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New Orleans Saints stay true to inside-out, select offensive tackle Kelvin Banks Jr. in first round of NFL Draft
'If I'm one of the best five on the field and they give me the opportunity to start and I earn that right, then I'm going to play wherever they put me'
By John DeShazier - New Orleans Saints
In the end, it wasn't at all a surprise.
New Orleans Saints first-year coach Kellen Moore and Executive Vice President/General Manager Mickey Loomis were symbiotic in their belief of building a team inside-out, fortifying the offensive and defensive lines as the top priority.
The Saints took another step toward that goal Thursday night in the first round of the NFL Draft, selecting Texas offensive tackle Kelvin Banks Jr. with the ninth overall pick – the second consecutive year New Orleans has taken an offensive tackle in the first round and the fourth time in the last seven years that the Saints have selected an offensive lineman with their first pick.
"This is a trenches game, this is a game that is won up front in a lot of ways and obviously, my background has been around that in a lot of places I've been and certainly this place is invested in it, and we feel like we can continue to do that," Moore said. "So we feel like we're building a strength in that offensive line. We've got a ton of really good talent there and we're really excited about that."
Banks, a unanimous All-American last season who won the Outland, Lombardi and Jacobs Blocking trophies, expected an early call in the draft and received it from the Saints.
"I definitely felt like the Saints were an option," he said. "My meter on the draft meter was from a position of 6 on down, so I felt pretty confident when I talked to the Saints at the Combine and they felt pretty confident in me, obviously, because they picked me. ...
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Saints select OT Kelvin Banks Jr. with at No. 9 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft
With the No. 9 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, the New Orleans Saints have selected Texas OT Kelvin Banks.
Banks started all 42 games at LT for the Longhorns, In 2022, as a freshman was named a semifinalist for the Shaun Alexander Award. In 2023, he was named to the All Big-12 first team and in 2024, he was named First Team All-SEC and won the Jacobs Blocking Trophy as well as the Lombardi Award, awarded to the best lineman in college football that year. He also won the Outland Trophy, which is awarded to the best interior lineman in college football.
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Well, the pick is in and with the 9th overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft the New Orleans Saints selected Texas OT Kelvin Banks Jr. adding some much needed help on their offensive line.
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