Rising Sons
OT Zach Banner
Son of Lincoln Kennedy
11-year NFL veteran
While Zach Banner and Lincoln Kennedy don't share the same last name, the two are incredibly similar. Kennedy, a three-time Pro Bowl OT selection, is Banner's biological father, but the four-star tackle didn't find that out until he was in the seventh grade and doesn't have a relationship with the former Washington lineman. Kennedy dated Banner's mother, Vanessa, in college, but the two split shortly before the lineman headed to pursue his NFL dreams.
Still, the two look like twins from their looks to their 6-foot-6, 300-pound frames to their talent on the football field. Banner might be the most outgoing player in the 2012 class, and Kennedy, who works as a co-host on Fox Sports Radio, was the same way. Banner has over 50 scholarship offers and could very well play his college ball for the Huskies, just like Kennedy.
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