Micah Banuelos holds the LG · Starter spot in Purdue Boilermakers’s offensive line room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Micah Banuelos is a 6'2", 315-pound left guard from Auburn, WA who attended Kennedy Catholic before joining USC as a 2023 recruit. He made his collegiate debut against Stanford in 2023 after redshirting that season. In 2024, he appeared in two games including the Las Vegas Bowl victory over Texas A&M. As a sophomore in 2025, Banuelos appeared in 10 games with five starts, including three at left guard and two at right guard, logging 401 snaps according to analytics services. He helped USC rank fifth nationally in passing offense (296.0 ypg) and eighth in total offense (465.5 ypg) while leading the Big Ten in both categories. Banuelos transferred to Purdue and is listed as a redshirt junior for the 2026 class.

USC2023 – 2025

Purdue2026 — present