Brant Banks

Offensive Tackle, New York Jets.

Player facts

Team: New York Jets
Position: Offensive Tackle
Born: May 1, 2000 (age 26)
Birthplace: Houston, TX, USA
Height: 6' 7"
Weight: 306 lbs
College: Rice
Experience: 1 season
Status: Practice Squad

About

Brant Banks (born May 1, 2000) is an American professional football offensive tackle for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers and Rice Owls.

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Background

Early life

Banks is from Houston, Texas. He grew up competing in multiple sports including football and basketball; he also received a black belt in taekwondo at age five. He attended Westbury Christian School where he played football and basketball, earning all-district honors in football as both an offensive tackle and defensive tackle. He had planned to be a basketball player until he started receiving offers to play college football. A three-star recruit, he committed to play for the Nebraska Cornhuskers as an offensive lineman.

College career

Banks redshirted at Nebraska in 2019 and appeared in one game. After the football season, he joined the Nebraska basketball team for the 2020 Big Ten Conference Tournament, appearing in one game. With the football team, he played in four games in 2020 and then in nine in 2021, making one start in the latter season. Banks played in all 12 games during the 2022 season. He transferred to the Rice Owls for the 2023 season. He started all 13 games at left guard in 2023, receiving fourth-team All-American Athletic Conference (AAC) honors from Phil Steele, then started all 12 games at right tackle in 2024.

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