Kelvin Banks Jr. 's quest to find the best barbecue spots in Texas began in the offseason prior to his senior year in Austin, where he was a Longhorn. But the Barbecue Tour stalled when the season began, and hasn't yet restarted.

"I think I did five or six videos, and the season started and I got kind of busy," he said. "[I] wanted to focus on playing games, [but] it was fun doing them all."

Playing has been the focus since entering the NFL, too, as the New Orleans Saints' first-round draft pick (No. 9 overall) in this year's draft. So, Banks Jr. hasn't had much time, if any, to make barbecue rounds in New Orleans, though he hopes to. "It all depends on the schedule, if in the offseason I'm still around," he said. "Probably OTA times, I can get some videos in."

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