Horactio Banks

Position:
Running Back
Height:
5-10
Weight:
184
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Chicago, Ill. (Simeon)

2014 (Jr.): Played in nine game to earn third letter . . . rushed for a season high 134 yards in the season opener vs. Colgate . . . rushed for a touchdown vs. Northern Illinois . . . season high 13 rushes vs. Colgate and at Toledo.

2013 (So.): Played in nine games to earn second letter . . . missed the last two games of the regular season and the GoDaddy Bowl with an injury . . . started vs. Army and at North Texas . . . made his first collegiate start vs. Army . . . tied his career high with two touchdowns vs. Army . . . rushed a career best 17 times vs. Army . . . tallied 10 rushes for 43 yards and one touchdown in the season opener vs. Illinois State . . . matched his career high with two touchdown runs vs. Army . . . led the Cardinals with11 rushes for 141 yards and one TD at North Texas . . . tallied a career long 77-yard touchdown run at North Texas, which was the longest rush of his career, and ranked as the seventh longest rush of the season in the Football Bowl Subdivision . . . five TDs in the first five games of the season . . . fourth 100-yard rushing game of career vs. Central Michigan when he gained a career high 143 yards with one TD on 11 carries . . . ran for his seventh touchdown of the season vs. Central Michigan.

2012 (Fr.): Rushed for a season high 135 yards with one touchdown on 14 carries vs. Ohio . . . combined with Jahwan Edwards (169 yards) vs. Ohio to become the first Ball State duo to rush for at least 100 yards apiece in the same game since 2009 . . . fourth TD of the season vs. Ohio . . . rushed for 120 yards and a career best two touchdowns at Clemson . . . the Clemson game marked the first 100-yard plus game of his career . . . season long 54-yard TD run at Clemson . . . saw his first collegiate action in the season opener vs. Eastern Michigan . . . rushed for 63 yards and his first career touchdown on 14 carries vs. EMU . . . rushed for 80 yards on a career high 22 carries at Miami University . . . ranked second on the team with 113 rushing attempts, 586 rushing yards and four rushing TDs . . . played in 11 games, including the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl St. Petersburg . . . earned first letter.

2011: Redshirted

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in football for head coach Dante Culbreath . . . helped team to a 13-1 overall record, including an 8-0 mark in the Prairie City Public School League, as a senior . . . helped the Wolverines to a 44-6 mark in career . . . all-state as a senior . . . all-city as a junior . . . rushed for over 2,100 yards and 30 touchdowns as a senior .

PERSONAL: Son of Joyce Dorsey . . . one brother . . . born June, 1, 1992, in Chicago, Ill. . . . full name is Horactio Banks.

RUSHING	g	att	yards	td	long	avg/c	avg/g
2012	11	113	586	4	54	5.2	53.3
2013	9	95	595	7	77	6.3	66.1
2014	9	75	353	1	36	4.7	39.2
TOTAL	29	283	1534	12	77	5.4	52.9

TOTAL OFFENSE	g	rush	total	avg/g
2012	11	586	586	53.3
2013	9	595	595	66.1
2014	9	353	353	39.2
TOTAL	29	1534	1534	52.9

RECEIVING	g	rec	yards	long	rec/g	avg/c	avg/g
2012	11	5	29	15	0.5	5.8	2.6
2013	9	1	7	7	0.1	7.0	0.8
2014	9	3	16	10	0.3	5.3	1.8
TOTAL	29	9	52	15	0.3	5.8	1.8

SCORING	g	td	rush	total	avg/g
2012	11	4	4	24	2.2
2013	9	7	7	42	4.7
2014	9	1	1	6	0.7
TOTAL	29	12	12	72	2.5

KICK RETURNS	g	no.	yards	long	avg/r	avg/g
2012	11	3	70	25	23.3	6.4
2013	9	2	58	52	29.0	6.4
2014	9	2	42	23	21.0	4.7
TOTAL	29	7	170	52	24.3	5.9

ALL PURPOSE	g	rush	rcv	kr	total	avg/g
2012	11	586	29	70	685	62.3
2013	9	595	7	58	660	73.3
2014	9	353	16	42	411	45.7
TOTAL	29	1534	52	170	1756	60.6

TACKLES	g	ua	a	total	tfl	ff
2011	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
2012	11	0	0	0	0.0	0
2013	9	0	0	0	0.0	0
2014	9	1	1	2	1.0	1
TOTAL	29	1	1	2	1.0	1

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS [all-time ranking]:
Points scored: 12, Army, 9/7/2013 ; at Clemson, 9/8/2012
Touchdowns: 2, Army, 9/7/2013 ; at Clemson, 9/8/2012
Rush attempts: 22, at Miami University, 11/23/2012
Rush yards: 143 [10th], Central Michigan, 11/06/2013 (11 carries)
Rush TDs: 2 [t-9th], Army, 9/7/2013 ; at Clemson, 9/8/2012
Long rush: 77 [2nd], at North Texas, 9/14/2013
Receptions: 2, at Kent State, 9/29/2012 ; at Iowa, 9/6/14 ; at Iowa, Sep 06, 2014
Receiving yards: 15, vs UCF, 12/21/2012 (1 receptions)
Long reception: 15, vs UCF, 12/21/2012
Total offense attempts: 22, at Miami University, 11/23/2012 (22 rush,0 pass)
Total ofense yards: 143, Central Michigan, 11/06/2013 (143 rush,0 pass)
All-purpose yards: 150, at Miami University, 11/23/2012
Kick returns: 3, at Miami University, 11/23/2012
Kick return yards: 70, at Miami University, 11/23/2012 (3 returns)
Long kick return: 52 [8th], Kent State, 10/12/2013
Tackles: 1, Western Michigan, 10/11/2014 (1-0); at Massachusetts, Nov 12, 2014 (0-1)
Tackles for loss: 1.0, Western Michigan, 10/11/2014 (1-0)
Fumbles forced: 1 [t-4th], Western Michigan, 10/11/2014