Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 1 game
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 9 | W 27-24@ No. 25 Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Kelvin Banks Jr.
Last confirmed: Texas, 2024. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · 320 lb · Humble, TX · Summer Creek
Kelvin Banks Jr.: OL · Texas · #78.
Kelvin Banks Jr.
He has spent two seasons in the Texas offensive line. SEC Jacobs Blocking Trophy in 2024 made it three straight seasons on the honors list.
News and fans
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Texas in the news
Where to follow him
Game log
Signature game
Week 9 · 2024
W 27-24
at Vanderbilt
1 tackle · 1 solo tackle
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
2024 snapshot
Season context: team record and system
2 seasons under Steve Sarkisian, all balanced offenses — 25-5 over that span.
2023Texas12-2HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced
2024Texas13-3HC: Steve Sarkisian · Balanced
Awards
A five-star recruit at offensive line for Texas -- now an All-Conference mainstay.
Offensive line play doesn't show up in a box score. Here's what actually tells you whether he's good.
All-Conference caliberFive-star HS recruitLombardi (2024)Outland (2024)All-SEC (2024)
The unit he anchors ranks 54th nationally in passing-downs success rate this season. See the full unit breakdown →
Texas has produced 4 All-Conference offensive linemen and 1 All-American. 7 have gone on to the NFL Draft since 2018. Kelvin Banks was one of them, an All-American.
Three seasons at Texas, drafted
- 2025 Drafted in round 1, No. 9 by the New Orleans
- 2024 Texas SarkisianYear 3 · 1 gameLombardiOutlandAll-conference
- 2023 Texas SarkisianYear 2 · 1 gameAll-conference
- 2022 Texas SarkisianYear 1 · on the roster, no stat lineAll-conference
- Before collegeSigned with Texas in 2022 as a 5-star recruit, No. 33 in the country.
His moves
- Signed with Texas in the 2022 class, a 5-star recruit.
Career, closed
Gone at #9 overall.
How it ended
Two seasons at Texas, the Lombardi Award (2024) — drafted at #9 overall by the New Orleans Saints.
His career
He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.
2022
- Signed with Texas5-star out of Summer Creek
- All-Big 12second
2023
- All-Big 12first
2024
- Lombardiwinner
- Outlandwinner
- SEC Jacobs Blocking Trophywinner
- All-SECfirst
2025
- Drafted by New Orleans Saintsround 1, pick 9
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
National awards
Lombardi, Outland
2024 season
ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM
All-SEC 1st team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2024
1 coach2022–2024
Texas
Played his entire career under Steve Sarkisian.
Where he ended up · NFL
New Orleans SaintsEntering 2nd NFL season
#9Rd 1 · Pick 9
New Orleans SaintsEntering 2nd NFL season