#11

Aaron Banks

Linebacker for Bowling Green. 2017: 41 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.

LB · Bowling Green · #11

6′3″ · 245 lb · Chicago, IL

Bowling Green 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

S recruit

No. 2069 nationally · Signed with Bowling Green

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 linebacker for Bowling Green. 2017: 41 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Bowling Green in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Bowling Green, 44 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2013

Signed with Bowling Green2-star out of Simeon

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2069 national

CFB

College

Bowling Green

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Mike Jinks — 6-18 over that span.

2016Bowling Green4-8HC: Mike Jinks · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Bowling Green2-10HC: Mike Jinks · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#914 / 2682 · 65th pct

QB hurries#717 / 2682 · 63rd pct

Passes defended#1090 / 2682 · 49th pct

Solo tackles#1386 / 2682 · 47th pct

Tackles for loss#1745 / 2682 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1345 / 2682 · 25th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home4g	4.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road5g	4.4	0.2	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	6.4	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Eddie George

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Bowling Green	41	17	1.0	1	--	--
2016	Bowling Green	3	3	0.0	--	--	--
Career		44	20	1.0	1	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2017 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 10-35@ Michigan State	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 7-49@ Northwestern	3	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 23-34vs Akron	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 30-48vs Ohio	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 17-48vs Northern Illinois	9	4	0.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 10	W 44-16@ Kent State	7	2	0.5	—	0
Wk 11	L 28-38@ Buffalo	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 37-66vs Toledo	5	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 31-34@ Eastern Michigan	8	4	0.5	—	1
Total		41	17	1.0	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology