A Grey Cup champion
Banks won the Grey Cup in 2022.
FootballCFLWide receiver
Brandon Banks
RetiredBrandon Banks was a wide receiver who won the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award in 2019.
92 CFL regular-season games6 seasons
Updated
About Brandon Banks
Born on December 21, 1987, in Raleigh, North Carolina, Brandon Banks was a wide receiver. He played college football at Bakersfield and Kansas State. His final CFL game came on Oct 22, 2022, for the Toronto Argonauts.
Banks played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats from 2016 to 2021 and for the Toronto Argonauts in 2022. In the 2019 regular season, in 16 games for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, he had 56 rushing yards, 1 rushing touchdown, 112 catches for 1,550 receiving yards and 13 receiving touchdowns. Through the 2022 season, Banks had 188 rushing yards, 4 rushing touchdowns, 386 catches for 5,356 receiving yards and 42 receiving touchdowns in 92 regular-season CFL games.
Agatha Research DeskUpdated Nov 10, 2026Season by season92
Every season, every CFL game of his career, newest season first.
| Season | Team | Games | Catches | Yards | TD | Targets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | TOR | 16 | 37 | 522 | 4 | 75 |
| 2021 | HAM | 10 | 44 | 474 | 2 | 70 |
| 2019 | HAM | 16 | 112 | 1,550 | 13 | 158 |
| 2018 | HAM | 16 | 94 | 1,423 | 11 | 129 |
| 2017 | HAM | 18 | 67 | 1,011 | 8 | 105 |
| 2016 | HAM | 16 | 32 | 376 | 4 | 47 |
| Career | 92 | 386 | 5,356 | 42 | 584 |
Final season
2022 receiving522 yds37 catches on 75 targets, 4 TD, 16 games
Last game3-23-0catches-yards-TD, Oct 22 at Alouettes
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CFL All-Star honors
Banks was a CFL All-Star in 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019.
201 receiving yards
On Oct 26, 2019, Banks had 11 catches for 201 receiving yards and 3 receiving touchdowns in a 38-26 win at the Montreal Alouettes.
Career
Hamilton Tiger-Cats2016 to 2021 - 76 games
Toronto Argonauts2022 - 16 games
6years2016 to 2022
- 2016CFL debut42-20 win vs Argonauts
- 2019Best game11-201-3, vs Alouettes
- 2019Best season112 catches, 1,550 yds, 13 TD in 16 games
- Oct 22, 2022Last game3-23-0 at Alouettes
Honors
- Grey Cup champion (2022)
- CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award (2019)
- Terry Evanshen Trophy (2019)
- 4x CFL All-Star (2014, 2015, 2018, 2019)
- 6x CFL East All-Star (2014-2019)
- NFL kickoff return yards leader (2011)
Regular season
92 games
386 catches, 5,356 yds, 42 TD
First CFL game
Jun 23, 2016: 4 catches, 50 yds, 1 TDTiger-Cats 42, Argonauts 20
Last game
Oct 22, 2022: 3 catches, 23 yds, 0 TDArgonauts 24, Alouettes 23
Most often against
The teams he has faced most, with his teams' record and his line against each.
Montreal Alouettes13 games
10-3his teams
His line: 61 catches, 889 yds, 6 TD
Last met Oct 22, 2022
Toronto Argonauts13 games
9-4his teams
His line: 67 catches, 1,114 yds, 9 TD
Last met Nov 12, 2021
Ottawa RedBlacks12 games
6-6his teams
His line: 56 catches, 791 yds, 5 TD
Last met Sep 24, 2022
BC Lions11 games
6-5his teams
His line: 40 catches, 429 yds, 6 TD
Last met Oct 8, 2022
Saskatchewan Roughriders11 games
5-6his teams
His line: 36 catches, 431 yds, 4 TD
Last met Jul 24, 2022
Calgary Stampeders10 games
1-9his teams
His line: 33 catches, 379 yds, 3 TD
Last met Oct 1, 2022
Sources and updates
Stats, scores and injury reports come from Agatha's own records: the CFL's own game records (regular season) and its rosters' injured lists.
Updated Nov 10, 2026, 5:42 AM ET. Biography facts are checked weekly.