'11 IL RB Horactio Banks (Signed to Ball State)

[Buffnik]

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Simeon H.S. (Chicago, IL)

Ht: 5-foot-9
Wt: 170 lbs
40: 4.35 secs

Rivals rating: NR
Scout rating: 2*; unranked
ESPN rating: NR

Reported Offers: Ball State, Buffalo, North Dakota State, Memphis

[exxon]

Cool name.

[Buffnik]

Rivals reports that Brian Cabral is recruiting Banks for us and that we have invited him to camp with us this summer. At a recent Illinois prep event, Banks ran hand-timed 40s of 4.35 and 4.37 seconds. http://colorado.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1073515

Also, the Chicago Public League Sports Blog had this to say about Banks prior to Simeon playing in the prep league championship:

Banks is the main running component of the Simeon offensive machine. Banks is only 5-9, 165lbs, but as a junior I feel he is the best running back in the city. His main asset is elusiveness and quickness. he can shift on a dime and if he get's past the first tackler or two, he could breakout for a big run. He was hurt for a part of the season, but in the semi-final game against Robeson, he seemed like he was back at 100%. http://neilski.typepad.com/wwwlanete...t-to-quit.html



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Being injured part of his junior season probably slowed down his recruiting quite a bit. Not having ideal height hurts him, too. Sounds like he'd be a great back for the CU system and bring a ton of explosiveness.

[buff4bcs1985]

hopefully we get some epic one liners

[Buffnik]

Stock's on the rise after opening with 2 big performances: http://www.maxpreps.com/news/GyrDKbt...n-the-rise.htm

[RedDirtBuff]

Cool name.

cool speed.

[AlferdJasper]

Committed to Ball State this week.