Player Dossier

2020-2024

Nebraska

Jahmal Banks

WR • 6'4" • 220 lbs • Bethesda, MD, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Jahmal Banks reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

27%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

59

Solid production for a receiver

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

49

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Wake Forest

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Wake Forest • Nebraska
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Clemson

Player Story

Jahmal Banks built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a wide receiver from Bethesda, MD wearing No. 80, spending time with Nebraska and Wake Forest. The clearest part of Jahmal Banks' career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2026 · Rating 0.8853

Woodlawn · Birmingham, AL

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

Jahmal Banks, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Wake Forest. Jahmal Banks reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,991
Receptions
151
Touchdowns
16

Quick Answers

Jahmal Banks quick answers

Latest team and position
Nebraska · WR
Career Receiving Yards
1,991
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 40 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Wake Forest
Top game
Clemson
Recruit profile
3-star · Woodlawn
High school pipeline
Woodlawn · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 80 · Senior
2024 Receiving yards rank
587 receiving yards · WR 166th (top 16%) · Big Ten 29th (top 11%) · National 181st (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2020 Regular SeasonWake Forest1117055.9
2021 Regular SeasonWake Forest3598044.8
2022 PostseasonWake Forest12372174
2022 Regular SeasonWake Forest1239564874
2023 Regular SeasonWake Forest1159653485.5
2024 PostseasonNebraska13479070.6
2024 Regular SeasonNebraska1340508370.6

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Wake Forest to NebraskaP4 to P485.6Dec 8, 2023

Jahmal Banks played WR for Wake Forest and Nebraska. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jahmal Banks recorded 17 passing yards, 7 rushing yards, and 1,991 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Wake Forest.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Wake Forest paired 653 primary output with 70.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 80.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Wake Forest, Nebraska.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Purdue

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 92.3th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2024 Postseason · Nebraska

Games

13

Receiving Yards / G

45.2

Efficiency

80.3

Usage

15.3

Consistency

61.3

Best Game by takeover score

Purdue

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Boston College: 79. UTEP: 61. Colorado: 2. Northern Iowa: 13. Illinois: 94. Purdue: 82. Rutgers: 31. Indiana: 33. Ohio State: 31. UCLA: 13. USC: 55. Wisconsin: 52. Iowa: 41

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Boston College: 4 by 100. UTEP: 4 by 100. Colorado: 2 by 6.7. Northern Iowa: 1 by 86.7. Illinois: 8 by 78.3. Purdue: 5 by 100. Rutgers: 1 by 100. Indiana: 2 by 100. Ohio State: 2 by 100. UCLA: 2 by 43.3. USC: 5 by 73.3. Wisconsin: 4 by 86.7. Iowa: 4 by 68.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins45.7 · Games = 7 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses44.5 · Games = 6 · -1.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Purdue

Best efficiency game

100 vs Boston College

Result
Sat 12/28vs Boston CollegeW 20-1547919.819.80029
Sat 11/30@ IowaL 10-1344110.310.30013
Sat 11/23vs WisconsinW 44-254521313121
Sat 11/16@ USCL 20-285551111016
Sat 11/2vs UCLAL 20-272136.56.50011
Sat 10/26@ Ohio StateL 17-2123115.515.50019
Sat 10/19@ IndianaL 7-5623316.516.50019
Sat 10/5vs RutgersW 14-71313131031
Sat 9/28@ PurdueW 28-1058216.416.40127
Sat 9/21vs IllinoisHigh volumeL 24-3189411.811.80027
Sat 9/14vs Northern IowaW 34-31131313013
Sat 9/7vs ColoradoW 28-10221104
Sat 8/31vs UTEPW 40-746115.315.30121

Player Story

Jahmal Banks story

Jahmal Banks built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a wide receiver from Bethesda, MD wearing No. 80, spending time with Nebraska and Wake Forest. The clearest part of Jahmal Banks' career was his receiving role: 151 catches, 1,991 receiving yards, 16 touchdowns, and 7 rushing yards across 40 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Wake Forest. 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 17 passing yards, 7 rushing yards, and 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 40 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Nebraska and Wake Forest.

The arc is straightforward: Jahmal Banks 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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Wake Forest

    2020-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Nebraska

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2020202120222022202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2020 Regular SeasonWake Forest171006.3
2021 Regular SeasonWake Forest9893.37.581
2022 PostseasonWake Forest63685.515.2538
2022 Regular SeasonWake Forest63685.515.20
2023 Regular SeasonWake Forest65370.435.917
2024 PostseasonNebraska58780.315.3-66
2024 Regular SeasonNebraska58780.315.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Clemson

Week 4 · L 45-51 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

141

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

141 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Elon

Week 1 · W 37-17

108

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

108 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Purdue

Week 5 · W 28-10 · Conference game

82

Receiving Yards

95.7 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

82 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Illinois

Week 4 · L 24-31 · Conference game

94

Receiving Yards

92.8 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

94 receiving yards with a 78.3 efficiency score.

#5

@ Syracuse

Week 13 · L 31-35 · Conference game

90

Receiving Yards

89.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

90 receiving yards with a 85.7 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Wake Forest

653 primary output · 70.4 efficiency · 35.9 usage

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#2

2022 Postseason · Wake Forest

74

636 primary · 85.5 efficiency · 15.2 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Wake Forest

74

636 primary · 85.5 efficiency · 15.2 usage

Milestones

2

100+ receiving yards

3

8+ catch outings

3

2+ TD games