LOS ANGELES — The day Zach Banner told LenDale White to "stay away and stay irrelevant" could be simultaneously the most and least Zach Banner thing Zach Banner has ever done.
As an All-American offensive tackle at Southern Cal, Banner is known for having plenty to say. If you need an athlete to speak to a group of at-risk teens, Banner is your guy. Halftime speech? USC coach Clay Helton says Banner's are so loud he can barely hear himself think.
Last offseason, he and his fellow USC linemen got stuck on a hot, cramped elevator for two hours, and Banner pulled out his phone, turned the whole thing into a freestyle rap session and posted it to Instagram.