Roy Banks

{{Short description|American football player (born 1965)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Roy Banks

| image =

| number = 86

| position = Wide receiver

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|11|29}}

| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lbs = 190

| high_school = Martin Luther King

| college = Eastern Illinois

| draftyear = 1987

| draftround = 5

| draftpick = 114

| pastteams =

• Indianapolis Colts ({{NFL Year|1987|1989}})
• Buffalo Bills ({{NFL Year|1990}})*

| pfr = BankRo21

}}

Roy Fitzpatrick Banks (born February 19, 1965) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL).{{cite news |author1=Brian Nielsen |title=Former EIU star adjusts to pro life |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/journal-gazette-former-eiu-star-adjusts/139249624/ |access-date=21 January 2024 |work=Journal Gazette |date=3 September 1988 |page=B6 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}} He was selected by the Colts in the fifth round of the 1987 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1987 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1987/draft.htm |access-date=September 30, 2023 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He played college football at Eastern Illinois University.{{cite news |author1=Jeff Rivers |title=Limelight shuns standout receiver |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/herald-and-review-limelight-shuns-stando/139250342/ |access-date=21 January 2024 |work=Herald and Review |date=7 November 1986 |page=B2 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{open access}}

{{NFL predraft

| height ft = 5

| height in = 10 1/8

| weight = 188

| dash = 4.52

| ten split = 1.54

| twenty split = 2.61

| shuttle = 4.26

| vertical = 32.0

| broad ft = 9

| broad in = 6

| bench = 4

| arm span = 32

| hand span = 9 1/2

}}