2024 Football Roster
Qian Magwood
- Position:
- Wide Receiver
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 187
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Hilltop, Ohio
- Prev School:
- Walnut Ridge HS
- High School:
- Walnut Ridge HS
Awards and Honors:
2025 Preseason All-MAC (fourth team WR by Athlon Sports)
2024 Preseason All-MAC (fourth team by Athlon Sports; honorable mention by College Football Network)
Cardinals' leading receiver in 2023, Magwood is the program's only remaining holdover from Ball State's 2020 MAC Champions ... talented open-field runner works out of the slot and has seen time as a return man ... first name pronounced KEE-on.
2024 (R-Jr.): Caught 23 passes for 207 yards while appearing in 11 of 12 games ... hed led wide receivers with four receiving TDs, and was second to Tanner Koziol's eight scores among all pass catchers ... best game of the season featured six catches for 98 yards and a TD at Central Michigan (Sept. 21) ... his 45-yard reception with 1:18 to play at CMU set up the Cardinals' go-ahead score with less than a minute to play ... had eight punt returns for a total of 15 yards.
2023 (R-So.): Twelve-game regular was credited with six starts ... paced Ball State with 41 catches and 358 receiving yards ... his 32-yard touchdown grab against Western Michigan (Sept. 30) was his longest play of the year and the first score of his career ... the highlight-reel run began with a catch in the left flat, turning back toward midfield and reversing course again before eluding tacklers down the left sideline for a 32-yard TD ... the TD catch was one of nine catches against the Broncos, for a season-high 110 yards ... he caught at least one pass in 10 of 12 games.
2022 (R-Fr.): Saw his first college action in the season opener at Tennessee (Sept. 1) ... only other appearance was two weeks later against Murray State (Sept. 17).
2021 (Fr.): Did not appear in any games.
2020 (Fr.): Injured and did not see game action.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played four years on the varsity squad for head coach Byron Mattox at Walnut Ridge High … 3-star recruit via 247Sports … three-time team captain … two-time first team all-state … named the team’s offensive MVP as a junior and senior … his 1,831 career receiving yards ranks second in school history … piled up 23 touchdowns for the Scots his senior year … tallied 39 catches for 554 yards and 15 touchdown catches in 2019 … also competed all four years on the basketball team … two-time all-league honors on the hardwood.
PERSONAL: Son of Qiana Magwood … cousin, Ki-Jana Carter, played collegiate football at Penn State and was the No. 1 overall pick in the 1995 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals ... previously wore #82.
