Junior To Watch: Brian Banks

Junior to Watch: Brian Banks.

School: Long Beach (Calif.) Poly

Position: Linebacker.

Size and Speed: Brian stands 6-foot-4, weighs in at 225 pounds and runs the 40-yard dash in 4.56 seconds. Banks benches 240 pounds and he told Rivals that he is working hard on improving his overall strength.

Statistics: Brian was injured most of the season with separated ribs and still collected 20 tackles, one fumble caused and one fumble recovery. Banks is a 100% healthy and raring to go.

Honors: N/A.

Favorite Schools: Banks is hearing from a number of schools thus far. USC, Cal, Oregon, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Michigan, Wisconsin and Fresno State are a sampling of schools interested in Brian.

The Skinny: Banks has great size and speed, you don’t find many linebackers with Brian’s 6-4 height and his 4.5 speed. You might see his speed in an outside backer, but Banks will start as a middle linebacker for the legendary Long Beach Poly program his senior season.

Banks is a team leader and his popular with his teammates. Banks has taken the responsibility to make sure his teammates are showing up for workouts.

Brian is a tall, lanky, and rangy athlete who hasn’t even begun to fill out. He’s already known as a tremendous hitter whose bone jarring hits get his teammates and Poly crowds going.

Banks is a three-year varsity player for Poly. He played for the fast group as sophomore. The fast group is a defensive scheme that Poly uses when the situation calls for fast guys at every defensive position. Brian was at one end and Rivals All-America tight end and UCLA bound Marcedes Lewis was on the opposite edge.

Banks is a very personable young man and we will keep you informed on his recruiting progress as the season goes on.

Stay tuned…