#33

Jeremy Banks

Senior linebacker for Tennessee. 2022: 53 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss.

LB · Tennessee · Sr. · #33

6′1″ · 224 lb · Cordova, TN

CFB Index 45 · #320 of 548 LBsHigh confidenceTennessee 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 394 nationally · Signed with Tennessee

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Tennessee. 2022: 53 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Tennessee in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Tennessee, 219 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20187 games

Signed with Tennessee3-star out of Cordova

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#394 national

CFB

College

Tennessee

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018–2020

Jeremy Pruitt

Tennessee

2021–2022

Josh Heupel

Tennessee

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Jeremy Pruitt → Josh Heupel. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Tennessee5-7HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2019Tennessee8-5HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning

2020Tennessee3-7HC: Jeremy Pruitt · Run-leaning

2021Tennessee7-6HC: Josh Heupel · Run-heavy, fast tempo

2022Tennessee11-2HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

45Rotational starter #320 of 548?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (99th percentile). Strength: passes defended (85th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#33 / 2755 · 99th pct

Passes defended#354 / 2755 · 85th pct

Solo tackles#409 / 2755 · 84th pct

Tackles#489 / 2755 · 82nd pct

Tackles for loss#667 / 2755 · 74th pct

4.5

Forced fumbles#58 / 737 · 46th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

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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

2022 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.7	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road4g	4.8	0.8	0.0	1.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.8	0.4	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	6.0	0.5	0.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Josh Heupel

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

our read surprisingly productive for a linebacker with no award recognition yet — top-7% passes broken up, top-2% hurry rate.2022 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

45 · #320 of 548 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #320 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Tennessee	53	33	4.5	0.0	4	--	--
2021	Tennessee	128	59	11.5	5.5	4	1	--
2020	Tennessee	28	13	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Tennessee	7	1	1.0	0.0	--	2	--
2018	Tennessee	3	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	3
Career		219	109	18.0	5.5	8	3	3

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2022

W 52–49

vs Alabama

6 TOT · 4 SOLO · 4 QB HUR

Edged out Alabama at home in a shootout.

With H. Hooker — 385 yds · 5 TD · 1 INT · QBR 94.3 · 56 rush yds (14 car) · J. Hyatt — 6 rec · 207 yds · 5 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 59-10vs Ball State	6	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 34-27@ Pittsburgh	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 63-6vs Akron	5	5	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 38-33vs Florida	7	5	0.5	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 6	W 40-13@ LSU	2	1	1.0	—	1
Wk 7	W 52-49vs Alabama	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 44-6vs Kentucky	6	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 13-27@ Georgia	7	4	1.5	—	1
Wk 11	W 66-24vs Missouri	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 56-0@ Vanderbilt	7	4	0.5	—	2
Total		53	33	4.5	—	4

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

Jeremy Banks

20187 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

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