CFL Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Banks Named a CFL Top Performer of the Week

Published on October 31, 2017 under Canadian Football League (CFL)
Hamilton Tiger-Cats News Release


The Canadian Football League announced Tuesday that Hamilton Tiger-Cats wide receiver/kick returner Brandon Banks has been named one of the CFL Top Performers for Week 19.

Banks, 29, registered 13 receptions for 193 yards and two receiving touchdowns in Hamilton's 41-36 road loss to the Ottawa Redblacks on October 27. Since being named a starting wide receiver on September 4, the Kansas State University product has recorded 52 receptions for 883 yards and seven touchdowns in nine starts.

In his fifth CFL season, the 5-7, 155-pound native of Garner, North Carolina, has played in all 17 of Hamilton's games, posting 60 receptions for 935 yards and eight touchdowns, and two carries for five yards and one touchdown. Banks has also added 36 punt returns for 387 yards and one touchdown, and 33 kickoff returns for 624 yards.

Ottawa's Diontae Spencer and B.C.'s Chris Rainey, first and second in voting, respectively, join Banks as this week's CFL Top Performers. The three players were chosen by a panel of judges who independently send their selections to the CFL head office. The panel includes former Canadian Football League players Matt Dunigan and Duane Forde of TSN and Pierre Vercheval of RDS.

Tiger-Cats named CFL Top Performers of the Week this season:

Jeremiah Masoli - Week 12 (3rd)

Jeremiah Masoli - Week 16 (3rd)

Brandon Banks - Week 18 (1st)

Brandon Banks - Week 19 (3rd)

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