Johnthan Banks

Banks with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2014

No. 35 Chicago Bears

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Personal information

Date of birth:

October 3, 1989 (age 27)

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Height:

6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Weight:

185 lb (84 kg)

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NFL Draft:

2013 / Round: 2 / Pick: 43

Career history

Roster status:

Active

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Career NFL statistics as of 2016

Johnthan Shuntay Banks (born October 3, 1989) is an American football cornerback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Mississippi State, where he received All-America honors. Banks was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the second round of the 2013 NFL Draft.

Banks was born in Maben, Mississippi. He attended East Webster High School in Cumberland, where he played safety and quarterback for the East Webster Wolverines high school football team.

Considered a three-star recruit by 247Sports.com, Banks was listed as the No. 41 safety in the nation in 2009.

Banks enrolled in Mississippi State University, where he played for the Mississippi State Bulldogs football team from 2009 to 2012. He compiled 221 tackles, a school record 16 interceptions, four quarterback sacks and four touchdowns. He was originally a safety, but made the switch to cornerback as a sophomore. Following his senior season in 2012, Banks won the Jim Thorpe Award for the top defensive back in college football. He also received first-team All-American honors from the Football Writers Association of America, the Walter Camp Football Foundation, and Scout.com, and was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection.