Ardell Banks
Kent State Golden Flashes
64
Depth

Ardell Banks

Kent State Golden FlashesRebuilding
WR-ZOffenseDepth
Projected Starter

Is Ardell Banks starting?

Ardell Banks is the projected starter at WR-Z for Kent State Golden Flashes.

Redshirt junior · #1 · 6'4", 195 lbs

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Depth at WR-Z · Kent State Golden Flashes

  1. 1164Ardell BanksStarter
  2. 2458Jared Kelley

Kent State Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Massillon Washington, ranked #600 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 12 catches, 205 yards, 2 TD. That's 9% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 64 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit3★ · #600 Natl2-Yr Total14 rec · 225 yds · 2 TDTeam Share9%
Massillon, OH
Jersey
#1
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
6'4"
Weight
195 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonRecRec YdsRec TD
2025122052
20242200

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8803
National Rank
#600
High School
Massillon Washington
Hometown
Massillon, OH

Why this rating?

On a 62-rated offense; 60th-percentile production (×0.74 for competition level) put them +2 vs unit starters → 64.

Team offense (SP+)
62
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 60% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.74)
Depth-chart adjustment
+2 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 3LOHIOYDS 60
REC
2
YDS
60
AVG
30.0
TD
0

Final L 13-10

Sep 26WBALLYDS 58
REC
2
YDS
58
AVG
29.0
TD
0

Final W 26-13

Sep 19LOSUYDS 13
REC
1
YDS
13
AVG
13.0
TD
0

Final L 59-3

Sep 12WWOFYDS 36
REC
2
YDS
36
AVG
18.0
TD
0

Final W 36-15

Ardell Banks's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

12 rec · 205 yds · 2 TD
Usage / Involvement56%
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