#16

Yamarus Banks

Former safety at Ole Miss. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

S · Ole Miss · Sr. · #16

6′1″ · 210 lb · Ridgeland, MS

CFB Index 24 · #477 of 537 safetiesMedium confidenceOle Miss 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 2746 nationally · Signed with South Alabama

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former safety at Ole Miss. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Alabama in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Ole Miss, 167 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2020

Signed with South Alabama3-star out of Ridgeland

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2746 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

Lane Kiffin

Ole Miss

Played his entire career under Lane Kiffin.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020South Alabama4-7HC: Steve Campbell · Run-leaning

2021South Alabama5-7HC: Kane Wommack · Balanced

2022South Alabama10-3HC: Kane Wommack · Balanced

2023South Alabama7-6HC: Kane Wommack · Balanced

2024Ole Miss10-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

24Below cohort / limited sample #477 of 537?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (23rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#504 / 2892 · 78th pct

Tackles for loss#1412 / 2892 · 47th pct

2.0

Solo tackles#1877 / 2892 · 33rd pct

Tackles#1913 / 2892 · 33rd pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.3	0.3	0.0	0.3
Road3g	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.0	0.2	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+3g	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Golding

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

24 · #477 of 537 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #477 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Ole Miss	21	11	2.0	0.0	3	--	--
2023	South Alabama	45	26	5.5	1.0	3	1	--
2022	South Alabama	50	35	6.0	1.0	11	6	--
2021	South Alabama	49	27	4.5	0.5	2	--	--
2020	South Alabama	2	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		167	101	18.0	2.5	19	7	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2024

W 28–10

vs Georgia

0 TFL · 2 SOLO · 4 TOT

With J. Dart — 199 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 89.6 · 50 rush yds (8 car) · F. Masin — 54 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 65 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 76-0vs Furman	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 52-3vs Middle Tennessee	4	2	1.5	—	1	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 3	W 40-6@ Wake Forest	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 52-13vs Georgia Southern	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 17-20vs Kentucky	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 27-3@ South Carolina	3	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	W 26-14vs Oklahoma	3	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	W 28-10vs Georgia	4	2	0.5	—	0
Wk 13	L 17-24@ Florida	2	1	0.0	—	0
Total		21	11	2.0	—	3

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

Yamarus Banks

2020

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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