US EditionNFL draft interview: Texas All-American tackle Kelvin Banks Jr. ‘Means a lot to me, might shed a little tear’
- The New Orleans Saints chose Texas offensive tackle Kelvin Banks Jr. In the recent draft.
- The team's choice followed their decision not to exercise Trevor Penning's fifth-year option.
- Banks Jr., a 6-foot-5, 315-pound lineman, earned the 2024 Outland Trophy.
- Seeking improvement, the Saints posted a 5-12 record last year, their worst since 2005.
- Banks Jr. Will compete for a starting position as the Saints seek to end a four-year playoff drought.
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Saints select Texas offensive tackle Kelvin Banks Jr. with their first-round pick at 9th overall
The New Orleans Saints selected Texas offensive tackle Kelvin Banks Jr. with the No. 9 overall pick in the NFL draft. Banks arrives one day after general manager Mickey Loomis said the Saints would not be picking up a fifth-year…
Saints select Texas offensive tackle Banks Jr. with their first-round draft pick
The New Orleans Saints selected Texas offensive tackle Kelvin Banks Jr. with the No. 9 overall pick in the NFL draft. Banks arrives one day after general manager Mickey Loomis said the Saints would not be picking up a fifth-year…
These Texas Longhorns were selected in the first round of the 2025 NFL draft
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Kelvin Banks Jr. is headed to New Orleans. Texas offensive lineman Kelvin Banks Jr. runs a drill at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis, Sunday, March 2, 2025. (AP Photo/George Walker IV) The Saints selected the All-American left tackle for the Texas Longhorns at No. 9 overall in the 2025 NFL draft Thursday, addressing a need to keep Derek Carr (or the next quarterback) upright to direct the offense of new head coa…
NFL draft interview: Texas All-American tackle Kelvin Banks Jr. ‘Means a lot to me, might shed a little tear’
Summer Creek graduate Kelvin Banks Jr. is a projected first-round draft prospect who visited Panthers, Cardinals, Cowboys, Patriots, Raiders, 49ers, talked with Texans' DeMeco Ryans, Nick Caserio at Pro Day in Austin.
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