Nate Bennett

#11 · WR · Sr. · San Diego State6′3″ · 200 lb · Simi Valley, CA · Grace Brethren

Nate Bennett: WR · San Diego State · #11.

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Nate Bennett

WR · San Diego State · Sr · #11

Moves the chains on third down. A game that shows it: 74 receiving yards and 4 receptions against Hawai'i — Week 6, 2024.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

San Diego State in the news

Nevada snaps 16-game losing streakNevada Sports Net Oct 20

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2024	San Diego State	22	314	14.3	1	48
Career		22	314	14.3	1	48

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 0-21vs Oregon State	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 3	L 10-31@ California	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 5	L 21-22@ Central Michigan	1	34	34.0	0	34
Wk 6	W 27-24vs Hawai'i	4	74	18.5	0	48	Season-high 74 yds
Wk 7	W 27-24@ Wyoming	1	41	41.0	0	41
Wk 9	L 26-29vs Washington State	5	73	14.6	1	27
Wk 10	L 24-56@ No. 15 Boise State	1	12	12.0	0	12
Wk 11	L 16-21vs New Mexico	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 12	L 20-41@ UNLV	1	4	4.0	0	4
Wk 13	L 20-41@ Utah State	3	25	8.3	0	14
Wk 14	L 20-31vs Air Force	3	21	7.0	0	11
Total		22	314	14.3	1	48

Signature game

Week 9 · 2024

L 26-29

vs Washington State

5 rec · 73 yds · 1 TD

With D. O'Neil — 195 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 51.6 · J. Napier — 3 rec · 44 yds · 27 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · Hawai'i · 2nd and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.96Danny O'Neil pass complete to Nate Bennett for 48 yds to the HAW 39 for a
Week 5 · Central Michigan · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +3.87Danny O'Neil pass complete to Nate Bennett for 34 yds to the CMU 39 for a
Week 7 · Wyoming · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.25Danny O'Neil pass complete to Nate Bennett for 41 yds to the WYO 41 for a
Week 11 · New Mexico · 3rd and 14 · Q2 · EPA +3.21Danny O'Neil pass complete to Nate Bennett for 14 yds to the UNM 49 for a
Week 9 · Washington State · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.74Jordan Napier pass complete to Nate Bennett for 27 yds for a TD (Gabriel Plascencia KICK)
Week 3 · California · 4th and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.53J.Tupou’ata-Johnson pass complete. Catch made by N.Bennett for yards. Tackled by CAL at CAL 25. The Replay Official reviewed the targeting and the play was overturned. J.Tupou’ata-Johnson pass complete. Catch made by N.Bennett for 11 yards. Tackled by CAL at CAL 25. PENALTY on CAL-C.Woodson, Defensive Targeting, 13 yards, accepted.

4 more plays

Week 14 · Air Force · 3rd and 6 · Q1 · EPA +2.18Danny O'Neil pass complete to Nate Bennett for 7 yds to the SDSU 46 for a
Week 9 · Washington State · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +2.10Javance Tupou'ata-Johnson pass complete to Nate Bennett for 8 yds to the SDSU 40 for a
Week 6 · Hawai'i · 4th and 4 · Q2 · EPA +1.75Danny O'Neil pass complete to Nate Bennett for 4 yds to the HAW 27 for a
Week 6 · Hawai'i · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.71Danny O'Neil pass complete to Nate Bennett for 19 yds to the SDSU 44 for a

Teams and coaches

2024San Diego State3-9HC: Sean Lewis · Run-leaning

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 35 (#351 of 466). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2024 season

35Below cohort / limited sample #351 of 466 · 2024?

10 metrics · season cumulative

2024 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: epa / target (86th percentile). Concern: catch rate (28th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

EPA / target#88 / 610 · 86th pct

1.25

Yards / catch#159 / 610 · 74th pct

14.3

Explosive rate#272 / 610 · 55th pct

15.4%

TD rate#410 / 610 · 32nd pct

3.8%

Catch rate#440 / 610 · 28th pct

84.6%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#198 / 541 · 63rd pct

14.3

Long catch#279 / 541 · 48th pct

Rec yards#348 / 541 · 35th pct

314

Receptions#374 / 541 · 30th pct

Rec TDs#369 / 541 · 23rd pct

Season trend

EPA / target— first qualifying season

Explosive rate— first qualifying season

Catch rate— first qualifying season

TD rate— first qualifying season

Yards / catch— first qualifying season

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2024. 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

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	2.8	37.4	11.8	0.2
Road6g	1.3	21.2	18.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.6	33.0	21.9	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.3	24.8	10.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2024 season

Head Coach

Sean Lewis

Pass share

46.9%

375 pass / 424 run

Plays / game

66.6

12 games

Team sack rate

7.1%

396 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

22 catches in 11 games

Fewer catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

35 · #351 of 466 WRs · 2024

Three-star recruit. Now #351 at the position.

Nate Bennett

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Style of play

Fans

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Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

22 catches in 11 games

Four seasons, two schools

2020