Player Dossier

2021-2025

UTSA

Shad Banks Jr.

LB • 6'1" • 230 lbs • Houston, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Shad Banks Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · UTSA

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
TCU • UTSA
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida International

Player Story

Shad Banks Jr. built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Houston, TX wearing No. 17, spending time with TCU and UTSA. The clearest part of Shad Banks Jr.'s career was his defensive...

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Shad Banks Jr., LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · UTSA. Shad Banks Jr. shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 42.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
193
TFL
20
Sacks
4
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
2
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Shad Banks Jr. quick answers

Latest team and position
UTSA · LB
Career Tackles
193
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 43 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · UTSA
Top game
Florida International
Latest roster
No. 17 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
93 tackles · LB 61st (top 5%) · American Athletic 9th (top 2%) · National 75th (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonTCU61210--015
2022 Regular SeasonTCU112931--020.2
2023 Regular SeasonTCU11578.512-065.2
2024 Regular SeasonTCU22-0--036.7
2025 PostseasonUTSA1381121069.7
2025 Regular SeasonUTSA13856.51-1369.7

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025TCU to UTSAP4 to G5/FCS79.1Dec 23, 2024

Shad Banks Jr. played LB for TCU and UTSA. Across 5 tracked seasons, Shad Banks Jr. recorded 193 tackles and 3 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UTSA.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

UTSA paired 16.5 primary output with 42.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 42.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across TCU, UTSA.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida International

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2025 Postseason · UTSA

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.3

Efficiency

42.5

Usage

15.2

Consistency

36.5

Best Game by takeover score

Florida International

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Florida International: 5. Texas A&M: 1. Texas State: 2. Incarnate Word: 1. Colorado State: 0. Temple: 0. Rice: 1. North Texas: 0. Tulane: 2. South Florida: 0.5. Charlotte: 0. East Carolina: 3. Army: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida International: 8 by 83.3. Texas A&M: 7 by 39.2. Texas State: 9 by 57.5. Incarnate Word: 5 by 30.8. Colorado State: 11 by 45.8. Temple: 6 by 25. Rice: 6 by 35. North Texas: 2 by 8.3. Tulane: 6 by 45. South Florida: 5 by 25.8. Charlotte: 8 by 33.3. East Carolina: 10 by 71.7. Army: 10 by 51.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.7 · Games = 7 · +1.0 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 6 · -1.0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Florida International

Best efficiency game

83.3 vs Florida International

Result
Sat 12/27vs Florida InternationalSplash gameW 57-2084111
Sat 11/29vs Army10+ tacklesL 24-27107100
Sat 11/22vs East Carolina10+ tackles · Splash gameW 58-241041011
Sat 11/15@ CharlotteW 28-787000
Fri 11/7@ South FloridaL 23-55530.5000
Thu 10/30vs TulaneSplash gameW 48-2662110
Sat 10/18@ North TexasL 17-5521000
Sat 10/11vs RiceW 61-1366100
Sat 10/4@ TempleL 21-2765000
Sun 9/21@ Colorado State10+ tacklesW 17-16112000
Sat 9/13vs Incarnate WordW 48-20550010
Sat 9/6vs Texas StateSplash gameL 36-43951010
Sat 8/30@ Texas A&ML 24-4276100

Player Story

Shad Banks Jr. story

Shad Banks Jr. built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Houston, TX wearing No. 17, spending time with TCU and UTSA. The clearest part of Shad Banks Jr.'s career was his defensive production: 193 tackles, 20 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 4 interceptions across 43 career games in the available record. His career also includes 108 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Shad Banks Jr.'s career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    TCU

    2021-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    UTSA

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonTCU211.73.7
2022 Regular SeasonTCU414.63.92
2023 Regular SeasonTCU11.53211.27.5
2024 Regular SeasonTCU04.20.7-11.5
2025 PostseasonUTSA16.542.515.216.5
2025 Regular SeasonUTSA16.542.515.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 107 Florida International

Week 1 · W 57-20 · Postseason

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5

Havoc Plays

94.4 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.4 takeover score.

#2

@ Oklahoma

Week 13 · L 45-69 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

88.6 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Baylor

Week 12 · W 42-17 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

84.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 38 East Carolina

Week 13 · W 58-24 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

77.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 77.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Texas Tech

Week 10 · W 34-24 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

75 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · UTSA

16.5 primary output · 42.5 efficiency · 15.2 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · UTSA

69.7

16.5 primary · 42.5 efficiency · 15.2 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · TCU

65.2

11.5 primary · 32 efficiency · 11.2 usage

Milestones

12

Impact games

9

Splash games

4

10+ tackle games