OT · New Orleans Saints · week 7 vs New York Giants · Sun Oct 18 · 1:00 PM ET
Kelvin Banks Jr.
ROLE a starter
CLASS 2025 · R1 P9
EXP 1 season
AGE under 25
DEPTH LT3
As of week 7, Kelvin Banks Jr. was an OT for NO, age 22.5, 1 season of experience, drafted in round 1. In 2026 through week 6 he was listed at depth rank 3 on his club's depth chart; he had played 2 games on 80% of snaps. Before 2026 he played 17 games (postseason included) over 1 season. No injury episode was on file.
The full read
In short
Kelvin Banks Jr. is a starter at left tackle for NO — 100% of the snaps in his best week of 2. He has a not stated injury. His team has not listed him on the final report.
His team's own announcement
This is the TEAM'S OWN ANNOUNCEMENT, not a reading of ours. His team filed him on the injury report and we are restating it so the record is complete. There is nothing early about repeating an announcement — what we say ahead of one is on the week's page. Source: his team's reserve list (injured reserve, PUP, NFI, suspended).
No dated practice report for him this week
The team has not published one we can date, or the window has not reached it. Not the same as his having practiced.
Stats, with ranges — dot = his average, bar = his game range
Snap share79.5% range 59–100
wk 1–2 · 2 games
Snaps by week — his larger of the offence and defence share
100%wk 1
59%wk 2
Our past calls vs what happened
Wk 6not ourshis club's word, restated; did not play
Season on him: no call of ours graded yet. Graded by the record: right or a miss against whether he played. A week we did not call, or his club's own word, is not graded.
The rest of his team's report this week
Player
Pos
Practice
Whose word
Call
Chance he plays
Band
Mason Tipton
WR
UNK
team's word
—
Jordyn Tyson
WR
UNK
team's word
—
The model reads the room: who else is out shifts what his own designation is worth.
The data behind this page — the timeline in words, every call and week on record, about him, and what this page does not show
Profile — as of week 7
Role
OT3 · 80% snaps
Season
2026 · 2 games through wk 6
Career
1 season · 17 games before 2026
Injuries
none on file
Bio
age 22.5 · 1 season' experience · drafted round 1
Where the profile comes from
Built from: honors.db; nflverse injuries_2026.csv; medical.db; nflverse players.csv; profile.db; nflverse roster_2026.csv; nflverse roster_weekly_2026.csv; nflverse snap_counts_2026.csv; nflverse stats_player_week_2026.csv. Every number in it is one those sources hold.