2024 Football Roster
Roster
Banks Jr., Shad

Jersey Number 6
Shad Banks Jr.
- Position:
- LB
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 240
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- High School:
- North Shore High School
- Prev School:
- Texas A&M
Bio
2023 | JUNIOR
Led TCU with 8.5 tackles for loss while placing third on the team with 62 stops ... had at least one TFL in eight games ... made eight starts with all those coming over the final nine contests ... closed the season with a career-high 11 tackles, including one for loss, and a quarterback hurry at Oklahoma ... had two TFLs among eight stops, including seven solo, in the 42-17 win over Baylor ... recorded a sack in the 36-13 victory at Houston ... totaled nine tackles with one for loss against West Virginia ... had seven tackles, including a TFL, in the 44-11 win versus BYU ... forced a fumble and had a pass breakup to go with five stops in the 41-6 victory over Nicholls ... totaled seven stops against Texas.
2022 | SOPHOMORE
Played in all 15 games with starts against Texas and in the Big 12 Championship Game versus Kansas State ... totaled a career-high 10 tackles, including nine solo, with one for loss against the Wildcats ... posted four stops against the Longhorns as TCU allowed just 199 yards of offense in its 17-10 win in Austin ... placed 11th on the team with 39 tackles ... recovered a Kansas fumble at the TCU 1-yard line in the 38-31 victory over the Jayhawks ... also had a 37-yard kickoff return in the game on his first career attempt ... recorded his first career sack as part of a then career-best five tackles in the 34-24 victory over Texas Tech ... forced a fumble and had two stops in the 38-28 regular-season win over Kansas State ... had at least one tackle for loss four times in a late season five-game stretch ... averaged 27.0 yards on three kickoff returns for the season.
2021 | FRESHMAN
Had the game-saving interception with 1:03 to play in the 30-28 win over No. 12 Baylor ... it was his first career pick ... also had a tackle for loss in the game ... did not have a kickoff return but was back deep early in the season ... totaled 12 tackles on the year with 11 being solo ... had a season-best three stops against Kansas State and Kansas ... played in 11 games ... tied for the team lead with four special teams tackles.
HIGH SCHOOL
Consensus four-star recruit by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN ... ranked by ESPN as the No. 98 overall player in the nation ... a first-team MaxPreps All-American and District 21-6A Offensive Most Valuable Player as a wide receiver his senior year ... limited by injury to just five games as a junior, but was still first-team all-district as North Shore High School went 15-1 and won its second consecutive Texas 6A D-I state championship ... helped North Shore to a 16-0 record and the Texas 6A D-I state title as a sophomore ... originally signed with Texas A&M.
Led TCU with 8.5 tackles for loss while placing third on the team with 62 stops ... had at least one TFL in eight games ... made eight starts with all those coming over the final nine contests ... closed the season with a career-high 11 tackles, including one for loss, and a quarterback hurry at Oklahoma ... had two TFLs among eight stops, including seven solo, in the 42-17 win over Baylor ... recorded a sack in the 36-13 victory at Houston ... totaled nine tackles with one for loss against West Virginia ... had seven tackles, including a TFL, in the 44-11 win versus BYU ... forced a fumble and had a pass breakup to go with five stops in the 41-6 victory over Nicholls ... totaled seven stops against Texas.
2022 | SOPHOMORE
Played in all 15 games with starts against Texas and in the Big 12 Championship Game versus Kansas State ... totaled a career-high 10 tackles, including nine solo, with one for loss against the Wildcats ... posted four stops against the Longhorns as TCU allowed just 199 yards of offense in its 17-10 win in Austin ... placed 11th on the team with 39 tackles ... recovered a Kansas fumble at the TCU 1-yard line in the 38-31 victory over the Jayhawks ... also had a 37-yard kickoff return in the game on his first career attempt ... recorded his first career sack as part of a then career-best five tackles in the 34-24 victory over Texas Tech ... forced a fumble and had two stops in the 38-28 regular-season win over Kansas State ... had at least one tackle for loss four times in a late season five-game stretch ... averaged 27.0 yards on three kickoff returns for the season.
2021 | FRESHMAN
Had the game-saving interception with 1:03 to play in the 30-28 win over No. 12 Baylor ... it was his first career pick ... also had a tackle for loss in the game ... did not have a kickoff return but was back deep early in the season ... totaled 12 tackles on the year with 11 being solo ... had a season-best three stops against Kansas State and Kansas ... played in 11 games ... tied for the team lead with four special teams tackles.
HIGH SCHOOL
Consensus four-star recruit by 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN ... ranked by ESPN as the No. 98 overall player in the nation ... a first-team MaxPreps All-American and District 21-6A Offensive Most Valuable Player as a wide receiver his senior year ... limited by injury to just five games as a junior, but was still first-team all-district as North Shore High School went 15-1 and won its second consecutive Texas 6A D-I state championship ... helped North Shore to a 16-0 record and the Texas 6A D-I state title as a sophomore ... originally signed with Texas A&M.
TCU Football | Sonny Dykes and Players Weekly Press Conference (vs. Abilene Christian)
Tuesday, September 09
TCU Football | Sonny Dykes and Players Weekly Press Conference (vs. Abilene Christian)
Tuesday, September 09
Head Coach Sonny Dykes and Players - Weekly Press Conference (Bye Week 1)
Thursday, September 04
Football: Postgame at North Carolina
Tuesday, September 02