Former Vanderbilt player receives prison sentence while ex-Vandy coach gets pay raise and extension

Former Vanderbilt football player Brandon Banks, left, and his attorney Katie Hagan react in June after the verdict was read in his trial in Nashville, Tenn. Banks was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison for the 2013 rape of an unconscious female student.(received the minimum sentence of 15 years in prison on Friday for the dorm room rape of an unconscious female student.

Banks was convicted of aggravated rape and aggravated sexual battery in the June 2013 rape, which a teammate recorded and shared with friends in California.

Prosecutors had asked Davidson County Criminal Court Judge Monte Watkins for a longer prison term, but said they weren't surprised, given the judge's similar previous…