Desmond Franklin: DB · App State · #6.
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Desmond Franklin
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at App State. One game to point at: 8 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Louisiana — Week 15, 2019.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
52 tackles. 10 passes defended. 1 interception. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 42-7vs East Tennessee State | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 56-41vs Charlotte | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-31@ North Carolina | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 52-7vs UL Monroe | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 30-3@ South Alabama | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-24vs Georgia Southern | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 20-15@ South Carolina | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 12 | W 56-27@ Georgia State | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 35-13vs Texas State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 48-13@ Troy | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Wk 15 | W 45-38vs Louisiana | 8 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
 Bowl | W 31-17vs UAB | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 52 | 28 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 10 |
Week 14 · 2019
W 48-13
at Troy
1 interception · 5 tackles · 4 pass breakups
Dominant 35-point win on the road against Troy.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
19%10 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
52tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL52 tackles · 1 for loss · 10 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+8g | 4.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eli Drinkwitz
Pass share
38.4%
369 pass / 592 run
Plays / game
68.6
14 games
Team sack rate
4.6%
394 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at App State, 156 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Scott Satterfield → Eli Drinkwitz. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
