Player Career

Joey Banks Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Joey Banks story

Joey Banks built his college career from 2016 through 2020 as a safety from Sacramento, CA wearing No. 9, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Joey Banks' career was his defensive production: 128 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 4 interceptions across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Buffalo. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Joey Banks' production has multiple signals. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Buffalo.

The arc is straightforward: Joey Banks moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Buffalo

    2016-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2016201720182018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonBuffalo0
2017 Regular SeasonBuffalo00
2018 PostseasonBuffalo721.93.27
2018 Regular SeasonBuffalo721.93.20
2019 PostseasonBuffalo8.534.48.61.5
2019 Regular SeasonBuffalo8.534.48.60
2020 Regular SeasonBuffalo0-8.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Penn State

Week 2 · L 13-45

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

88.6 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.

#2

@ Akron

Week 8 · W 21-0 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

#3

@ Central Michigan

Week 6 · W 34-24 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

67.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.5 takeover score.

#4

vs Central Michigan

Week 9 · W 43-20 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

67.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.

#5

@ Rutgers

Week 4 · W 42-13

2

Havoc Plays

65.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Buffalo

8.5 primary output · 34.4 efficiency · 8.6 usage

61.9

#2

2019 Regular Season · Buffalo

61.9

8.5 primary · 34.4 efficiency · 8.6 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · Buffalo

36.5

7 primary · 21.9 efficiency · 3.2 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

4

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games