Caleb Banks NFL Draft Profile: Week 11 Scouting Report for the Florida Defensive Tackle

Caleb Banks is a defensive tackle from Florida who is ranked No. 24 on my NFL Draft Top 100 Big Board. This comprehensive scouting report analyzes Banks’s draft potential, current mock draft trends, and where he ranks among the top prospects.

Caleb Banks’s NFL Draft Potential

Caleb Banks’ ultimate valuation in the 2026 NFL Draft is tough to pin down, but there’s no denying he has first-round potential. At 6’6″, 334 pounds, with arms over 35″ long, Banks is a true lab-built interior lineman with vast alignment versatility. In spite of his size and mass, he’s supremely explosive and agile, with high-end lateral twitch and corrective athleticism. He can leverage his burst, length, and mass into awesome point-of-attack power, and he has the strength to stack-and-shed in the run game, too.

Banks’ raw power element, fueled by his athleticism, is hyper-elite, and he also inspires with his finishing flexibility at his size. In truth, there isn’t much physically that Banks lacks — which is why if his medicals check out, he could still go in Round 1 after being a popular preseason choice. The biggest question mark is his health. He played sparingly in just one game this season before a foot injury sidelined him and forced him to undergo surgery. That injury could ultimately be season-ending.

The 2025 season was set to be an important one for Banks, who sought to compound his NFL Draft momentum after emerging in 2024 — his second season with the Florida Gators after transferring from Louisville — with 4.5 sacks and 7 tackles for loss. With his 2024 play, Banks also carried a higher PFSN CFB DTi grade (80.7) than 2026 NFL Draft counterpart Peter Woods (80.5), with a notably higher PFF pressure percentage (13%) and a top-tier yardage allowed figure as a run stopper (0.86 average yards sacrificed on individual run stops).

Banks’ 2024 tape was superb, but there was also a clear need for additional polish. His counter quickness as a pass-rusher is inconsistent, and he often relies solely on his athleticism and power. Meanwhile, in the run game, his leverage acquisition and base load can be streaky as well. The tools are out of this world, but the 2025 season was supposed to be the one where Banks took another step as a technician. We didn’t get to see that, unfortunately — but should he declare, Banks’ physical profile is rare enough that he should command early-round capital, regardless.

CFB Week 9 Update

There have been no recent updates on Banks’ status, and it’s entirely possible that he remains out for the rest of the 2025 season. This was originally meant to be Banks’ last season before he ran out of college eligibility; he already used his standard redshirt at Louisville in 2021.

However, Banks could apply for a medical redshirt and return to school as a sixth-year senior. Even so, the decision to declare anyway holds merit for Banks. He’s a truly hyper-elite athletic specimen at defensive tackle, who — as long as medicals check out post-surgery — should still earn early-round, and maybe even first-round, interest. In terms of raw grade, he’s a Top 20 talent in the class, and he shouldn’t be forgotten even as he sits out heading into November.

CFB Week 10 Update

There will be no more week-to-week updates for Banks, but when there is a relevant update regarding his health and his NFL Draft status, it will be inputted here.

Where Is Banks Being Selected Most Often in the PFSN Mock Draft Simulator?

Banks currently holds the No. 56 overall rank among prospects, positioning him as a Day 2 prospect. His most recent Average Draft Position (ADP) of 62.2 as of October 27 reflects that he is typically being selected in the second or third round.

The gap between his rank and ADP indicates that while he’s highly regarded on our board, draft simulators are seeing him slide slightly, possibly due to team needs or positional value considerations.

Users controlling the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have been the team that selected Banks the most frequently over the past week, accounting for 3.9% of their picks across all seven rounds. Notably, 7.2% of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ first-round selections over that same period were used on Banks, underscoring users’ strong preference for him as a potential immediate-impact defensive tackle.

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Where Does Caleb Banks Rank Amongst Other NFL Draft Prospects?

Banks is currently ranked No. 24 overall in my October 2026 NFL Draft Big Board. Among DT prospects, Banks ranks 2nd at the position, trailing Peter Woods. As a first-round caliber prospect, Banks is among the top-tier players in this draft class.

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