2025 Football Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 7
Tah Mac Bright Banda
- Position:
- LB
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 235
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
- Previous School:
- Lamar
- Pronunciation:
- BAN-duh
Awards and Honors
2025: OVC-Big South second team…Phil Steele all-conference fourth team…Played in all 12 games for the Skyhawks while starting nine contests at linebacker…Compiled 66 total tackles, including 18 solo stops and 48 assists…Notched 4.5 tackles for loss totaling 17 yards…Recorded 1.5 sacks…Tallied five or more tackles in nine contests…Posted a season-best eight tackles against Missouri State (Sept. 20) and Charleston Southern (Nov. 15)…Tallied six tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and one sack against Tennessee State (Nov. 8)…Tallied an interception against Southern Illinois (Sept. 13)…Recorded four pass breakups, coming against Missouri State (Sept. 20), Southeast Missouri (Sept. 27), Charleston Southern (Nov. 15) and Tennessee Tech (Nov. 22)…Posted a quarterback hurry against Western Illinois (Oct. 11).
BEFORE UTM: Joins the Skyhawks after spending one season at Lamar…Played in 12 games, making eight starts…Tallied 67 total tackles, including 21 solo stops and 46 assists…Notched 6.5 tackles for loss, three quarterback hurries and a forced fumble…Recorded a season-high nine tackles against Southeastern Louisiana and McNeese…Tallied eight tackles against Texas Southern…Made six stops – including 1.5 tackles for loss – against nationally ranked Central Arkansas…Spent the 2023 season at Marshall but did not see game action…Spent three seasons at Incarnate Word from 2020-22…Played in 23 games, finishing with 43 tackles, three TFLs and two pass breakups for his career with the Cardinals…Notched 35 tackles during 2022 campaign…Posted six tackles during 2021 season…Notched two tackles during COVID-impacted 2020-21 season…Prepped at Westside High School where he recorded 60 tackles in his first year of organized football as a junior.
PERSONAL: Born on Oct. 20, 2002…Son of Tah and Hilda Ncho…Has two siblings…Pursuing master’s degree in higher education leadership.
- Yearly Honors
- OVC-Big South All-Conference second team (2025)
2025: OVC-Big South second team…Phil Steele all-conference fourth team…Played in all 12 games for the Skyhawks while starting nine contests at linebacker…Compiled 66 total tackles, including 18 solo stops and 48 assists…Notched 4.5 tackles for loss totaling 17 yards…Recorded 1.5 sacks…Tallied five or more tackles in nine contests…Posted a season-best eight tackles against Missouri State (Sept. 20) and Charleston Southern (Nov. 15)…Tallied six tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss and one sack against Tennessee State (Nov. 8)…Tallied an interception against Southern Illinois (Sept. 13)…Recorded four pass breakups, coming against Missouri State (Sept. 20), Southeast Missouri (Sept. 27), Charleston Southern (Nov. 15) and Tennessee Tech (Nov. 22)…Posted a quarterback hurry against Western Illinois (Oct. 11).
BEFORE UTM: Joins the Skyhawks after spending one season at Lamar…Played in 12 games, making eight starts…Tallied 67 total tackles, including 21 solo stops and 46 assists…Notched 6.5 tackles for loss, three quarterback hurries and a forced fumble…Recorded a season-high nine tackles against Southeastern Louisiana and McNeese…Tallied eight tackles against Texas Southern…Made six stops – including 1.5 tackles for loss – against nationally ranked Central Arkansas…Spent the 2023 season at Marshall but did not see game action…Spent three seasons at Incarnate Word from 2020-22…Played in 23 games, finishing with 43 tackles, three TFLs and two pass breakups for his career with the Cardinals…Notched 35 tackles during 2022 campaign…Posted six tackles during 2021 season…Notched two tackles during COVID-impacted 2020-21 season…Prepped at Westside High School where he recorded 60 tackles in his first year of organized football as a junior.
PERSONAL: Born on Oct. 20, 2002…Son of Tah and Hilda Ncho…Has two siblings…Pursuing master’s degree in higher education leadership.
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