Receiver, Prairie View A&M (from Houston, Memphis), 2023–⁠26

Ja’Koby Banks

Number
No. 1
Height
5′9″
Weight
178 lb
Class (2026)
Senior
Hometown
Missouri City, TX

Ja’Koby Banks plays receiver for Prairie View A&M, after Houston (2023) and Memphis (2024). Last time out, against Alcorn State: 2 catches, 19 yards.

2026 so far

6 returns, 78 yards

Last game: 2 catches, 19 yards vs. Alcorn State, W 41–⁠38

Next game: at East Texas A&M, Oct 24

Game by game this season, receiving yards
  1. 13TXSO
  2. 10SFA
  3. -3GRAM
  4. 14SOU
  5. 19ALCN

Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.

Team titles: SWAC champions, 2025

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record

* The season in progress, so far.

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2024Memphis310.303
2025Prairie View A&M46416.0139
2026Prairie View A&M9535.9015
Career161187.4139

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2024Memphis1180–––
2025Prairie View A&M–––2190
2026Prairie View A&M6780–––
Career79602190

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
2023Houston1WRFr.
2024Memphis1WRSo.
2025Prairie View A&M1WRJr.
2026Prairie View A&M1WRSr.5′9″178

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
2024Memphis12-0.50––-6.0–
2025Prairie View A&M (FCS)13-0.41––-5.4–
2026Prairie View A&M (FCS)20-0.053rd (n=829)0.43-1.15%

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

2026 Prairie View A&M 6 games, 6 returns, 78 yards
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 6vs.Texas SouthernW 52–⁠143130–––
Sep 12atBaylorL 3–⁠44–––118–
Sep 19vs.Stephen F. AustinL 10–⁠31110029–
Sep 26vs.GramblingW 21–⁠141−30–––
Oct 10vs.SouthernL 14–⁠282140116–
Oct 17vs.Alcorn StateW 41–⁠382190235–
2025 Prairie View A&M 7 games, 4 catches, 64 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 20vs.Northwestern StateW 27–⁠24––––––
Sep 27vs.GramblingW 28–⁠13––––––
Nov 8atAlabama A&MW 48–⁠51391–––
Nov 15vs.Arkansas–Pine BluffW 56–⁠9–––––1
Nov 22vs.Mississippi Valley StateW 59–⁠61130––1
Dec 6atJackson StateW 23–⁠212120–––
Dec 13 ✦vs.South Carolina StateL 38–⁠40––––––
2024 Memphis 6 games, 3 catches, 1 yard
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 7vs.TroyW 38–⁠17–––118–
Sep 14atFlorida StateW 20–⁠12––––––
Sep 21atNavyL 44–⁠56––––––
Sep 28vs.Middle TennesseeW 24–⁠7––––––
Oct 12vs.South FloridaW 21–⁠3310–––
Oct 26vs.CharlotteW 33–⁠28––––––

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

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