Kelvin Banks wins the SEC's Jacobs Blocking Trophy
Texas offensive lineman Kelvin Banks was named the co-recipient of the Jacobs Blocking Trophy, the SEC announced Wednesday. Banks shared the honor for the best blocker in the SEC with LSU’s Will Campbell.
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Banks and Campbell were also named to the All-SEC first team on Tuesday.
Banks, a junior from Humble (Texas) Summer Creek, started all 12 games in the regular season and missed his first career game on Saturday in the SEC Championship game.
Banks was one of two Longhorns along with Jahdae Barron to earn first-team All-SEC honors.
He added those honors to a resume that includes a first-team All-Big 12 and second-team All-American selection in 2023, and freshman All-American and second-team All Big 12 honors in 2022.
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Banks has been a constant presence on Quinn Ewers’ blindside over the course of the past three seasons and could become the first Longhorn offensive lineman taken in the first round of the NFL Draft in over two decades. He could also make it back-to-back Outland Trophy winners for the Longhorns if he can follow up with the award after T’Vondre Sweat took it home in 2023.
Along with Oregon and Army, the Texas offensive line that Banks anchors is up for the Joe Moore Award.
The SEC All-Freshman Team will be announced Thursday.
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2024 SEC Football Individual Awards
Offensive Player of the Year
Dylan Sampson, Tennessee
Defensive Player of the Year
Kyle Kennard, South Carolina
Special Teams Player of the Year
Alex Raynor, Kentucky
Freshman of the Year
LaNorris Sellers, South Carolina
Newcomer of the Year
Diego Pavia, Vanderbilt
Jacobs Blocking Trophy
Kelvin Banks Jr., Texas
Will Campbell, LSU
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Brady Cook, Missouri
Coach of the Year
Clark Lea, Vanderbilt
