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Giants’ Deonte Banks Gets ‘Random’ Drug Test After 95-Yard Kickoff TD in Win Over Raiders

The return punctuated a personal turnaround that also shifted the draft order.

Overview

  • With starter Cor'Dale Flott out with a knee injury, Banks returned a kickoff 95 yards late in the third quarter to put New York up 27-10 in a 34-10 win in Las Vegas.
  • The end-zone celebration that followed drew an unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty before the ensuing extra point.
  • Postgame, Banks was notified of a league drug test and shared the slip on Instagram, with no positive result reported.
  • The win delivered interim head coach Mike Kafka his first victory after dropping his first five games in the role.
  • The result shifted draft positioning, moving the Giants out of the projected No. 1 pick and placing the Raiders there.