The Green Bay Packers signed T Brant Banks to the practice squad on October 11, 2025.
Banks originally signed with the Packers as an undrafted free agent out of Rice on May 2, 2025, and has spent part of the regular season on Green Bay's practice squad and active roster, appearing in two games. He was claimed off waivers by the Tennessee Titans on October 1 but released on October 9. …Played in 51 games with 26 starts (13 at left guard, 12 at right tackle, one at left tackle) across six seasons of college football, spending four seasons at Nebraska (2019-22) and two seasons at Rice (2023-24)…Started all 12 games at RT for the Owls in 2024 and was part of an offensive line that only allowed 11 sacks on the season, which ranked No. 7 in the nation in sacks allowed per game (0.92)…Helped protect QB E.J. Warner in his first season at Rice as he finished in the top five in the American Athletic Conference in completions (No. 4, 272), completion percentage (t-No. 5, 62.0), yards (No. 5, 2,710) and yards per game (No. 5, 246.4)…Blocked for RB Dean Connors, who led the team in rushing with 159 carries for a career-high 780 yards (4.9 avg.) and a career-best nine TDs…Helped the Owls compile 533 yards of total offense (329 rushing, 204 passing) and score eight total TDs (six rushing, two passing) as the offensive line did not allow a sack of Warner vs. Texas Southern (Sept. 7)…Protected Warner in the season finale vs. South Florida (Nov. 30) as he recorded a season-high 430 yards and a season-best three TDs on 27 completions…Started all 13 games at LG in his first season with the Owls in 2023, earning All- AAC fourth-team honors from Phil Steele after playing a team-high 845 offensive snaps…Protected QB JT Daniels, who started all nine games he played in and threw for 2,443 yards and a career-high 21 TDs…Blocked for Connors, who led the team in rushing with 771 yards and seven TDs on 121 attempts (6.4 avg.)…Helped open holes for RB Daelen Alexander, who rushed for a career-best three TDs and a two-point conversion in a 43-41 overtime victory vs. Houston (Sept. 9)…Helped the offense score eight total TDs (four rushing, four passing) in a victory vs. Texas Southern (Sept. 16)…Anchored an offensive line that allowed Daniels to complete 27 of 40 passes for a career-high 432 yards and three TDs with a career-long 80-yard TD pass to Connors at South Florida (Sept. 23)…Appeared in all 12 games in his final season at Nebraska in 2022, mainly contributing on special teams…Saw extensive action on the offensive line vs. Indiana (Oct. 1) and blocked for RB Anthony Grant, who rushed for 136 yards on 32 attempts (4.3 avg.), and protected QB Casey Thompson as he completed 18 of 27 passes for 270 yards and two TDs…Also played on the line in the season finale at Iowa (Nov. 25), blocking for Thompson as he completed 20 of 30 passes for 278 yards and three TDs…Appeared in nine games with one start at LT in 2021…Made his first career start in the season opener at Illinois (Aug. 28) and blocked for QB Adrian Martinez, who compiled 232 passing yards and a TD on 16-of-32 passing and led the team with 111 rushing yards and a TD on 17 attempts (6.5 avg.) with a career-long 75-yard TD run…Part of an offensive line that did not allow a sack vs. Buffalo (Sept. 11)…Played in four games in 2020, mainly contributing on special teams…Saw action on the offensive line at Ohio State (Oct. 24), helping the Huskers offense rush for 210 yards and two TDs on 36 attempts (5.8 avg.)…Played in one game as a true freshman in 2019 after making the switch from defensive line to offensive line…Became only the 14th true-freshman offensive lineman to play in a game in program history…Saw time at LT at Maryland (Nov. 23), helping the offense to 531 total yards (226 passing, 305 rushing) and six TDs (two passing, four rushing)…Earned his undergrad degree in management from Nebraska and an MBA from Rice…In the spring of 2020, was added to Nebraska's men's basketball roster and played three minutes vs. Indiana (March 11) in the first round of the Big Ten tournament…Volunteered at numerous events during his time at Nebraska, including the Nebraska Football Road Race, Operation Christmas Child and local hospital visits…Was a two-time all-district honoree as a junior and senior on the offensive and defensive lines at Westbury Christian High School in Houston… Earned first-team all-district honors as an offensive lineman as a senior…Garnered all-district recognition as an offensive (first team) and defensive (second team) lineman and earned second-team all-state honors from the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools as a junior after helping lead the team to the state playoffs… His wife, Madi, played volleyball at Nebraska and currently plays for LOVB Omaha Volleyball…His father, Todd, played football at Texas State…His brother, Brig, played football at Nebraska…Given name Brant Patrick Banks; born in Houston.
