Home lott trophy Jeremy Banks of Tennessee has been named the Week 7 Lott IMPACT® Trophy Player of the Week

Jeremy Banks of Tennessee has been named the Week 7 Lott IMPACT® Trophy Player of the Week

The senior linebacker was responsible for four quarterback hurries and made 6 tackles in Tennessee’s 52-49 win over then #3 Alabama in the Volunteers first win over the Crimson Tide since 2006.

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NEWPORT BEACH, CA. – Jeremy Banks of Tennessee has been named the Lott IMPACT® Trophy Player of the Week for the seventh week of the 2022 college football season.

The senior linebacker was responsible for four quarterback hurries and made 6 tackles in Tennessee’s 52-49 win over then #3 Alabama in the Volunteers first win over the Crimson Tide since 2006.

Banks is a Tennessee native who is an active leader in the Volunteers’ community service efforts and is a major in political science, among being one of the nation’s leading tacklers from a year ago.

The Lott IMPACT® Trophy is awarded annually to individuals who demonstrate excellence in the field of athletics and recognizes college football’s Defensive Player of the Year who best exemplifies the IMPACT acronym: Integrity, Maturity, Performance, Academics, Community and Tenacity.

The mission of The Pacific Club IMPACT® Foundation is to recognize and support both national and local charities that serve the youth of America with a focus on education and have a positive IMPACT® on the lives of young men and women.

Other nominees for the Lott IMPACT® Trophy Player of the Week in Week 7:

SHAKA HEYWARD, LB, Duke, Sr.
Game high 13 tackles and a forced fumble in 38-35 loss to North Carolina.

AKHEEM MESIDOR, DL, Miami, Jr.
3.5 sacks, among 8 tackles in 20-14 win over Virginia Tech.

KELEE RINGO, CB, Georgia, Jr.
2 passes broken up, with 3 tackles (all solo) and one for a loss in 55-0 win over Vanderbilt.

DREW SANDERS, LB, Arkansas, 6-5, 233, Jr.
Forced a fumble and had 2 QB hurries with 4 tackles in 52-35 win over BYU.

Previous Winners of the Lott IMPACT® Trophy:
2004 – David Pollack, Georgia
2005 – DeMeco Ryans, Alabama
2006 – Dante Hughes, Cal
2007 – Glenn Dorsey, LSU
2008 – James Laurinaitis, Ohio State
2009 – Jerry Hughes, TCU
2010 – J.J. Watt, Wisconsin
2011 – Luke Kuechly, Boston College
2012 – Manti Te’o, Notre Dame
2013 – Anthony Barr, UCLA
2014 – Eric Kendricks, UCLA
2015 – Carl Nassib, Penn State
2016 – Jabrill Peppers, Michigan
2017 – Josey Jewell, Iowa
2018 – Josh Allen, Kentucky
2019 – Derek Brown, Auburn
2020 – Paddy Fisher, Northwestern
2021 – Aidan Hutchinson, Michigan

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