#17

Shadrach Banks

Senior linebacker for UTSA. 2025: 93 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

LB · UTSA · Sr. · #17

6′1″ · 230 lb · Houston, TX

CFB Index 85 · #34 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to UTSA for 2026

How he plays

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.

Solo tackles: 99th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

7.5 TFL · 2 sacks · 2 PBU

Best game: 10 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 INT, vs East Carolina

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for UTSA. 2025: 93 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

Transferred from Texas A&M to TCU in 2021.

His career, year by year

Shadrach Banks

LB · UTSA · Sr · #17

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. Shadrach Banks has played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. The receipt: 11 tackles against Colorado State — Week 4, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021TCU5-7HC: Gary Patterson · Run-heavy

2022TCU13-2HC: Sonny Dykes · Run-leaning

2023TCU5-7HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2024TCU9-4HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning

2025UTSA7-6HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

85All-Conference level #34 of 583?

High confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (99th percentile). Strength: tackles (98th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#35 / 2975 · 99th pct

Tackles#72 / 2975 · 98th pct

Tackles for loss#234 / 2975 · 91st pct

7.5

Interceptions#56 / 817 · 90th pct

Sacks#487 / 2975 · 80th pct

2.0

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

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

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	7.7	0.9	0.3	0.3
Road6g	6.5	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	7.4	0.6	0.1	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	6.8	0.6	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Traylor

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

85 · #34 of 583 LBs

Unranked recruit. Now #34 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #3 of 61 American Athletic LBs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	UTSA	93	57	7.5	2.0	2	3	--
2024	TCU	2	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2023	TCU	57	38	8.5	1.0	--	--	--
2022	TCU	29	20	3.0	1.0	--	--	--
2021	TCU	12	11	1.0	0.0	--	1	--
Career		193	127	20.0	4.0	2	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 48–20

vs Incarnate Word

5 TOT · 5 SOLO · 1 REC

Dominant 28-point win at home against Incarnate Word.

With O. McCown — 238 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.2 · 10 rush yds (2 car) · C. Hogan — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 53 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 24-42@ Texas A&M	7	6	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 36-43vs Texas State	9	5	1.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 3	W 48-20vs Incarnate Word	5	5	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 4	W 17-16@ Colorado State	11	2	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 6	L 21-27@ Temple	6	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 61-13vs Rice	6	6	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 17-55@ North Texas	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 48-26vs Tulane	6	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 23-55@ South Florida	5	3	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 28-7@ Charlotte	8	7	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 58-24vs East Carolina	10	4	1.0	0.0	1	1
Wk 14	L 24-27vs Army	10	7	1.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 57-20vs Florida International	8	4	1.0	1.0	—	1
Total		93	57	7.5	2.0	3	2

How he plays

Play style

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

93Tackles

57Solo

7.5TFL

2Sacks

2Pass def.

3INT

93 tackles. 2 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 7.5 TFL.

Week 11 sack · 1 PD
Week 21 INT
Week 31 INT
Week 101 sack
Week 131 PD · 1 INT

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.

2026 Outlook

UTSA

Preseason read · May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Linebacker · UTSA

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -1 net (22 in / 23 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

UTSA · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #72 · 2026 recruiting class #79

DNA match

Player DNA

Sideline-to-Sideline

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Edefuan Ulofoshio’s 2023 season.

Edefuan Ulofoshio

87%match

Washington · 2023

All-Pac-12NFL Rd 5

JD Bertrand

Notre Dame · 2021

NFL Rd 5

83%

Ernest Hausmann

Michigan · 2024

82%

Dorian Mausi Jr.

Auburn · 2024

81%

Dylan Rosiek

Illinois · 2023

81%

Matches Edefuan on

Tackle volume

Sack rate

Weight

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Jack Kiser's graduate season at Notre Dame (2024).

Jack Kiser

86%match

Notre Dame · 2024

NFL Rd 4

Jadon Pearson

Fresno State · 2025

All-Mountain West

86%

Tuasivi Nomura

Fresno State · 2024

All-Mountain West

84%

Parker McKenna

Washington State · 2025

81%

Terrence Williams

Louisiana · 2025

75%

Matches Jack on

Tackle volume

PD rate

Hurry rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Shadrach Banks

Semisi Fakasiieiki

Purdue · 2022

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Martavius French

Colorado · 2025

79%

Jordan Veneziale

Georgia State · 2023

79%

Keaton Thomas

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79%

Hugh Davis

Louisiana Tech · 2023

78%

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

20216 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Sideline-to-Sideline

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