Receiver, Kennesaw State, 2021–⁠25

Gabriel Benyard

Number
No. 1
Height
5′10″
Weight
185 lb
Class (2025)
Senior
Hometown
Ocilla, GA

Gabriel Benyard played receiver at Kennesaw State (2021–⁠25).

Career highs

7catches, career hightwice; last vs. Missouri State, 2025136receiving yards, career highvs. Furman, 20232receiving touchdowns, career highfour times; last at Liberty, 2025

Team titles: Big South champions, 2021; Conference USA champions, 2025

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2022Kennesaw State1323418.0237
2023Kennesaw State1433323.8461
2024Kennesaw State191628.5027
2025Kennesaw State6094915.8954
Career1061,67815.81561

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2022Kennesaw State21481081480
2023Kennesaw State313202410
2024Kennesaw State23107260
2025Kennesaw State–––252341
Career266440424491

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2022Kennesaw State302026.7028
2023Kennesaw State181166.4149
2024Kennesaw State44411.0044
2025Kennesaw State171176.9118
Career694796.9249

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2021Kennesaw State1WRYr 1
2022Kennesaw State1WRYr 2
2023Kennesaw State1WRYr 3
2024Kennesaw State1WRYr 4
2025Kennesaw State1WRSr. (Yr 5)5′10″185

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2022Kennesaw State (FCS)470.6136th (n=683)0.7128.57%
2023Kennesaw State (FCS)310.9873rd (n=681)0.8030.214%
2024Kennesaw State230.22––5.05%
2025Kennesaw State1080.5566th (n=1040)0.4659.411%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2025 Kennesaw State 14 games, 60 catches, 949 yards, 9 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 29atWake ForestL 9–⁠1051030–––
Sep 6atIndianaL 9–⁠562510––1
Sep 13vs.MerrimackW 27–⁠135541––1
Sep 20vs.Arkansas StateW 28–⁠2161141––3
Sep 27vs.Middle TennesseeW 24–⁠164411––1
Oct 9vs.Louisiana TechW 35–⁠77350––3
Oct 21atFlorida InternationalW 45–⁠265970––2
Oct 28vs.UTEPW 33–⁠201−10––4
Nov 8atNew Mexico StateW 24–⁠213742––4
Nov 15atJacksonville StateL 26–⁠3551000––3
Nov 22vs.Missouri StateW 41–⁠3471272––1
Nov 29atLibertyW 48–⁠424822––2
Dec 5atJacksonville StateW 19–⁠151210–––
Dec 19 ✦vs.Western MichiganL 6–⁠415510–––
2024 Kennesaw State 7 games, 19 catches, 162 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Aug 31atUTSAL 16–⁠284390––2
Sep 7vs.LouisianaL 10–⁠34–––122–
Oct 30atWestern KentuckyL 14–⁠31218019–
Nov 9atUTEPL 35–⁠434230––1
Nov 16vs.Sam HoustonL 17–⁠23270––1
Nov 23vs.Florida InternationalW 27–⁠263360––2
Nov 30atLouisiana TechL 0–⁠334390––1
2023 Kennesaw State 4 games, 14 catches, 333 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 9atChattanoogaL 20–⁠2731231––1
Sep 16vs.FurmanL 28–⁠31613621351
Sep 23atTennessee TechL 7–⁠173341–––
Oct 7vs.Tennessee StateL 20–⁠272400297–

No box score in the source for Aug 31 vs. Tusculum, so that game is not listed.

2022 Kennesaw State 9 games, 13 catches, 234 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 1atSamfordL 17–⁠271150–––
Oct 1atJacksonville StateL 28–⁠35––––––
Oct 8vs.North AlabamaW 40–⁠342170245–
Oct 15vs.Central ArkansasL 24–⁠511100496–
Oct 22vs.Tennessee TechW 33–⁠3046402383
Oct 29vs.Charleston SouthernW 30–⁠2026111294
Nov 5atUT MartinW 44–⁠2726214931
Nov 12vs.Austin PeayL 14–⁠311504104–
Nov 19atEastern KentuckyL 38–⁠45–––476–
2021 Kennesaw State 1 game, 1 tackle
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 11atGeorgia TechL 17–⁠45––––––

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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