Sam Franklin is a running back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at South Florida.
Franklin does a little of everything without one standout trait. Played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 91 rushing yards and 2 rushing TD against South Carolina State — Week 4, 2025.
Play style
Plays within the scheme — consistent production without a dominant dimension.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
The closer
16.8% of carries overall (80/477) → 17.1% of Q4-with-lead carries (18/105) — 11.1% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
4 of the team's 23 inside-the-5 carries (17.4%).
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Florida | 80 | 474 | 5.9 | 4 | 73 |
| 2024 | Oklahoma | 18 | 132 | 7.3 | 0 | 34 |
| Career | 98 | 606 | 6.2 | 4 | 73 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Florida | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 0 | 14 |
| 2024 | Oklahoma | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 0 | 9 |
| Career | 10 | 54 | 5.4 | 0 | 14 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-7vs No. 25 Boise State | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 2 | W 18-16@ No. 13 Florida | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 12-49@ No. 5 Miami | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 4 | W 63-14vs South Carolina State | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 2 | 54 | Season-high 91 yds |
| Wk 6 | W 54-26vs Charlotte | 14 | 76 | 5.4 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 7 | W 63-36@ North Texas | 8 | 51 | 6.4 | 1 | 15 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-13vs Florida Atlantic | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 9 | L 31-34@ Memphis | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 1 | 73 | |
| Wk 11 | W 55-23vs UTSA | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 12 | L 38-41@ Navy | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wk 13 | W 48-18@ UAB | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | W 52-3vs Rice | 10 | 65 | 6.5 | 0 | 33 | |
 Bowl | L 10-24vs Old Dominion | 10 | 29 | 2.9 | 0 | 7 | |
| Total | 80 | 474 | 5.9 | 4 | 73 |
Week 4 · 2025
W 63-14
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
40%70 carriesStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds5.9 yds/carry on 80 carries · 11% explosive (10+ yds) · 40% success rate.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 49.2 | 7.4 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 25.0 | 4.6 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 38.0 | 6.3 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 34.7 | 5.1 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kevin Patrick
Pass share
44.8%
404 pass / 498 run
Plays / game
69.4
13 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
397 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer touches a game than most FBS running backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #24 of 37 American Athletic RBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Brent Venables and Alex Golesh.
