Player Profile: D'Andre Banks

#62 D'Andre Banks

Rivals.com: Profile as recruit

Position: Offensive Line
Height: 6-3
Weight: 310
Class: Senior
Hometown: Killeen, Texas
High School: Harker Heights HS
Previous School: Trinity Valley CC

2015 (Jr.): Started nine games at right guard for the Jayhawks in his first season... South Dakota State: Started at right guard in his debut and helped Kansas to its most yards of total offense (577) since 2007… Memphis: Helped pave the way for 194 rushing yards at right guard… at Rutgers: Started at right guard… at Iowa State: Started at right guard… Baylor: Made his fifth-straight start at right guard…Texas Tech: Rotated in at right guard and helped KU to its most passing yards in 2015 (330)… at Oklahoma State: Started at right guard… Oklahoma: Did not play due to injury… at Texas: Rotated in along the offensive line… at TCU: Started at right guard and helped KU to over 200 yards passing and 100 yards rushing… West Virginia: Started at right guard… K-State: Started at right guard and helped KU average 4.5 yards-per-play.

Trinity Valley Community College (2012-14): Played two seasons at Trinity Valley Community College for head coach Brad Smiley… A three-star prospect according to Rivals.com... Saw action as an offensive guard on the 2014 team that went undefeated (12-0)… Helped lead the Cardinals to the SWJCFC championship, the Region XIV championship and the Heart of Texas Bowl title in both 2013 and 2014... Spent the 2012 season as a redshirt.

High School: Competed in both football and track and field at Harker Heights HS in Killeen, Texas.

Personal: Son of Andrew and Joan Banks… Father played football at Purdue… Has a sister, Brittany, and a brother, Marcus... Majoring in communications with a minor in history.