6′2″ · Houston, TX · Navarro College
Paul Banks: DB · Texas Tech · #28.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Paul Banks
Erases the deep middle of the field. On tape: 6 tackles against Texas, Week 10, 2016.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
24 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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 | Texas Tech | 24 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 |
| Career | 24 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 6 | L 38-44@ Kansas State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-48vs No. 20 West Virginia | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 59-66vs No. 16 Oklahoma | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 27-24@ TCU | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 37-45vs Texas | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 44-45@ No. 17 Oklahoma State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-66@ Iowa State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 54-35vs Baylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
21%5 pass breakupsTackle volume
24tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL24 tackles · 5 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Road4g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kliff Kingsbury
Pass share
63.1%
652 pass / 381 run
Plays / game
86.1
12 games
Team sack rate
4.4%
698 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
One season at Texas Tech, 24 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
