Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Advanced
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 22 | — |
| Target share | 13.6% | 377th / 522 |
| Catch rate | 40.9% | 502nd / 522 |
| Success rate per target | 40.9% | 371st / 522 |
| Yards per target | 9.4 | 163rd / 522 |
| Explosive catches | 22.7% | 46th / 522 |
| Deep-target rate | 31.8% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 8 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 2 | — |
Charting
Where Banks's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted22 targets charted
2025 charting · Kent State
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (4 of Banks’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted8 targets charted
Career
3 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Kent State#134 · 2-5 | 7 | 53% | 9 | 206 | 0 | 13.6% |
| 2025 | Kent State#129 · 5-7 | 9 | 18% | 12 | 205 | 2 | 7.4% |
| 2024 | Kent State#134 · 0-12 | 3 | 6% | 2 | 20 | 0 | 9.1% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Ardell Banks's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Ardell Banks's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Receiving | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long |
| 1 | @ South Carolina | L 0–57 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 2 |  Wofford | W 36–15 | 6.0 | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 30 |
| 3 | @ Ohio State | L 3–59 | 4.8 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 |  Ball State | W 26–13 | 6.7 | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 0 | 33 |
| 5 |  Ohio | L 10–13 | 6.7 | 2 | 60 | 30.0 | 0 | 47 |
| 6 | @ Western Michigan | L 7–38 | — | no stats recorded | ||||
| 7 | @ South Florida | L 2–29 | 6.1 | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 22 |
| 2026 · 5 games | 6.1 | 9 | 206 | 22.9 | 0 | 47 | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 9 | 628th / 1994 |
| Yards | 206 | 329th / 1980 |
| Yards / catch | 22.9 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 47 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Start | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · South Carolina | ✓ WR | 48 | · | · | — |
| Wk 2 · Wofford | ✓ WR | 72 | ~47 (31–57) | 4 | 65% |
| Wk 3 · Ohio State | ✓ WR | 55 | ~32 (10–44) | 2 | 58% |
| Wk 4 · Ball State | — | 66 | ~45 (30–55) | 4 | 68% |
| Wk 5 · Ohio | ✓ WR | 65 | ~55 (36–65) | 6 | 85% |
| Wk 6 · Western Michigan | — | 68 | ~16 (5–22) | 1 | 24% |
| Wk 7 · South Florida | — | 68 | ~41 (27–50) | 5 | 60% |
| Season | 4 GS | 442 | 236 (147–287) | 22 | 53% |
Position Room
15 WRs on the Kent State roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Wayne Harris | WR | SO | 31 | 396 | 1 | 21% | +0.45 |
| 8 | Da'Realyst Clark | WR | SR | 23 | 269 | 1 | 18% | +0.39 |
| 1 | Ardell Banks | WR | JR | 9 | 206 | 0 | 12% | +0.16 |
| 85 | Brendyn Smith | WR | FR | 7 | 95 | 1 | 18% | +0.25 |
| 3 | Jay Jay Etheridge | WR | JR | 1 | 16 | 0 | 3% | +0.28 |
| 4 | Jared Kelley | WR | JR | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3% | -0.36 |
| 86 | Matthew Maxey | WR | FR | 1 | -1 | 0 | 5% | -0.30 |
| 19 | Ali Fisher | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Maurice Stephens | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 36 | Wyatt Januska | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 80 | Teaunn Hunter | WR | FR | — | — | — | 3% | -0.59 |
| 81 | Zymir Reed | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 84 | Aidan Stewart | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 87 | William Bierfeldt | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 88 | Luke Simms | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 4+ plays per team game. Kent State depth chart →