Loading ...Notre Dame commit EJ Banks started off his season on the right foot this weekend with and impressive showing - even if he only played the first half. Banks cramped up and missed most of the second half, but he did enough damage by halftime to put his team in position to win.
Montour earned a 35-27 victory against visiting Pine-Richland on the shoulders of Banks, a Notre Dame recruit who rushed for four touchdowns, threw another and accumulated 166 yards passing to complement his 117 yards rushing.
“E.J. is a special player,” Montour coach Lou Cerro said. “The kid comes to play each and every week. … Everyone saw what he can do when he has the ball in his hands.”
Banks has not been talked about much on the boards and has been a sort of under the radar recruit this far, but it seems pretty clear that the kid can play and is extremely athletic. After watching a lot of college football this weekend, it is pretty clear that one area where we might still be lacking, despite the recruiting success of Charlie Weis, is in athleticism. Notre Dame just needs more athletes out there and it looks like Banks fits that role.
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Joe commented on September 1st, 2008 at 6:33 am
Hope he can transition to a position quickly. Don’t agree on the recruiting comment. CW appears to have done a good job recruiting athletes. Fleming and Filer are being raved about for their athleticism. The knock on Tate is that he is a great athlete but doesn’t have the position skills. Harrison Smith is so much a hybrid the staff is moving him down into the box and playing him in coverage as well. We do need to continue a steady stream of E. J. Banks’s but position skill is important as well.
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Crean ‘n Crimson commented on September 1st, 2008 at 10:53 am
This guy looked like a man among boys on film last year. I guess now he’ scary. For a 3-Star, he surprised me on film. This guys gonna be awesome with Wood next year.
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Frankie V commented on September 1st, 2008 at 5:28 pm
@Joe,
I agree that there is a lot of speed and athleticism in the last two classes, but overall, we are still lacking in that department. We need to continue to recruit kids like Banks who have good speed/athleticism in order to get our roster to the point where it needs to be for us to be a consistent top 10 player.
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