{"id":872109,"date":"2026-04-22T19:06:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/872109\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:06:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:06:49","slug":"caleb-banks-sends-letter-informing-teams-hell-be-fully-cleared-in-early-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/872109\/","title":{"rendered":"Caleb Banks sends letter informing teams he&#8217;ll be fully cleared in early June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is some positive news on one of the top defensive tackles in this year\u2019s draft.<\/p>\n<p>Via Pete Thamel of ESPN, former Florida DT Caleb Banks \u2014 who suffered a broken foot at the scouting combine \u2014 sent a letter to NFL teams on Wednesday informing them that he is on pace to be fully cleared for full football activities in early June.<\/p>\n<p>Banks <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/florida-dt-caleb-banks-broke-his-foot-at-combine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">fractured the fourth metatarsal in his foot<\/a>, which was then surgically repaired in mid-March. He injured his foot the night before his on-field testing, before conducting a partial workout while not knowing the extent of his injury.<\/p>\n<p>The previously reported expectation was that Banks would be sidelined until June.<\/p>\n<p>After playing two seasons at Louisville, Banks played three years at Florida. he finished his collegiate career with 48 total tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, and 6.5 sacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is some positive news on one of the top defensive tackles in this year\u2019s draft. Via Pete&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":872110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[7],"class_list":{"0":"post-872109","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116449931737665749","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/872110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}