Monday 28 May 2012

Brian Banks - Why the Oakland Raiders should give this former High School Star a tryout

Most Raiders fans have probably never heard of Brain Banks. Once a top ranked Linebacker recruit who was awarded a scholarship to play college football at USC. However in 2003 he pleaded no-contest at the age of 16 to a rape charge. 9 years later, Brain, now 26 has been exonerated from that rape charge that he was actually wrongly accused of.

According to the 'Brian Banks' website, Banks is now training again with his dream to become an NFL player revitalised. "I want to reinvent myself" Brain says, "Professional football will be the first of many notably accomplishments of my life post-exoneration".

Banks is a 6'3'', 245-pound Linebacker that has not played football in a decade. However with McClain likely out for most of the season and the Middle Linebacker position a big question mark It would be worth a gamble giving Banks, who obviously has a lot of talent, a tryout at least. He boasts a 4.5 forty time and has the size to be an NFL player so why not? Reggie McKenszie has made a thing of adding 'good guys' to the Raiders roster this offseason and after all he has gone through, Banks is a humble and hard-working guy. There is a 99% chance that it turns out he doesn't have the skills for the pro-game but there is that 1% that just might be what the Raiders need. Banks deserves the chance to prove himself and this could be the feel-good story of the year.

Visit brianbanks.org for more information on this incredible story and watch the emotional official trailer for the upcoming documentary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfnDfQsjbJQ&sns=tw


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  1. Michael Jacob29 May 2012 at 14:58

    First off you should change his name on your title to Brian* not Brain. Second of all this is a really inspiring story. If he still has his talent he could be a small salary big upside player. However, he has been out of football for ten years and is in his peak age for a linebacker position. Also, having no college experience, going from high school to the pros would be a big shock for this guy. I think going internally to find a new middle linebacker (Miles Burris or Travis Goethel) would be a better fit. Although a try out would never hurt! -Michael Jacob, Staff Writer for JustBlogBaby.com

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    1. HNeedell30 May 2012 at 07:25

      Whoops, that title slip is embarrassing, I completely agree that we should give Goethal or Burris or even Curry a chance at going inside before we start looking elsewhere. I just thought that after all this guy has been through he deserves a chance and the Raiders are the best team to give him that chance as we actually have a hole to fill

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