[1] He attended Northwestern High School Baltimore City, Maryland Banks entered West Virginia Tech as a Freshman in 1984, finding his way to varsity playing time almost immediately.
Banks was the hero of a September 8, 1984, game against Georgetown College of Kentucky, when he broke a 65-yard touchdown run with just 1:17 remaining in the fourth quarter to lead the Golden Bears to a dramatic 16–15 come-from-behind victory.
[7] When he made the Oilers squad as backup fullback, Banks became the first player in West Virginia Tech school history to make an NFL roster.
[4] Banks got his opportunity in week two of the 1986 season when starting fullback Larry Moriarty suffered a shoulder injury, thrusting the largely unheralded rookie into the game.
[10] The severance proved to be a brief one when Banks was re-signed by the Oilers on November 12, 1986, after running back Butch Woolfolk suffered a fractured left shoulder in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Out of football after being cut by the Oilers, Chuck Banks was claimed by the Indianapolis Colts and signed to a contract by general manager Jim Irsay as a "replacement player" during the strike.
Knee and ankle injuries proved too much, however, and the team placed him on the Injured Reserve list during the first week of November,[16] effectively ending his NFL career.