2019: Played all 11 games ... Had 17 solo tackles and 17 assisted stops ... Five tackles for lost yards (32) and three sacks (28 yards lost) ... Multiple tackles in 10 games, including season-high seven (2 solo)Â against Utica ... Tackle-for-loss in six games ... Five tackles (season-high 3 solo) with 0.5 for loss (1 yard) at Union ...Â
2018: Played all 12 games ... Nine solo tackles and eight assisted stops ... Three tackles for lost yards (11) ... Two sacks for loss of nine yards ... Two pass breakups ... Forced one fumble and recovered one fumble ... Multiple tackles in five games, including season-high five (4 solo) with two for lost yards (5), 3-yard sack and fumble recovery at Rochester ...
 Team's Defensive Player of the Week once (Rochester) ... Liberty League Weekly Honor Roll once ...
2017: Played 10 games ... Three solo tackles and four assisted stops ... Multiple tackles in two games, including two unassisted at Alfred ...
2016:Â Did not see game action ...
High School: Three years of football ... Two-year starter (DT) ... 2015: Captain ... Best Defensive Lineman Award ... All-Conference ... All-State Honorable Mention ... East West I-72 ... North / South All-Star game ... Three years of baseball (1B, DH, C) ... Two-year starter ... Team won Conference Championship once ... Conference All-Academic ... Illinois State Scholar ... AP Scholar with honor ...
Personal: Environmental
 Engineering major ... Son of Karen and Joseph Banaitis ... Brother plays baseball (pitcher) at Illinois Wesleyan University.
