Brandon Banks

Dude that kick return against Nebraska made me laugh. He just catches the ball follows the blockers and turns the corner. At that point the speed burst is Madden like. Holy cow that guy is freaking fast. The fact that he is so short only makes him look so much faster. I am legit stoked to see him on kickoffs now.

yep. Saden he can play in the NFL and not get smoked.

Seems like a good kid. Spoke with him at TC for a few moments. He's a very small dude. Not just in height, he's slim. The little guys that have made it recently have been thick. I like the kid, but one real solid hit from an NFL 200 lber and he's done. I don't think he makes it, but with his speed the CFL is a real option for him.

Would not surprise me if he made it in the CFL and had some success similar to say, Dominique Dorsey. The UFL would also be a potential landing spot. If Doug Williams sticks with the expansion team in the Norfolk area I wouldn't be surprised to see camp cuts start hitting there when they're part of the league next year.

I think the way he makes it is the following

1. We carry two QB's, anymore then that and he's not making it.

2. We carry 3 RB's. In the past Shanny has carried 4 so it's possible that the extra spot left by the hypothetical no 3rd QB goes to a ball carrier.

3. Terrance Austin breaks into the starting lineup. Being a starter seriously reduces the effectiveness of kick returner as we all saw with a certain ARE.

4. We carry 6 WR's, Moss, Galloway, Thomas, Armstrong, Austin, Banks.

Right now though it seems that the practice squad is going to be as follows

Capers (OT), Cook (OL), Paulsen (TE), K. Williams (RB), Banks (WR), Hodge (WR), Morris (FB)

From what I saw on Saturday, he won't make it.

I saw him fumble a return, trying to get an extra yard. Yes he's fast, but I don't think he has the strongest hands to hold onto the ball...or maybe they're just small.

I think Austin has a better chance to make the team as a returner, #5/6 WR.

We have plenty of potentially-capable returners in Moss, Thomas, Buchanon, Hall...maybe even Keiland Williams, Tryon and Torain.


Sure I'm rooting for him and would love to see him make it as a little guy, but up to this point...he won't.

Of course, I'm sure he'll get plenty of chances in the preseason games to do something.


The coaches were really testing him and Austin on returns...sending everyone at them. The vets weren't even getting tackled, but the rookies were.

Man, I hope this guy makes the team. At the very least have him return kicks/punts. 1049 yards in 2008 and 705 in 2009. Sub 4.3 40 time and at 5'7" and 142 lbs he's not afraid to go over the middle. Big things come in small packages, let's hope he turns out to be a big thing.


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Dude, at 5'7" 142 he would be destroyed if he took a really good ST type of lick!!! I am 5'9" 165, so we would have similar stature/build I would think. I am sure he can smoke me and run circls around me if we were to run a 200m dash, but if he gets drilled, lights out baby!!

Hope he makes team/PS I think he would be a good PR/KR/3rd down back IMO, he just needs to bulk up a little.

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Starting at punt returner time to ride!!

I'm guessing that this means for the game Friday, but wasn't sure, asked him.. waiting for a response back

OK, you can all forget about Moss or Thomas returning kicks/punts on the regular...you just don't have your starting WR or even your 3rd WR returning kicks in the NFL. As for this guy being too small, anyone can add muscle mass with the right diet/training and we know the NFL is good at that. Wes Welker is 5'8" and 180 lbs and he's doing just fine catching the ball and avoiding hits.

If this Banks kid can work on his fumble issues he's going to bring some magic into Skins special teams unit.

Banks is a few pounds short of 180, he's solid in the fact that his speed and somewhat elusiveness make it to where more guys hit him from the side just bouncing him off. Don't think for one second he'll have the separation on crossing routes in the NFL that he has in his videos.