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Saints T Banks, High Ankle Sprain, Out for Months

Former 1st round pick will be sidelined for at least eight weeks.
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Sep 14, 2025; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; New Orleans Saints offensive tackle Kelvin Banks Jr. (71) against the San Francisco 49ers during the first half at Caesars Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Lew-Imagn Images
Sep 14, 2025; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; New Orleans Saints offensive tackle Kelvin Banks Jr. (71) against the San Francisco 49ers during the first half at Caesars Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Lew-Imagn Images | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect

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Saints offensive tackle Kelvin Banks Jr was carted off the field after a freak collision at M&T Bank Stadium on Sunday.

He got rolled up in an awkward way after a sack by the Ravens Mike Green of quarterback Tyler Shough.

Banks will undergo surgery and is considered out "indefinitely, according to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network.

The second year man played college football for the Texas Longhorns. In 2024, his senior year, the native Texas won the Outland Trophy, presented to awarded to the best college football interior lineman in the United States as judged by the Football Writers Association of America. He also took home the Lombardi Award, given annual by the Rotary Club of Houston to the college football player who best embodies the values and spirit of legendary NFL coach Vince Lombardi.

Fourth year man Asim Richards came in relief of Banks against Baltimore, playing the rest of the game.

Looking at available players to take Banks' place after he is placed on Injured Reserve, there are a trio of tackles on the Saints practice squad that could be moved up:
- Alan Herron, a 6' 3", 308-pound rookie out of Maryland
- Easton Kilty, 6' 6", 307-pound 1st year man from K-State (he had nice numbers from PFF during preseason games)
- Alex Wollschlaeger, 6' 7", 310 pound rookie from Kentucky (also decent numbers during preseason contests from PFF)

There are not a lot of free agent offensive tackles who are still available right now. However, a 1st round draft pick from ten years ago is available after leaving the only team he had ever played with.
- Taylor Decker, age 32, originally a 1st round pick of Detroit, spent all 10-seasons of his NFL career with the Lions. He requested his release from the team in the offseason and was granted it by the club on March 5.

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DOUG JOUBERT

Doug has been around Saints football since its inception. He was in Tulane Stadium when John Gilliam ran back the opening kickoff for a touchdown in 1967. Though he was in attendance for the Tom Dempsey field goal in 1970, he left early, something he regrets to this day. He covered the Saints at their training camp in Ruston, Louisiana in 1985 while he was working in Monroe, Louisiana as an award-winning radio sportscaster. He was the host of the New Orleans Saints Pre-Game and Post-Game show on Sports 1280, WQUE in the early 1990s. Doug is also the publisher of the Tulane site for On SI.

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