PRO (22-1/0-0): Signed by the Steelers on August 12, 2018…released by the Panthers on May 31, 2018…acquired off waivers by the Carolina Panthers on March 16, 2018…released by the Browns on March 15, 2018…acquired off waivers by the Cleveland Browns on September 4, 2017…released by the Colts on September 3, 2017…originally drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the fourth round (137th overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft.
2019 (14-1): Saw action in 14 games with one start.
COLLEGE: Started 37 of 39 games played, seeing action at both tackle positions at USC…started 10 of 10 games as a senior…as a junior, started 12 times at right tackle and twice at left tackle and made 2015 CollegeSportsMadness.com Third-Team All-American and First-Team All-Pac-12, as well as AP Second-Team All-Pac-12…also won USC's Offensive Lineman of the Year Award…as a sophomore in 2014, started all games at right tackle and made CollegeFootball News Sophomore All-American honorable mention…played briefly as a backup offensive tackle as a redshirt freshman in 2013, appearing in two early season games before he was sidelined the rest of the year with an injury that required surgery on both hips…redshirted in 2012…also played basketball for USC in 2013, but didn't see an action…majored in sociology.
PERSONAL: Attended Lakes High School (Lakewood, Wash.)…as a senior, his 2011 honors included USA Today first-team All-USA, Super Prep All-American, Prep Star All-American, SI.com first-team All-American, Max Preps second-team All-American, Max Preps first-team All-American Medium Schools, Prep Star Top 150 Dream Team, ESPNU 150, Super Prep All-Farwest, Prep Star All-West, Tacoma News Tribune Western 100, Seattle Times All-State, Orange County Register Fab 15 First Team, Tacoma News Tribune Northwest Nuggets and Tacoma News Tribune first-team all-area…following his senior season, was a finalist for the 2012 Watkins Award, given to the nation's top African-American high school scholar-athlete…as a junior in 2010, made USA Today first-team All-USA, Max Preps second-team All-American, Max Preps first-team All-American Medium Schools, Max Preps Junior first-team All-American and first-team All-State 3-A…also played basketball at Lakes, helping the team to the 2011 state 3A title…full name: Zach Banner.
