Senior tight end for Akron. 2023: 19 catches, 150 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′5″ · 245 lb · Duquesne, PA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
ATH recruit
No. 468 nationally · Signed with West Virginia
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Akron. 2023: 19 catches, 150 receiving yards, 1 TD.
TJ Banks
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Across four seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Neal Brown and Joe Moorhead. One game to point at: 38 rec yds, 4 receptions against Northern Illinois — Week 6, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Akron, 405 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2023
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Tom Arth, Oscar Rodriguez, and Joe Moorhead. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Concern: yards / catch (8th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
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 · Per-game
2023 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.3 | 20.0 | 7.7 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 2.0 | 15.0 | 9.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.7 | 19.3 | 7.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Moorhead
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #118 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Akron | 19 | 150 | 7.9 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Akron | 18 | 163 | 9.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | West Virginia | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 0 | -- |
| 2020 | West Virginia | 4 | 41 | 10.2 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 47 | 405 | 8.6 | 2 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023
W 24–21
vs Morgan State
2 rec · 17 yds
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
With J. Undercuffler — 209 yds · 1 TD · 3 INT · QBR 5.6 · -17 rush yds (3 car) · D. Jackson — 33 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 40 LONG
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 24-21vs Morgan State | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 3 | L 3-35@ Kentucky | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 4 | L 27-29@ Indiana | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-13vs Buffalo | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-55vs Northern Illinois | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 1 | 21 | Season-high 38 yds |
| Wk 7 | L 10-17@ Central Michigan | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-41@ Bowling Green | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 11 | L 0-19@ Miami (OH) | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-30@ Eastern Michigan | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 20 | |
| Total | 19 | 150 | 8.6 | 1 | 21 |
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Chase Curtis’s 2023 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Johnmichael Gyllenborg's senior season at Wyoming (2025).
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Player DNA