Defensive back, Mississippi State, 2009–12
Johnthan Banks
- Number
- No. 13
- Height
- 6′2″
- Hometown
- Maben, MS
- Born
- Oct 3, 1989, in Maben, Mississippi
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Johnthan Banks played defensive back at Mississippi State (2009–12). He won the 2012 Jim Thorpe Award. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took Banks in round 2, No. 43 overall in the 2013 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
All-America: Walter Camp first team 2012; FWAA 2012; AP second team 2012; Scout.com first team 2012; College Football News third team 2012
Defense
| Season | Team | Int |
|---|---|---|
| 2009* | Mississippi State | 4 |
| 2010 | Mississippi State | 3 |
| 2011 | Mississippi State | 5 |
| 2012 | Mississippi State | 4 |
| Career | 16 | |
Returns
| Season | Team | PR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Mississippi State | 25 | 166 | 1 |
| 2012 | Mississippi State | 14 | 123 | 0 |
| Career | 39 | 289 | 1 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 13 | 34 | 20 | 54 | 1.5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | 13 | 46 | 25 | 71 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 13 | 39 | 24 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| On file | 139 | 82 | 221 | 11.5 | 4 | 16 | 26 | 5 | 4 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Mississippi State | 13 | DB | |
| 2010 | Mississippi State | 13 | DB | |
| 2011 | Mississippi State | 13 | DB | |
| 2012 | Mississippi State | 13 | DB | 6′2″ |
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
2012 Mississippi State 3 games with an interception on file, 4 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8 | vs. Auburn | W 28–10 | 2 | 1 |
| Sep 22 | vs. South Alabama | W 30–10 | 1 | 3 |
| Oct 20 | vs. Middle Tennessee | W 45–3 | 1 | 1 |
2011 Mississippi State 5 games with an interception on file, 5 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 | atAuburn | L 34–41 | 1 | 3 |
| Sep 15 | vs. LSU | L 6–19 | 1 | 1 |
| Sep 24 | vs. Louisiana Tech | W 26–20 | 1 | 4 |
| Oct 8 | at UAB | W 21–3 | 1 | 2 |
| Oct 15 | vs. South Carolina | L 12–14 | 1 | 2 |
2010 Mississippi State 3 games with an interception on file, 3 INT
2009 Mississippi State 2 games with an interception on file, 4 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17 | atMiddle Tennessee | W 27–6 | 2 | – |
| Oct 24 | vs. Florida | L 19–29 | 2 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2013 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′2″ |
| Weight | 185 lb |
| Arm length | 33⅞″ |
| Hand size | 9¼″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.61 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.59 sW |
| Vertical jump | 34″ |
| Broad jump | 10′5″ |
| Bench press | 10 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 6.97 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.27 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
5 seasons, 45 games with a stat; latest team: Houston Texans.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 16 | 50 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 15 | 45 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 8 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Chicago Bears | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | Houston Texans | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 45 | 135 | 0 | 7 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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