Caleb Banks
Minnesota VikingsPos DE
Updated September 3, 2026
Draft & College
Round 1, pick 18 · Minnesota Vikings · 2026
Florida (SEC)
Taken
#18
where he actually went
Consensus board
46th
average of the public big boards that spring
Our board
26th
where we had him ranked
Our college model
#25
among EDGE in our college data
He went well ahead of consensus.
In college · 2022-2024 · 36 games · partial record
6.5 sacks, 10 TFL, 16 pressures, 42 tackles
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
Coming out
9.83
RAS
5.04s
40 yd
32"
Vertical
114"
Broad
What this pick usually becomes
Of the 220 players taken as a late first-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 70% earned a second contract and 72% became starters. The median one started 58 career games.