After transferring from Ohio State to LSU as a senior and spending much of his second-to-last season of eligibility harboring injuries, Tiger cornerback Sevyn Banks was expected to remain on the team for his last year of eligibility. However, he has declared for the draft, according to The Advocate.
He recorded a total of 48 tackles through five seasons of college football, most of which came in 2020 when he started in eight games for the Buckeyes.
Banks was expected to be an impactful player for the LSU secondary heading into the 2022 season, but he missed the first three games with a knee injury; he then suffered a neck injury against Auburn that kept him out for the remainder of the season. He will look to increase his draft stock at LSU’s Pro Day later in the spring.
The Tigers now return just one of the eight cornerbacks they had on the roster last season, sophomore Laterrance Welch. The most likely candidates to take Banks’ place are the four cornerbacks LSU acquired from the transfer portal: Denver Harris, Zy Alexander, Duce Chestnut and JK Johnson.