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Defensive back, Maryland, 2019–⁠22

Deonte Banks

Number: No. 3
Height: 6′2″
Weight: 205 lb
Class (2022): Junior
Hometown: Edgewood, MD
Born: Apr 3, 2001

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Deonte Banks played defensive back at Maryland (2019–⁠22). The New York Giants took Banks in the first round, No. 24 overall in the 2023 NFL Draft.

Best season: 38; Tackles, 2022 (Maryland, 8–⁠5)
Drafted: No. 24; Overall, 2023 NFL Draft (New York Giants)

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

3–⁠92–⁠37–⁠68–⁠5

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
2019	Maryland	28	22	0	0	1	2
2020	Maryland	11	10	0	0	0	1
2021	Maryland	6	4	0	0	0	0
2022	Maryland	38	25	0.5	0.5	1	8
Career		83	61	0.5	0.5	2	11

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2019	Maryland	3	DB	Yr 1
2020	Maryland	3	DB	Yr 2
2021	Maryland	3	DB	Yr 3
2022	Maryland	3	DB	Jr. (Yr 4)	6′2″	205

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2022 Maryland 12 games, 38 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 3	vs.Buffalo	W 31–⁠10	3	2	0	0	0	0
Sep 10	atCharlotte	W 56–⁠21	4	4	0	0	0	0
Sep 17	vs.SMU	W 34–⁠27	2	2	0	0	0	1
Sep 24	atMichigan	L 27–⁠34	3	2	0	0	0	1
Oct 1	vs.Michigan State	W 27–⁠13	1	0	0	0	0	0
Oct 8	vs.Purdue	L 29–⁠31	6	3	0.5	0.5	0	1
Oct 15	atIndiana	W 38–⁠33	4	3	0	0	1	0
Oct 22	vs.Northwestern	W 31–⁠24	3	0	0	0	0	1
Nov 5	atWisconsin	L 10–⁠23	1	1	0	0	0	2
Nov 12	atPenn State	L 0–⁠30	4	3	0	0	0	0
Nov 19	vs.Ohio State	L 30–⁠43	4	3	0	0	0	2
Nov 26	vs.Rutgers	W 37–⁠0	3	2	0	0	0	0

2021 Maryland 2 games, 6 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Sep 4	vs.West Virginia	W 30–⁠24	5	4	0	0	0	0
Sep 11	vs.Howard	W 62–⁠0	1	0	0	0	0	0

2020 Maryland 5 games, 11 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	PD
Oct 24	atNorthwestern	L 3–⁠43	4	3	0
Oct 30	vs.Minnesota	W 45–⁠44	1	1	0
Nov 7	atPenn State	W 35–⁠19	2	2	0
Nov 28	atIndiana	L 11–⁠27	2	2	0
Dec 12	vs.Rutgers	L 24–⁠27	2	2	1

2019 Maryland 9 games, 28 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	Int	PD
Aug 31	vs.Howard	W 79–⁠0	1	1	0	0
Sep 27	vs.Penn State	L 0–⁠59	2	2	0	0
Oct 5	atRutgers	W 48–⁠7	3	2	0	0
Oct 12	atPurdue	L 14–⁠40	5	5	0	1
Oct 19	vs.Indiana	L 28–⁠34	2	2	0	0
Oct 26	atMinnesota	L 10–⁠52	2	1	0	0
Nov 9	atOhio State	L 14–⁠73	2	1	0	0
Nov 23	vs.Nebraska	L 7–⁠54	6	6	0	1
Nov 30	atMichigan State	L 16–⁠19	5	2	1	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2023
Height	6′0⅛″
Weight	197 lb
Arm length	31⅜″
Hand size	9⅜″
Wingspan	77⅛″^W
40-yard dash	4.35 s
10-yard split	1.49 s^W
Vertical jump	42″
Broad jump	11′4″

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 46 games with a stat; latest team: New York Giants.

Season	Team	G	Tkl	Int
2023	New York Giants	15	62	2
2024	New York Giants	14	47	0
2025	New York Giants	14	30	0
2026 (so far)	New York Giants	3	14	1
NFL career		46	153	3

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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