Joe Banyard

Joe Banyard

35-Year-Old Running BackRB
 Free Agent  
2023 Fantasy Outlook
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$Released by the Bills in October of 2017.
Released by Bills
RBFree Agent
October 31, 2017
Banyard was released by the Bills on Tuesday, Joe Buscaglia of WKBW.com reports.
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Banyard was released by the Bills for the second time this month, this time in order to make room for new addition Kelvin Benjamin on the active roster. The 28-year-old back played primarily a special team's role with the Bills, taking the field three times this season.
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Undrafted in 2012, Joe Banyard has carved out a career for himself as a journeyman backup and special teams contributor. He comes to the Bills in an interesting situation following the free agent departure of backup running back Mike Gillislee. As unlikely as it sounds, one can imagine a scenario where Banyard outperforms Jonathan Williams to earn the second-string gig and ends up seeing snaps in relief of LeSean McCoy. It's the lottery ticket to end all lottery tickets, but if he beats out Williams and McCoy goes down with an injury, Banyard could end up seeing starting RB reps for the team that led the league in rushing last year.
The 27-year-old failed to log an NFL carry last season, but he’ll compete with Jonas Gray, Corey Grant, and Denard Robinson for No. 3 or No. 4 running back role. Banyard appears to be on the outside looking in, though, and won’t hold much, if any, fantasy utility in 2016.
The former undrafted free agent and practice squad player got 21 carries last season as a backup after Adrian Peterson was suspended. He'll fight for a backup role this summer, but the signing of DuJuan Harris means he's not a sure bet to make the team.
Released by the Vikings at the end of the preseason.
Banyard worked on the Vikings' practice squad in 2012 and will battle for a roster spot in training camp for 2013.
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Re-signs with Bills
RBBuffalo Bills
October 28, 2017
The Bills re-signed Banyard on Saturday, Mike Rodak of ESPN reports.
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Released by Bills
RBFree Agent
October 17, 2017
Banyard was released by the Bills on Tuesday, Chris Brown of the Bills' official site reports.
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Inactive for Week 2
RBBuffalo Bills
September 17, 2017
Banyard is among the Bills' inactives for Sunday's Week 2 game in Carolina.
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Likely part of backup committee
RBBuffalo Bills
September 4, 2017
Bills coach Sean McDermott said the team will use a committee behind LeSean McCoy, mentioning Banyard, Mike Tolbert and Taiwan Jones, Joe Buscaglia of 7 ABC Buffalo reports.
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Makes final roster
RBBuffalo Bills
September 2, 2017
Banyard, a fifth-year journeyman, has made the Bills' initial 53-man roster.
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