Brad Banks

№: 7 (at Iowa)     CFL Free Agent
Banks at the 2009 Outback Bowl.
Date of birth:	April 22, 1980 (1980-04-22) (age 29)
Place of birth:	Belle Glade, Florida
Career information
Position(s):	QB
Height:	5 ft 11.5 in (1.82 m)
Weight:	205 lb (93 kg)
Jersey №:	7 (at Iowa)
College:	Iowa
Organizations
As player:
1998 1999-2000 2001-2002 2003 2004 2005-2006 2007-2008	Central Florida Knights (NCAA) Hinds CC Eagles (NJCAA) Iowa Hawkeyes (NCAA) Washington Redskins (NFL) Ottawa Renegades (CFL) Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) Montreal Alouettes (CFL)
Career highlights and awards
Awards:	2002 Heisman Trophy runner-up 2002 Davey O'Brien Award
Honors:	2002 Big Ten Player of the Year Alamo Bowl champion (2001)
Playing stats at CFL.ca

Brad Banks (born April 22, 1980 in Belle Glade, Florida) is an American football quarterback free agent. He was originally signed by the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Iowa where he was a Heisman Trophy finalist.

Banks has also played for the Ottawa Renegades, Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Montreal Alouettes.

Contents 1 Early years 2 College career 2.1 University of Central Florida 2.2 Hinds Community College 2.3 University of Iowa 2.4 College stats 3 Professional career 3.1 Professional stats 4 Personal life 5 Notes 6 Further reading 7 External links

[edit] Early years

Banks attended Glades Central High School where he was a First-team All-Conference and All-State selection as a junior and senior. He was also a team captain all three years. He helped Belle Glade Central win the state high school championship as a senior. He was a three-time football letterman and lettered twice in track.

[edit] College career

[edit] University of Central Florida

Banks originally attended the University of Central Florida but transferred after his red-shirt freshman year.

[edit] Hinds Community College

Banks transferred to Hinds Community College where he played Wide receiver as a JUCO freshman. He played quarterback as a sophomore and helped lead the team to an 11-1 record. Hinds was ranked as high as #4 nationally. Hinds won the State Junior College title his sophomore season as he passed for 2,192 yards (third in school history for passing yards in a single season^[1]) and rushed for 343 yards while recording 13 rushing touchdowns. He also passed for 16 touchdowns as a sophomore. After two seasons at Hinds, he transferred to the University of Iowa.

Banks was later named to the school's Team of the Decade.^[2]

[edit] University of Iowa

Banks played in 10 games in 2001 and was 41-of-68 (60.3%) for 582 yards, four touchdowns and two interceptions. He also carried the ball 41 times for 151 yards and two touchdowns. Then as a senior in 2002, his first career start came in the season-opener against Akron and he started all 13 games during the season. For the season he completed 70-of-29 (57.8%) for 2,573 yards, 26 touchdowns and seven interceptions. He helped lead the Hawkeyes to an 11-2 record and a tie for the conference championship with Ohio State. Had Iowa not lost to Iowa State they would have been undefeated in regular season and may have been selected to play in the Fiesta Bowl for the BCS championship. The Hawkeyes finished the season #8 in the AP Poll. Also, he was the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy. He won the Davey O'Brien Award as the nation's best Quarterback. He was named AP College Football Player of the Year, Walter Camp Foundation First-team All-America, Second-team All-America by the AP, Second-team All-America by The Sporting News, Second-team All-America by CNNSI.com. He also earned the Chicago Tribune Silver Football Award as the Big Ten Conference's Most Valuable Player. He was named the Big Ten Conference Offensive Player of the Year, one of three finalists for Maxwell Award, one of 10 finalists for Walter Camp Foundation Player of the Year, First-team All-Conference, a permanent team captain on offense, Co-Offensive MVP, Hayden Fry "Extra Heartbeat" Award winner. He was also selected to play in East/West Shrine Game and Hula Bowl.

[edit] College stats

Season	Comp. %	Pass Yards	TDs	INTs	Rush yards	Rush TDs
2000	--	2,192[1]	16	--	343	13
2001	60.3%	582	4	2	160	2
2002	57.8%	2,573	26	5	435	5

[edit] Professional career

Banks went unselected in the 2003 NFL Draft. However, he did sign with the Washington Redskins, but was released shortly afterwards. He then signed with the Ottawa Renegades of the Canadian Football League in 2004, and in 2005 was selected by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in Ottawa's Player dispersal draft. Then on May 16, 2007, he, along with fellow Quarterback Matt Bohnet re-signed with the Blue Bombers.^[3] However, on June 20, 2007, Banks was traded to the Montréal Alouettes in exchange for Quarterback Kliff Kingsbury.

[edit] Professional stats

Season	Atts.	Comps.	Comp. %	Pass Yards	TDs	INTs	Rating	Rush yards	Rush TDs
2004	106	67	63.2%	849	7	2	102.3	138	2
2005	14	5	35.7%	54	1	1	45.0	3	0
2006	52	22	42.3%	219	1	3	37.3	36	0
2007	6	3	50.0%	55	0	2	42.4	5	0
2008	1	1	100.0%	8	0	0	118.8	20	0
Total	179	98	54.7%	1,195	9	8	73.7	202	2

[edit] Personal life

Banks is a cousin of former Tennessee, College of the Sequoias, Ole Miss and current Central Valley Coyotes Quarterback Brent Schaeffer.^[4] As well, Banks is a cousin of Arizona Cardinals Wide receiver Anquan Boldin.^[3]

[edit] Notes

[edit] Further reading

• Hawkeye Sports News - Where are they now? Brad Banks
• Zurkowsky, Herb (June 22, 2009). "Brad Banks's future with Als at stake". The Montreal Gazzette. http://www.montrealgazette.com/Sports/Brad+Banks+future+with+stake/1721917/story.html. Retrieved 2009-06-23. 

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Brad Banks

• Winnipeg Blue Bombers bio
• Iowa Hawkeyes bio
• 2002 college football passing leaders at ESPN.com
• Davey O'Brien Award

Preceded by Kyle McCann

Iowa Hawkeyes Starting Quarterback 2002

Succeeded by Nathan Chandler

v • d • e Davey O'Brien Award winners 1981: J. McMahon  | 1982: T. Blackledge  | 1983: S. Young  | 1984: D. Flutie  | 1985: C. Long  | 1986: V. Testaverde  | 1987: D. McPherson  | 1988: T. Aikman  | 1989: A. Ware  | 1990: T. Detmer  | 1991: T. Detmer  | 1992: G. Torretta  | 1993: C. Ward  | 1994: K. Collins  | 1995: D. Wuerffel  | 1996: D. Wuerffel  | 1997: P. Manning  | 1998: M. Bishop  | 1999: J. Hamilton  | 2000: C. Weinke  | 2001: E. Crouch  | 2002: B. Banks  | 2003: J. White  | 2004: J. White  | 2005: V. Young  | 2006: T. Smith  | 2007: T. Tebow  | 2008: S. Bradford

v • d • e Associated Press College Football Player of the Year 1998: R. Williams  | 1999: R. Dayne  | 2000: J. Heupel  | 2001: R. Grossman  | 2002: B. Banks  | 2003: J. White  | 2004: M. Leinart  | 2005: R. Bush  | 2006: T. Smith  | 2007: T. Tebow  | 2008: S. Bradford