The mysterious stabbing of Washington Redskins return specialist Brandon Banks, a 5-6 speedster from Garner, has finally be exposed through an article in the Washington Post.

Reporter Mike Jones writes, “The receiver and his lifelong friend, Christopher Nixon, were both stabbed on Feb.12 outside a downtown D.C. night club after an argument with a Lanham, Md. man.

“Banks and sources who spoke on condition of anonymity say that Banks and Jason Shorter, the alleged attacker, had argued outside the The Park at Fourteenth before Banks turned to walk away. Nixon, seeing Shorter allegedly pull a folding knife from his pocket and open it, threw a punch. According to a police report, video from a surveillance camera outside the nightclub verified the account.

“After Nixon punched Shorter, Banks and the club’s bouncer jumped in to break up the fight, but Shorter “reached over [the bouncer] and initially attacked [Nixon] with the knife,” according to the police report. Banks and Nixon were both stabbed repeatedly.

“The bouncer subdued Shorter, police were called and Banks was taken to Howard University Hospital, where he had a tube inserted in his lung, which had collapsed. He remained at Howard for five days before he was transported to Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, where he spent another two days under the care of team doctors.

“Shorter was arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon. He is scheduled to appear in court in July.

‘Banks this week confirmed the circumstances of the incident, but refused to discuss it further.”

The lengthy, in-depth article mainly focuses on comments from Banks, his father and his teammates regarding his determination to come back from adversity including an ankle injury, knee surgery and the stabbing which left a huge scar on his upper abdomen.

To read the article, please click here.