Player Dossier

2009-2011

UTEP

Joe Banyard

RB • 5'11" • Sweetwater, TX, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Joe Banyard leans balanced backfield option traits and 55.2 efficiency.

Usage / Role

51%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

61

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

47

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

76

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · UTEP

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
UTEP
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Houston

Player Story

Joe Banyard built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a running back from Sweetwater, TX wearing No. 21, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Joe Banyard's career was his backfield work: 1,455...

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Joe Banyard, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · UTEP. Joe Banyard leans balanced backfield option traits and 55.2 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,629
Rushing yards
1,455
Receiving yards
174
Touchdowns
14

Quick Answers

Joe Banyard quick answers

Latest team and position
UTEP · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,629
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 25 games
Best season
2011 Regular Season · UTEP
Top game
Houston
Latest roster
No. 21 · Class 2011
2011 Scrimmage yards rank
899 scrimmage yards · RB 67th (top 15%) · Conference USA 15th (top 7%) · National 148th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2009 Regular SeasonUTEP00000-
2010 PostseasonUTEP1311110061.2
2010 Regular SeasonUTEP13719612107861.2
2011 Regular SeasonUTEP1289983267662.7

Related Context

Joe Banyard played RB for UTEP. Across 3 tracked seasons, Joe Banyard recorded 1,455 rushing yards, 174 receiving yards, and 14 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with UTEP.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season

UTEP paired 899 primary output with 55.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2011 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 55.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2011 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Houston

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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Season Explorer

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2011 Regular Season · UTEP

Games

12

Scrimmage Yards / G

74.9

Efficiency

55.2

Usage

21

Consistency

35.7

Best Game by takeover score

Houston

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Stony Brook: 20. SMU: 33. New Mexico State: 97. South Florida: 16. Houston: 256. Tulane: 97. Colorado State: 34. Southern Miss: 38. Rice: -2. East Carolina: 161. Tulsa: 98. UCF: 51

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Stony Brook: 14 by 14.8. SMU: 7 by 47.8. New Mexico State: 8 by 100. South Florida: 6 by 33.6. Houston: 24 by 94.4. Tulane: 9 by 94.9. Colorado State: 6 by 59. Southern Miss: 8 by 49.5. Rice: 2 by 0. East Carolina: 20 by 82.2. Tulsa: 21 by 47.9. UCF: 14 by 37.9

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins81.8 · Games = 5 · +11.8 vs Losses
Losses70 · Games = 7 · -11.8 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Houston

Best efficiency game

100 vs New Mexico State

Result
Sat 11/26@ UCFL 14-3114513.6013.6
Sat 11/19vs TulsaL 28-5720914.601174.7
Sun 11/13vs East Carolina100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 22-17181407.8012218.1
Sat 11/5@ RiceL 37-412-2-10-1
Sun 10/30vs Southern MissL 13-318384.8004.8
Sun 10/23vs Colorado StateW 31-176345.7005.7
Sat 10/15@ TulaneW 44-799710.80110.8
Fri 9/30vs Houston100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsL 42-492224010.90121610.7
Sat 9/24@ South FloridaL 24-525183.6001-22.7
Sun 9/18@ New Mexico StateW 16-1079012.9001712.1
Sat 9/10@ SMUL 17-284184.5003154.7
Sun 9/4vs Stony BrookW 31-2412171.401231.4

Player Story

Joe Banyard story

Joe Banyard built his college career from 2009 through 2011 as a running back from Sweetwater, TX wearing No. 21, spending time with UTEP. The clearest part of Joe Banyard's career was his backfield work: 1,455 rushing yards, 236 carries, 14 rushing touchdowns, and 174 receiving yards across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 with UTEP. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 174 receiving yards and 147 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UTEP.

The arc is straightforward: Joe Banyard moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    UTEP

    2009-2011

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2009201020102011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2009 Regular SeasonUTEP0
2010 PostseasonUTEP73057.319.4730
2010 Regular SeasonUTEP73057.319.40
2011 Regular SeasonUTEP89955.221169

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Houston

Week 5 · L 42-49 · Conference game

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

256

Scrimmage Yards

98.1 takeover

256 scrimmage yards and 40 usage.

#2

@ Tulsa

Week 12 · L 28-31 · Conference game

158

Scrimmage Yards

93.3 takeover

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

158 scrimmage yards and 42.9 usage.

#3

vs East Carolina

Week 11 · W 22-17 · Conference game

161

Scrimmage Yards

78.6 takeover

Win with 161 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

161 scrimmage yards and 31.7 usage.

#4

vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff

Week 1 · W 31-10

114

Scrimmage Yards

75.2 takeover

Win with 114 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

114 scrimmage yards and 36.8 usage.

#5

@ New Mexico

Week 5 · W 38-20

116

Scrimmage Yards

74.3 takeover

Win with 116 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

116 scrimmage yards and 29.3 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2011 Regular Season · UTEP

899 primary output · 55.2 efficiency · 21 usage

62.7

#2

2010 Postseason · UTEP

61.2

730 primary · 57.3 efficiency · 19.4 usage

#3

2010 Regular Season · UTEP

61.2

730 primary · 57.3 efficiency · 19.4 usage

Milestones

3

100+ rush yards

3

150+ scrimmage yards

2

2+ TD games