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Player Dossier
2021-2025UTSA
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.
Impact Production
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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...
Read the storyShad 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
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | TCU | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 15 |
| 2022 Regular Season | TCU | 11 | 29 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 20.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | TCU | 11 | 57 | 8.5 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 65.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | TCU | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2025 Postseason | UTSA | 13 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 69.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UTSA | 13 | 85 | 6.5 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 69.7 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
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.
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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.
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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
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Wins1.7 · Games = 7 · +1.0 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 6 · -1.0 vs Wins
Game Log
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13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Florida International
Best efficiency game
83.3 vs Florida International
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/27 | vs Florida InternationalSplash game | W 57-20 | 8 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | vs Army10+ tackles | L 24-27 | 10 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs East Carolina10+ tackles · Splash game | W 58-24 | 10 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Charlotte | W 28-7 | 8 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/7 | @ South Florida | L 23-55 | 5 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 10/30 | vs TulaneSplash game | W 48-26 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ North Texas | L 17-55 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Rice | W 61-13 | 6 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Temple | L 21-27 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/21 | @ Colorado State10+ tackles | W 17-16 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Incarnate Word | W 48-20 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Texas StateSplash game | L 36-43 | 9 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Texas A&M | L 24-42 | 7 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
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.
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TCU
2021-2024
Opening stop
- 2
UTSA
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | TCU | 2 | 11.7 | 3.7 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | TCU | 4 | 14.6 | 3.9 | 2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | TCU | 11.5 | 32 | 11.2 | 7.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | TCU | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | -11.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | UTSA | 16.5 | 42.5 | 15.2 | 16.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | UTSA | 16.5 | 42.5 | 15.2 | 0 |
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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