Unless you follow Penn State basketball closely, there is a decent chance that Payton Banks is not yet on your radar. Banks, a native of Orange, CA, was part of the 2013 recruiting class that also brought to the program guard Geno Thorpe, forward Julian Moore, and since-transferred guard Graham Woodward. Like Moore, Banks redshirted his freshman season at Penn State.
Banks is a 6-foot-6 swingman who has been talked up as a shooter by head coach Patrick Chambers. The shots did not fall consistently for him as a freshman, but it was clear that the staff believes in him as one based on his usage in the offense.