Jeremiah Franklin

#17 · TE · Sr. · Boston College6′3″ · 244 lb · Walkersville, MD

Jeremiah Franklin is a tight end who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Boston College.

Franklin shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Played for two head coaches at Boston College: Jeff Hafley and Bill O'Brien. First career honor, 2025: All-ACC. A game that shows it: 84 receiving yards and 8 receptions against Michigan State — Week 2, 2025.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Similar players

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Elija LoftonMiami · 2026 · 87% season match
Matt LauterBoise State · 2025 · 81% season match
Jack WestoverWashington · 2022 · 79% season match
Treyton WelchWyoming · 2023 · 72% season match
Ryan JonesEast Carolina · 2022 · 67% season match

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2025	Boston College	48	489	10.2	2	32
2024	Boston College	27	311	11.5	3	34
2023	Boston College	12	166	13.8	1	30
2022	Boston College	5	27	5.4	0	9
Career		92	993	10.8	6	34

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 66-10vs Fordham	5	50	10.0	0	21
Wk 2	L 40-42@ Michigan State	8	84	10.5	1	18	Season-high 84 yds
Wk 3	L 20-30@ Stanford	6	41	6.8	0	13
Wk 5	L 24-28vs California	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 6	L 7-48@ Pittsburgh	2	35	17.5	0	32
Wk 7	L 10-41vs Clemson	2	16	8.0	0	8
Wk 8	L 23-38vs UConn	2	26	13.0	0	16
Wk 9	L 24-38@ No. 19 Louisville	5	55	11.0	1	21
Wk 10	L 10-25vs No. 12 Notre Dame	7	46	6.6	0	8
Wk 11	L 13-45vs SMU	3	18	6.0	0	7
Wk 12	L 34-36vs No. 14 Georgia Tech	4	58	14.5	0	30
Wk 14	W 34-12@ Syracuse	3	46	15.3	0	25
Total		48	489	10.2	2	32

Signature game

Week 9 · 2025

L 24-38

at Louisville

5 rec · 55 yds · 1 TD

With G. James — 244 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 56.0 · 26 rush yds (13 car) · S. Florio — 40.3 yards per punt · 6 punts · 2 inside the 20

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 9 · Louisville · 4th and 10 · Q4 · EPA +3.61James to Franklin: a 13-yard pass.
Week 12 · Georgia Tech · 3rd and 19 · Q4 · EPA +3.17Lonergan to Franklin: a 30-yard pass.
Week 9 · Louisville · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.63James to Franklin: a 21-yard touchdown pass.
Week 2 · Michigan State · 2nd and 6 · Q5 · EPA +2.53Lonergan to Franklin: a 6-yard touchdown pass.
Week 14 · Syracuse · 1st and 10 · Q4 · EPA +2.23James to Franklin: a 25-yard pass.
Week 2 · Michigan State · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +1.77Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Jeremiah Franklin for 13 yds to the BC 40 for a

4 more plays

Week 9 · Louisville · 2nd and 11 · Q1 · EPA +1.73G.James pass complete short middle to J.Franklin caught at BC.30, for 12 yards to the BC.36 (J.Evans Jr.)
Week 1 · Fordham · 2nd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +1.67Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Jeremiah Franklin for 10 yds to the FOR 45 for a
Week 1 · Fordham · 3rd and 2 · Q2 · EPA +1.55Dylan Lonergan pass complete to Jeremiah Franklin for 6 yds to the BC 42 for a
Week 14 · Syracuse · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +1.39James to Franklin: a 17-yard pass.

Receiving profile

Receiver profile · Targets, catch rate, and throw depth

How often he's targeted, and how well it works

48 rec · 489 yds · 2 TD

47 of 48 receptions matched to play-by-play

32 of 71 targets charted for true throw depth

Targets

7116% of team targets

Catch rate

66%47 of 71 targets

Behind LOS · Negative air yds

3% of targets (1)

100%catch rate

Air -3.0 · YAC 11.0 avg

Short · 0–9 air yds

69% of targets (22)

68%catch rate

Air 4.5 · YAC 2.1 avg

Middle · 10–19 air yds

22% of targets (7)

71%catch rate

Air 14.0 · YAC 4.2 avg

Deep · 20+ air yds

6% of targets (2)

50%catch rate

Air 28.5 · YAC 1.0 avg

66% catch rate on 71 targets · 16% of the team's targets.

Situational

Situational · Share of own targets (PBP, 2025)

Third-down role

16%10 of his 63 targets came on third down · TE median is 22%

Teams and coaches

2022Boston College3-9HC: Jeff Hafley · Pass-leaning

2023Boston College7-6HC: Jeff Hafley · Run-leaning

2024Boston College7-6HC: Bill O'Brien · Run-heavy

2025Boston College2-10HC: Bill O'Brien · Balanced

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 67 (#21 of 156). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2025 season

67Quality starter #21 of 156 · 2025?

Ascending11 metrics · season cumulative

2025 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Elite: receptions (95th percentile). Strength: rec yards (90th percentile). Concern: td rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#425 / 798 · 45th pct

66.7%

Explosive rate#572 / 798 · 28th pct

6.3%

Yards / catch#574 / 798 · 28th pct

9.7

EPA / target#613 / 798 · 23rd pct

0.21

TD rate#507 / 798 · 18th pct

0.0%

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#9 / 175 · 95th pct

Rec yards#17 / 175 · 90th pct

489

Rec TDs#76 / 175 · 43rd pct

Yards / catch#100 / 175 · 42nd pct

10.2

Long catch#100 / 175 · 42nd pct

Fumbles lost#18 / 33 · 27th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

80th → 23rd percentile

Explosive rate

51st → 28th percentile

Catch rate

91st → 45th percentile

TD rate

83rd → 18th percentile

Yards / catch

41st → 28th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2025. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.4	32.6	10.3	0.0
Road5g	4.8	52.2	12.2	0.4

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.0	40.0	11.1	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	4.0	41.5	11.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Bill O'Brien

Pass share

54.8%

454 pass / 374 run

Plays / game

69.0

12 games

Team sack rate

7.5%

505 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

67 · #21 of 156 TEs · 2025

Three-star recruit. Now #21 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-ACC

Based on 2025: #4 of 22 ACC TEs

How the All-ACC base rate is computed

A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).