TJ Banks
TJ Banks
Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Neal Brown and Joe Moorhead. One game to point at: 38 rec yds, 4 receptions against Northern Illinois — Week 6, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Akron, 364 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Oscar Rodriguez → Joe Moorhead. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Moorhead
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Akron | 19 | 150 | 7.9 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Akron | 18 | 163 | 9.1 | 0 | -- |
| 2021 | West Virginia | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 43 | 364 | 8.5 | 1 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023
W 24–21
vs Morgan State
2 rec · 17 yds
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
How he plays
Play style
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Complete TE
No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Chase Curtis’s 2023 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Johnmichael Gyllenborg's senior season at Wyoming (2025).
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Development
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2021–2023+194%
Up 194% from first season to most-recent.