#80

Jahmal Banks

Former wide receiver at Nebraska. 2024: 44 catches, 587 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Nebraska · Sr. · #80

6′4″ · 220 lb · Bethesda, MD

CFB Index 55 · #174 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceNebraska 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1200 nationally · Signed with St. Frances Academy

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Nebraska. 2024: 44 catches, 587 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to St. Frances Academy in 2020.
Transferred from Wake Forest to Nebraska in 2024.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Nebraska, 1,991 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 141 yds vs Clemson.Clemson · L 45-512022

2020

Recruited3-star out of St. Frances Academy

202413 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1200 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

3 coaches

2020–2021

Scott Frost

Nebraska

2022

Mickey Joseph

Nebraska

era →

2023–2024

Matt Rhule

Nebraska

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Scott Frost, Mickey Joseph, and Matt Rhule. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Wake Forest4-5HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Wake Forest11-3HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Wake Forest8-5HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced

2023Wake Forest4-8HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning

2024Nebraska7-6HC: Matt Rhule · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

55Rotational starter #174 of 466?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: catch rate (14th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#227 / 610 · 63rd pct

12.9

Explosive rate#303 / 610 · 50th pct

14.6%

EPA / target#398 / 610 · 35th pct

0.74

TD rate#512 / 610 · 16th pct

2.1%

Catch rate#526 / 610 · 14th pct

79.2%

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#153 / 541 · 72nd pct

Rec yards#166 / 541 · 69th pct

587

Rec TDs#193 / 541 · 57th pct

Yards / catch#250 / 541 · 53rd pct

13.3

Long catch#467 / 541 · 14th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

45th → 35th percentile

Explosive rate

21st → 50th percentile

Catch rate

36th → 14th percentile

TD rate

36th → 16th percentile

Yards / catch

41st → 63rd 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	3.2	43.1	13.9	0.2
Road5g	3.6	48.4	13.9	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.6	51.7	15.5	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	3.2	37.5	12.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Rhule

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

55 · #174 of 466 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #174 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Nebraska	44	587	13.3	3	--
2023	Wake Forest	59	653	11.1	4	--
2022	Wake Forest	42	636	15.1	9	--
2021	Wake Forest	5	98	19.6	0	--
2020	Wake Forest	1	17	17.0	0	--
Career		151	1,991	13.2	16	--

Season	Team
2024	Nebraska	--	--	--	--	--
2023	Wake Forest	1	7	--	--	--
2022	Wake Forest	--	--	--	--	--
2021	Wake Forest	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Wake Forest	--	--	--	--	--
Career		1	7	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 28–10

vs Colorado

2 rec · 2 yds

With D. Raiola — 185 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 54.4 · 7 rush yds (3 car) · B. Buschini — 50 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 60 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 5 · Purdue · 2&11 · Q4 · EPA +3.20Dylan Raiola pass complete to Jahmal Banks for 26 yds to the PUR 38 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · UTEP · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.02Jahmal Banks 21 Yd pass from Dylan Raiola (Tristan Alvano Kick)
Week 1 · Boston College · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +3.00Dylan Raiola pass complete to Jahmal Banks for 29 yds to the BC 40 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Purdue · 2&12 · Q1 · EPA +2.99Dylan Raiola pass complete to Jahmal Banks for 27 yds to the PUR 29 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Purdue · 3&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.82Dylan Raiola pass complete to Jahmal Banks for 6 yds for a TD (John Hohl KICK)
Week 12 · USC · 3&4 · Q2 · EPA +2.58Dylan Raiola pass complete to Jahmal Banks for 16 yds to the USC 40 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Boston College · 2&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.18Dylan Raiola pass complete to Jahmal Banks for 12 yds to the NEB 48 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Iowa · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.15Dylan Raiola pass complete to Jahmal Banks for 13 yds to the NEB 40 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Illinois · 3&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.08Dylan Raiola pass complete to Jahmal Banks for 12 yds to the NEB 37 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Rutgers · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.04D.Raiola pass complete. Catch made by J.Banks for 31 yards. Pushed out of bounds by RUT at RUT 30.

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 40-7vs UTEP	4	61	15.3	1	21
Wk 2	W 28-10vs Colorado	2	2	1.0	0	4
Wk 3	W 34-3vs Northern Iowa	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 4	L 24-31vs Illinois	8	94	11.8	0	27	Season-high 94 yds
Wk 5	W 28-10@ Purdue	5	82	16.4	1	27
Wk 6	W 14-7vs Rutgers	1	31	31.0	0	31
Wk 8	L 7-56@ Indiana	2	33	16.5	0	19
Wk 9	L 17-21@ Ohio State	2	31	15.5	0	19
Wk 10	L 20-27vs UCLA	2	13	6.5	0	11
Wk 12	L 20-28@ USC	5	55	11.0	0	16
Wk 13	W 44-25vs Wisconsin	4	52	13.0	1	21
Wk 14	L 10-13@ Iowa	4	41	10.3	0	13
Bowl	W 20-15vs Boston College	4	79	19.8	0	29
Total		44	587	13.9	3	31

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Jahmal Banks

2020

202413 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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