Most crucial Jayhawks 2015: No. 20 – OL De’Andre Banks

By Staff     Jul 27, 2015

The beginning of another week brings the latest entry in this summer’s edition of the most crucial Jayhawks for the upcoming football season.

With the lower portion of the list packed with defensive backs, it’s time to encounter the second offensive lineman in the series, as a versatile junior-college transfer lands on the list at No. 20.

Here’s a look.

Be sure to check the links below for Nos. 25-21 and check back throughout the week as we continue to count down the Top 20.

20. De’Andre Banks, 6-foot-3, 309-pound Jr. offensive lineman
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The junior-college transfer who participated in spring football impressed coaches with his aptitude and attitude.

He responded well to his first taste of Div. I conditioning and showed a great work ethic in practicing snaps after practice in case he is needed at center.

Banks originally committed to Louisiana Lafayette out of Trinity Valley Community College, but changed his mind when Kansas offered a scholarship. He said he never had experienced the type of workouts that strength and conditioning coach Je’Ney Jackson put the team through during spring football.

His body changed, looked less puffy by the end of the spring. Listed at 6-foot-3, 309 pounds, Banks weighed at least 20 pounds more than that when he arrived at Kansas. As is the case with most of KU’s offensive linemen, guard is his natural position, but that doesn’t mean all of his playing time will come there.

Banks, who’s from the same hometown (Killeen, Texas) but a different high school from injured KU quarterback Michael Cummings, comes to Kansas from Trinity Valley Community College, where he teamed with promising defensive backs Bazie Bates and Brandon Stewart.

**Most Crucial Jayhawks 2015:**

No. 25 – WR Derrick Neal

No. 24 – S Fish Smithson

No. 23 – S Greg Allen

No. 22 – OL Junior Visinia

No. 21 – CB Tyrone Miller Jr.

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