Sam Franklin: LB · Temple · #4.
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Sam Franklin
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. The four seasons at Temple span four head coaches: Matt Rhule, Geoff Collins, Ed Foley and Rod Carey. A game that shows it: 9 tackles against Tulane — Week 12, 2019.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
68 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 7.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-12vs Bucknell | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 20-17vs No. 21 Maryland | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 22-38@ Buffalo | 7 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-2vs Georgia Tech | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 27-17@ East Carolina | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 30-28vs No. 23 Memphis | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-45@ No. 19 SMU | 5 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-63vs UCF | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 17-7@ South Florida | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 29-21vs Tulane | 9 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 13-15@ No. 17 Cincinnati | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 49-17vs UConn | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 13-55vs North Carolina | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 68 | 49 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
68tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%8 TFLSack rate
1%1 sackPD rate
3%2 pass breakups68 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 1 sack · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 4.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rod Carey
Pass share
50.2%
466 pass / 462 run
Plays / game
71.4
13 games
Team sack rate
4.1%
508 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Temple, 194 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Matt Rhule, Geoff Collins, and Rod Carey. Multi-era developmental context.
