METAIRIE, La. -- The New Orleans Saints entered the 2025 NFL draft hoping to find clarity at the quarterback position, but they didn't provide any answers after selecting Texas offensive tackle Kelvin Banks Jr. with the ninth pick on Thursday night.
Banks was a three-year starter and team captain at Texas at left tackle.
"A three-year starter, he's really young, he just turned 21," Saints coach Kellen Moore said. "For him to just hop in there and compete at that high of a level in arguably some of the toughest games in college football that you're going to play, it just shows the player and the person that he is.