Antonio Dontral Banks (born March 12, 1973) is an American football coach and former cornerback in the National Football League (NFL) with the Minnesota Vikings. Banks is currently the defensive backs coach for IMG Academy.
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Position: | Cornerback | ||||||
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Born: | (1973-03-12) March 12, 1973 (age 49) Ivor, Virginia | ||||||
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 204 lb (93 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Warwick (Newport News, Virginia) | ||||||
College: | Virginia Tech | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 1997 / Round: 4 / Pick: 113 | ||||||
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Banks played college football at Virginia Tech where he was a letterman for all four years between 1993 and 1996 and was MVP of the 1993 Independence Bowl. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 1997 NFL Draft 113th overall by the Minnesota Vikings where he played for four seasons. Banks also had several stints with multiple teams in NFL Europe and the Canadian Football League in his professional career.[1]
In 2006, Banks was the head coach of the Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands based Alphen Eagles of the European Football League. Later, he was hired as head coach of the Cairo Bears of the Egyptian Federation of American football in 2016.[2] He joined IMG Academy in 2017 as the Defensive Back coach for their high school football program.[3]
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