HIGH SCHOOL: Missed senior campaign after suffering knee injury in fall camp...for his career had more than 1,200 yards on 170 attempts...averaged 6.5 yards per rush...scored 18 rushing touchdowns...had 87 tackles, nine sacks and three interceptions...as a junior was a first-team all-conference selection as a running back...ran for 728 yards and scored 12 touchdowns in 2007...on defensive had 42 tackles and six sacks...was a second-team All-Northeast Ohio Inland District Division II selection...Canfield was 10-2 reaching regional semifinals...Cardinals won MAC championship last three years...coach was Mike Pavlansky...also played baseball...helped lead Cardinals to 2007 Division II state title...scored two runs and played third base in title game...member of the honor roll and National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Parents are Tom and Debra Banna...his father, Tom was a fullback for the Penguins from 1972-74...uncles Rick and Nazih also played for the Guins...has two brothers (Tom, Kyle)...Kyle is a junior for the Penguins...born April 2, 1990...academic interest is finance.