2017 Football Roster
Jonathan Banks
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- High School:
- Nimitz
2018: Made seven starts during the regular season…Finished the regular season with 1,074 yards passing, five touchdowns and just two interceptions…He also rushed for 120 yards and scored a pair of touchdowns…Opened the year on a high note as he passed for 281 yards and a pair of touchdowns against Wake Forest…Went 12 of 16 for 190 yards in a win over Nicholls State…Tossed a pair of touchdowns against UAB.
2017: Started 11 games…Finished the year with 1,797 passing yards and 12 touchdowns, and 592 yards rushing and seven touchdowns on the ground…Earned American Athletic Conference weekly honor roll recognition on Sept. 4 and Sept. 25…Captured LSWA Offensive Player of the Week honors…Opened the year by going 10-of-15 for 185 yards and three touchdowns in a 43-14 win over Grambling State…Surpassed 200 yards through the air against nationally-ranked USF, completing 9-of-19 passes for 221 yards and two touchdowns…Totaled 203 yards passing and three touchdowns against nationally-ranked Memphis…Completed a season-best 70.8 percent of his passes against Cincinnati…Threw for 251 yards and two touchdowns in a home finale win over Houston…Posted his first career 300-yard game against SMU, as he passed for 314 yards and two touchdowns.
Prior to Tulane: Came to Tulane from Independence Community College in Kansas, where he passed for 1,338 yards and nine touchdowns and ran for 615 yards and seven touchdowns in nine games directing the Pirates’ offense…Spent the 2015 season at Kansas State as a redshirt after joining the Wildcats following a season at Contra Costa College in Texas where he led the Comets to nine straight wins in 2014…Majoring in Public Relations.
Banks’ Career Highs
Rush yards 96 at ECU, 11/11/17
Rush TDs 2 at ECU, 11/11/17
Long rush 53 vs. Cincinnati, 11/4/17
Pass attempts 31 at SMU, 11/25/17
Pass completions 18 at SMU, 11/25/17
Pass yards 314 at SMU, 11/25/17
Long pass 73 vs. USF, 10/21/17
