Jarrett Franklin: LB · Buffalo · #36.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jarrett Franklin
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Arrived as a two-star recruit; two seasons of production at Buffalo since. On tape: 12 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Army, Week 2, 2017.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
65 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 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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There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-17@ Minnesota | 11 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-21@ Army | 12 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 33-10vs Colgate | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-31vs Florida Atlantic | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-13@ Kent State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 68-71vs Western Michigan | 9 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-14vs Northern Illinois | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-24@ Miami (OH) | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-21@ Akron | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-28vs Bowling Green | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 40-24@ Ball State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-24vs Ohio | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 65 | 40 | 4.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
65tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%4 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
2%1 pass breakups65 tackles · 4.5 for loss.
2 seasons under Lance Leipold, all balanced offenses — 8-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 6.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Pass share
49.0%
400 pass / 417 run
Plays / game
68.1
12 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
433 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Buffalo, 140 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jeff Quinn, Alex Wood, and Lance Leipold. Multi-era developmental context.
