing yards
2021–2024+573%
Up 573% from first season to most-recent.