Marcus Banks
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No. 12 Arizona Cardinals | |||||||||
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Wide Receiver | |||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Place of birth: Galion, OH | |||||||||
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Career information | |||||||||
High school: Northmor | |||||||||
College: Ohio State | |||||||||
NFL Draft: 2016 / Round: 4 / Pick: 101 | |||||||||
Debuted in 2016 for the Miami Dolphins | |||||||||
Career history
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Roster status: Injured Reserve | |||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||
Career NFL statistics as of Week Week 16, 2017 | |||||||||
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Marcus Banks is an American football Wide Receiver for the Arizona Cardinals.
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College career
Marcus Banks attended Ohio State for 4 years, only starting in his senior season. Banks played primarily in a reserve role in his first three seasons with future NFL players Mike Tripplett and Marvin White occupying the starting roles. His senior season he started opposite White and finally broke through on the statsheet.
College Stats
Year Team Games Starts Rushing Receiving Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD 2013 OSU 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2014 OSU 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2015 OSU 12 12 0 0 0 0 29 393 13.55 4 Career 12 12 0 0 0 0 29 393 13.55 4
Professional career
Draft
Prior to the 2016 NFLHC Draft Banks was invited to the combine. At the combine, Banks had the longest broad jump (10-4) of all the receivers, which was good for second longest in the entire combine. His 4.57 forty raised a few flags with some teams, but his reliable hands led some teams to believe he could be an excellent slot receiver.
Ht | Wt | 40-yd dash | Shuttle | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | Wonderlic |
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5 ft 11 in | 201 lb | 4.57 s | 33.5 in | 10 ft 4 in | ||||
Miami Dolphins
2016 Season
Marcus Banks was drafted in the 4th round, 101 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft. He immediately became the Dolphins #2 receiver upon signing his rookie contract. The Dolphins decided not to protect Banks prior to the 2017 NFLHC Expansion Draft making him the highest rated Wide Receiver available.
Arizona Cardinals
2017 Season
The Cardinals selected Banks with their first round pick in the 2017 NFLHC Expansion Draft. Banks was the first receiver to join the team, immediately becoming the Cardinals #1 receiver.
In the first week of the 2017 season, Banks caught the first ever pass from Jarius Jones. On the same drive, he also caught Jones' first touchdown pass when they connected from 10 yards out.
Banks was having a solid first season as the Cardinals primary receiver before suffering a season ending injury against the Chicago Bears. Banks suffered an ACL Tear after landing awkwardly on an attempted catch.
Following the game he was placed on season ending Injured Reserve.
He finished the season with 55 receptions, 769 yards and 4 Touchdowns.
Professional Statistics
Year Team Games Starts Rushing Receiving Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD 2016 MIA 14 14 0 0 0 0 24 343 14.29 5 2017 ARI 12 12 0 0 0 0 59 769 13.03 4 Career 26 26 0 0 0 0 83 1112 13.66 9