#11

Nate Bennett

Former wide receiver at San Diego State. 2024: 22 catches, 314 receiving yards, 1 TD.

WR · San Diego State · Sr. · #11

6′3″ · 200 lb · Simi Valley, CA

CFB Index 35 · #351 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceSan Diego State 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 2503 nationally · Signed with Portland State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at San Diego State. 2024: 22 catches, 314 receiving yards, 1 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Portland State in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at San Diego State, 314 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2020

Signed with Portland State3-star out of Grace Brethren

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2503 national

CFB

College

San Diego State

2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

35Below cohort / limited sample #351 of 466?

High confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

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 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 · 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

2026 season

Head Coach

Sean Lewis

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

35 · #351 of 466 WRs

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

Career stats

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

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Hawai'i · 2&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.96Danny O'Neil pass complete to Nate Bennett for 48 yds to the HAW 39 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Central Michigan · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.87Danny O'Neil pass complete to Nate Bennett for 34 yds to the CMU 39 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · Wyoming · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.25Danny O'Neil pass complete to Nate Bennett for 41 yds to the WYO 41 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · New Mexico · 3&14 · Q2 · EPA +3.21Danny O'Neil pass complete to Nate Bennett for 14 yds to the UNM 49 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Washington State · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.74Jordan Napier pass complete to Nate Bennett for 27 yds for a TD (Gabriel Plascencia KICK)
Week 3 · California · 4&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.
Week 14 · Air Force · 3&6 · Q1 · EPA +2.18Danny O'Neil pass complete to Nate Bennett for 7 yds to the SDSU 46 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Washington State · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +2.10Javance Tupou'ata-Johnson pass complete to Nate Bennett for 8 yds to the SDSU 40 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Hawai'i · 4&4 · Q2 · EPA +1.75Danny O'Neil pass complete to Nate Bennett for 4 yds to the HAW 27 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · Hawai'i · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +1.71Danny O'Neil pass complete to Nate Bennett for 19 yds to the SDSU 44 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

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@ 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	15.4	1	48

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

Nate Bennett

2020

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

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