William Banks
Position: LB
Height: 6-4 Weight: 243 lbs.
Born: September 18, 1959 in Fort Lawton, OK
College: USC (school history)
Drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1982 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 72 (581st overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)
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| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Age | Tm | Pos | No. | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | AV |
| 1982* | 23 | CLE | LOLB | 56 | 9 | 9 | 5.5 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||
| 1983*+ | 24 | CLE | LOLB | 56 | 16 | 16 | 4.0 | 3 | 95 | 1 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |||
| 1984 | 25 | CLE | LOLB | 56 | 16 | 16 | 2.5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 1985* | 26 | CLE | LOLB | 56 | 16 | 16 | 11.0 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| 1986* | 27 | CLE | LOLB | 56 | 16 | 16 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||
| 1987 | 28 | SDG | ROLB | 56 | 12 | 12 | 3.0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| 1989 | 30 | IND | LOLB | 51 | 10 | 10 | 1.0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| 1990 | 31 | IND | LOLB | 51 | 16 | 16 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
| 1991 | 32 | IND | LOLB | 51 | 11 | 9 | 1.0 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 1992 | 33 | IND | LOLB | 51 | 16 | 16 | 9.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |||
| Career | 138 | 136 | 46.0 | 9 | 153 | 1 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 87 | |||||||
| 5 yrs | CLE | 73 | 73 | 27.5 | 5 | 117 | 1 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 55 | ||||||
| 4 yrs | IND | 53 | 51 | 15.5 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||||||
| 1 yr | SDG | 12 | 12 | 3.0 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||||
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First-Team All-Pro
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| Year | Team | Level | Voters |
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| 1982 | 2nd Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1983 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1983 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1983 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Associated Press |
| 1983 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Pro Football Writers |
| 1983 | 2nd Team | All-NFL | Newspaper Ent. Assoc. |
| 1983 | 1st Team | All-NFL | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1985 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1986 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | Pro Football Weekly |
| 1986 | 1st Team | All-Conf. | UPI |
| 1987 | 2nd Team | All-Conf. | UPI |