High school and college career

Banks graduated from Lucy Craft Laney High School in Augusta, Georgia. He played college football at the University of Southern California (USC), from which he graduated in 1981.

Professional career

Banks was the winner of the NFL Rookie of the Year Award and four-time AFC Pro Bowler (1982, 1983, 1985, 1986) with the Cleveland Browns. Banks also played with the San Diego Chargers and Indianapolis Colts before retiring in 1993.

NFL stats

Year	Team	Games	Combined Tackles	Tackles	Assisted Tackles	Sacks	Forced Fumbles	Fumble Recoveries	Fumble Return Yards	Interceptions	Interception Return Yards	Yards per Interception Return	Longest Interception Return	Interceptions Returned for Touchdown	Passes Defended
1982	CLE	9	0	0	0	5.5	0	0	0	1	14	14	14	0	0
1983	CLE	16	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	3	95	32	65	1	0
1984	CLE	16	0	0	0	2.5	0	0	0	1	8	8	8	0	0
1985	CLE	16	0	0	0	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1986	CLE	16	0	0	0	4.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	SD	12	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	1	20	20	20	0	0
1989	IND	10	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	2	13	7	11	0	0
1990	IND	16	0	0	0	4.5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	IND	11	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	IND	16	0	0	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	3	3	3	0	0
Total	Total	138	0	0	0	46.0	0	1	0	9	153	17	65	1	0

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