Keshawn Banks: DL · San Diego State · #2.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Keshawn Banks
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches at San Diego State: Rocky Long and Brady Hoke. All-Mountain West in 2022 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 7 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Air Force — Week 13, 2022.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
35 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 9.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | San Diego State | 35 | 14 | 9.5 | 3.5 | 1 |
| 2021 | San Diego State | 34 | 16 | 11.0 | 5.0 | 2 |
| 2020 | San Diego State | 14 | 9 | 5.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2019 | San Diego State | 43 | 21 | 13.5 | 4.5 | 1 |
| 2018 | San Diego State | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 133 | 62 | 40.0 | 13.0 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 20-38vs Arizona | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 2 | W 38-7vs Idaho State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-35@ No. 14 Utah | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 17-14vs Toledo | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-35@ Boise State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 16-14vs Hawai'i | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 23-7@ Nevada | 5 | 3 | 3.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 3.5 TFL |
| Wk 9 | L 28-32@ Fresno State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 14-10vs UNLV | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 43-27vs San José State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-10@ New Mexico | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 3-13vs Air Force | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
 Bowl | L 23-25vs Middle Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 35 | 14 | 9.5 | 3.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
27%10 TFLSack rate
10%4 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries35 tackles · 9.5 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brady Hoke
Pass share
42.5%
341 pass / 462 run
Plays / game
61.8
13 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
370 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2022
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #100 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at San Diego State, 13 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 49 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST
All-Mountain West mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Rocky Long → Brady Hoke. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
