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ratoppenheimer -> RE: General Vikes Talkk (5/1/2026 5:12:04 AM)
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ORIGINAL: David Levine
Really good stuff on Banks here:
https://www.dailynorseman.com/minnesota-vikings-draft/96529/breaking-down-caleb-banks
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Banks first injured his left foot during spring practices last year, resulting in his walking with a boot for a few weeks. The same foot then later “fully snapped” during fall practice, causing him to miss the first two games of the season. Banks, apparently eager to return to the field, nevertheless played in the week three game against LSU and aggravated the injury, forcing him to have surgery on what apparently was a Jones fracture.
He later returned for the final two games of the season, despite still having an open incision on his foot, rather than shutting it down for the season as he didn’t want his college career to end with the injury and wanting to get back on the field with his teammates.
Banks played the final two games of the season without incident following the surgery to repair the Jones fracture and continued to play in the Senior Bowl without problems, indicating that he is fully recovered from the Jones fracture.
However, in preparing for the Combine the night before the event, Banks suffered another type of foot fracture in the same foot- a fracture of the fourth metatarsal- apparently due at least in part to wearing the wrong type of cleats. He didn’t believe it to be a fracture at the time and continued the next day with drills at the Combine. After running a 5.04” 40-yard dash, he experienced pain that forced him to shut things down.
He was later diagnosed with the foot fracture and had surgery to repair it. This type of foot fracture is not as severe as a Jones fracture and typically has a 3-month recovery period. Just prior to the draft, Banks’ doctor provided a letter to NFL teams indicating that after a CT scan, Banks was on track for a return to full football activities in early June.
Rob Brzezinski said after drafting Banks that the Vikings’ doctors had done their due diligence on Banks’ foot injuries and were not concerned about it. Skol Doc, who is a foot doctor, put out this video in which he discussed Banks’ foot injuries and was similarly not concerned about them or the possibility of reoccurrence.
That also concurs generally with this study of Jones fractures among NFL players which is generally positive regarding outcomes and that reoccurrences happened mostly with players coming back too soon and before the injury was fully healed, although ultimately more study was needed for firmer conclusions overall due to small sample sizes.
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