Last confirmed: Wake Forest, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · Cary, NC · Middle Creek
Josh Banks: DL · Wake Forest · #40.
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Josh Banks
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. He has spent two seasons in the Wake Forest defensive front. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss against Virginia — Week 10, 2016.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Wake Forest | 34 | 19 | 8.0 | 4.5 | -- |
| 2014 | Wake Forest | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 34 | 19 | 8.0 | 4.5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 24-14@ Duke | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-21vs Delaware | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 33-28@ Indiana | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 16-33@ NC State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-9vs Syracuse | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 6-17@ No. 14 Florida State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-21vs Army | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 27-20vs Virginia | 6 | 2 | 3.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 12-44@ No. 5 Louisville | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-35vs No. 5 Clemson | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-17vs Boston College | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 34-26vs No. 23 Temple | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 34 | 19 | 8.0 | 4.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
24%8 TFLSack rate
13%4 sacksHurry rate
12%4 hurries34 tackles · 8 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Dave Clawson — 10-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Clawson
Pass share
40.6%
353 pass / 516 run
Plays / game
66.8
13 games
Team sack rate
10.1%
397 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2016
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Wake Forest, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jim Grobe → Dave Clawson. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
