Senior wide receiver for Texas State. 2022: 19 catches, 271 receiving yards, 4 TD.
6′1″ · 175 lb · Wichita Falls, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
4 wide receiver for Texas State. 2022: 19 catches, 271 receiving yards, 4 TD.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJaven Banks
Moves the chains on third down. Javen Banks has played for two head coaches in five seasons at Texas State. The receipt on tape: 80 rec yds, 2 receptions against Houston Christian, Week 4, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Texas State, 1,646 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Chris Woods → Jake Spavital. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: td rate (98th percentile). Concern: receptions (22nd percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 51.2 | 22.9 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 16.5 | 6.9 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.8 | 34.5 | 17.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 4.0 | 32.0 | 8.2 | 1.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
G.J. Kinne
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Texas State | 19 | 271 | 14.3 | 4 | -- |
| 2021 | Texas State | 36 | 548 | 15.2 | 5 | -- |
| 2020 | Texas State | 16 | 299 | 18.7 | 4 | -- |
| 2019 | Texas State | 20 | 367 | 18.4 | 4 | -- |
| 2018 | Texas State | 10 | 161 | 16.1 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 101 | 1,646 | 16.3 | 20 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Texas State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Texas State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Texas State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Texas State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Texas State | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2022
W 36–24
vs App State
2 rec · 32 yds
With L. Hatcher — 281 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 61.6 · -21 rush yds (3 car) · A. Hawkins — 6 rec · 105 yds · 1 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-38@ Nevada | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 2 | W 41-12vs Florida International | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 1 | 52 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-42@ Baylor | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-0vs Houston Christian | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 0 | 41 | Season-high 80 yds |
| Wk 6 | W 36-24vs App State | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 17 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-17@ Troy | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-20vs Southern Miss | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 1 | 12 | |
| Wk 10 | L 30-31@ UL Monroe | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 2 | 11 | 2 TD catches |
| Total | 19 | 271 | 14.9 | 4 | 52 |
Play style
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Charlie Jones’s 2021 season.
Matches Charlie on
Differs from Charlie on
Through 3 college seasons, his career arc tracks closest to Jarrod Barnes’s path through Central Arkansas.
Kobe Clark
Matches Jarrod on
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Tevailance Hunt's graduate season at Arkansas State (2022).
Matches Tevailance on
Differs from Tevailance on
Player DNA