Player Dossier

2025-2025

New Mexico

Damon Bankston

RB • 5'10" • 186 lbs • Katy, TX, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Damon Bankston leans balanced backfield option traits and 58.8 efficiency.

Usage / Role

65%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

58

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

46

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · New Mexico

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
New Mexico
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UCLA

Player Story

Damon Bankston built his college career in 2025 as a running back from Katy, TX wearing No. 1, spending time with New Mexico. The clearest part of Damon Bankston's career was his backfield work: 635 rushing yards,...

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Damon Bankston, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · New Mexico. Damon Bankston leans balanced backfield option traits and 58.8 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,032
Rushing yards
635
Receiving yards
397
Touchdowns
12

Quick Answers

Damon Bankston quick answers

Latest team and position
New Mexico · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,032
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 16 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · New Mexico
Top game
UCLA
Latest roster
No. 1 · Senior
2025 Scrimmage yards rank
1,032 scrimmage yards · RB 55th (top 8%) · Mountain West 5th (top 3%) · National 79th (top 3%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2025 PostseasonNew Mexico13805723271.7
2025 Regular SeasonNew Mexico139525783741071.7

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025Unlisted to New MexicoUnlisted to G5/FCS77.5Jan 10, 2025

Damon Bankston played RB for New Mexico. Across 1 tracked season, Damon Bankston recorded 635 rushing yards, 397 receiving yards, and 12 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with New Mexico.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

New Mexico paired 1,032 primary output with 58.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 58.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UCLA

Win with 203 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · New Mexico

Games

13

Scrimmage Yards / G

79.4

Efficiency

58.8

Usage

21.2

Consistency

67.3

Best Game by takeover score

UCLA

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Minnesota: 80. Michigan: 39. Idaho State: 83. UCLA: 203. New Mexico State: 46. San José State: 66. Boise State: 70. Nevada: 19. Utah State: 85. UNLV: 130. Colorado State: 59. Air Force: 88. San Diego State: 64

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Minnesota: 15 by 57.8. Michigan: 8 by 48.4. Idaho State: 7 by 78.6. UCLA: 18 by 97. New Mexico State: 11 by 43.8. San José State: 11 by 60.4. Boise State: 11 by 39. Nevada: 6 by 33. Utah State: 14 by 65.7. UNLV: 9 by 62.5. Colorado State: 11 by 52.2. Air Force: 13 by 66.3. San Diego State: 11 by 59.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins86.3 · Games = 9 · +22.6 vs Losses
Losses63.8 · Games = 4 · -22.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

UCLA

Best efficiency game

97 vs UCLA

Result
Fri 12/26@ MinnesotaL 17-2010575.7005235.3
Fri 11/28vs San Diego StateW 23-1710565.600185.8
Sun 11/23@ Air ForceW 20-310616.1013276.8
Sat 11/15vs Colorado StateW 20-179434.8002165.4
Sat 11/1@ UNLV2+ TDW 40-354820512214.4
Sat 10/25vs Utah StateW 33-1413846.501116.1
Sun 10/19vs NevadaW 24-226193.2003.2
Sun 10/12@ Boise StateL 25-41918202526.4
Sat 10/4@ San José StateL 28-359515.7012156
Sat 9/27vs New Mexico StateW 38-209384.200284.2
Sat 9/13@ UCLA100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 35-101515410.30134911.3
Sat 9/6vs Idaho StateW 32-226284.70115511.9
Sat 8/30@ MichiganL 17-344184.5004214.9

Player Story

Damon Bankston story

Damon Bankston built his college career in 2025 as a running back from Katy, TX wearing No. 1, spending time with New Mexico. The clearest part of Damon Bankston's career was his backfield work: 635 rushing yards, 114 carries, 5 rushing touchdowns, and 397 receiving yards across 16 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with New Mexico. 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 397 receiving yards and 434 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 16 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across New Mexico.

The arc is straightforward: Damon Bankston 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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    New Mexico

    2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2025 PostseasonNew Mexico1,03258.821.2
2025 Regular SeasonNew Mexico1,03258.821.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 98 UCLA

Week 3 · W 35-10

Win with 203 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

203

Scrimmage Yards

95.2 takeover

203 scrimmage yards and 31 usage.

#2

@ Utah

Week 3

59

Scrimmage Yards

88.4 takeover

Game with 59 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

59 scrimmage yards and — usage.

#3

@ Washington

Week 1

105

Scrimmage Yards

84.2 takeover

Game with 105 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

105 scrimmage yards and — usage.

#4

@ Utah State

Week 2

53

Scrimmage Yards

65.4 takeover

Game with 53 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

53 scrimmage yards and — usage.

#5

@ No. 80 Air Force

Week 13 · W 20-3 · Conference game

88

Scrimmage Yards

61.3 takeover

Win with 88 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

88 scrimmage yards and 26 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · New Mexico

1,032 primary output · 58.8 efficiency · 21.2 usage

71.7

#2

2025 Regular Season · New Mexico

71.7

1,032 primary · 58.8 efficiency · 21.2 usage

Milestones

2

100+ rush yards

1

150+ scrimmage yards

2

2+ TD games