Brad Banks (born April 22, 1980) is a former
American football quarterback. He played
college football
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Unlike most ...
at
Iowa where he was the runner-up for the
Heisman Trophy
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.
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
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. He was also a
team captain all three years. He helped Belle Glade Glades Central win the state high school championship as a senior. He was a three-time
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and lettered twice in
track
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College career
Central Florida
Banks originally attended the
University of Central Florida but transferred after his
red-shirt freshman year.
Hinds CC
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
) 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.
Iowa
Banks played in 10 games in
2001
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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
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, 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 170-of-294 (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
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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
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. He won the
Davey O'Brien Award
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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 ''
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''. He also earned the ''
Chicago Tribune''
Silver Football Award as the
Big Ten Conference's
Most Valuable Player
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. 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.
College statistics
Professional career
Washington Redskins
Banks went unselected in the
2003 NFL Draft
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. He signed with the
Washington Redskins after the draft, but was released shortly afterwards.
Ottawa Renegades
In 2004, Banks signed with the
Ottawa Renegades of the
Canadian Football League (CFL).
Winnipeg Blue Bombers
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.
Montreal Alouettes
In June 2007, Banks was traded to the
Montreal Alouettes in exchange for quarterback
Kliff Kingsbury.
Iowa Barnstormers
On January 31, 2011, Brad was assigned to the
Iowa Barnstormers of
Arena Football League (AFL). On April 1, 2011, Banks set a Barnstormers single game record in touchdowns with an 11 TD (10 passing, 1 rushing) performance against the
San Jose SaberCats at the
HP Pavilion. Iowa won 76-69.
CFL stats
Arena stats
Personal life
Banks is a cousin of former
Tennessee,
College of the Sequoias
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History
College of the Sequoias was originally esta ...
,
Ole Miss and
Central Valley Coyotes quarterback
Brent Schaeffer
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He also played college football at the University of Tennessee and College of the Sequoias.
High school career
Sch ...
.
He is also a cousin of
wide receiver Anquan Boldin
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.
References
Further reading
Hawkeye Sports News - Where are they now? Brad Banks
External links
{{DEFAULTSORT:Banks, Brad
1980 births
Living people
American football quarterbacks
Canadian football quarterbacks
Hinds Eagles football players
Iowa Barnstormers players
Iowa Hawkeyes football players
Montreal Alouettes players
Ottawa Renegades players
UCF Knights football players
Washington Redskins players
People from Belle Glade, Florida
Players of American football from Florida
Sportspeople from the Miami metropolitan area