Ja'Mion Franklin

Senior defensive tackle for Duke. 2023: 1 sack, 3.5 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

DT · Duke · Sr. · #5

6′2″ · 309 lb · Ridgely, MD

CFB Index 49 · #155 of 302 interior linemenLow confidenceDuke 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 570 nationally · Signed with Notre Dame

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive tackle for Duke. 2023: 1 sack, 3.5 tackles for loss, 29 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Notre Dame in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Duke, 75 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2018

Signed with Notre Dame3-star out of North Caroline

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#570 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

3 coaches

2019

David Cutcliffe

Duke

2021

David Cutcliffe

Duke

2022

Mike Elko

Duke

era →

2023

Trooper Taylor

Duke

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: David Cutcliffe, Mike Elko, and Trooper Taylor. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Notre Dame11-2HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2021Duke3-9HC: David Cutcliffe · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022Duke9-4HC: Mike Elko · Run-leaning

2023Duke8-5HC: Trooper Taylor · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

49Rotational starter #155 of 302?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: solo tackles (20th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#904 / 2842 · 66th pct

3.5

Sacks#847 / 2842 · 62nd pct

1.0

Tackles#1360 / 2842 · 51st pct

Passes defended#1113 / 2842 · 50th pct

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Solo tackles#2200 / 2842 · 20th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.6	0.4	0.2	0.2
Road5g	2.2	0.3	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.5	0.4	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.2	0.3	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Manny Diaz

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

49 · #155 of 302 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #155 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Duke	29	8	3.5	1.0	1	--	--
2022	Duke	26	8	3.5	3.0	5	--	--
2021	Duke	16	6	3.5	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Notre Dame	4	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		75	25	10.5	4.0	6	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 3	W 38-14vs Northwestern	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 41-7@ UConn	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 14-21vs Notre Dame	6	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 20-38@ Florida State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 0-23@ Louisville	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 24-21vs Wake Forest	7	2	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 11	L 45-47@ North Carolina	3	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 27-30@ Virginia	2	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 30-19vs Pittsburgh	2	0	0.5	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 17-10vs Troy	2	1	0.5	0.0	—	1
Total		29	8	3.5	1.0	—	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Ja'Mion Franklin

2018

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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