Sam Franklin

Senior linebacker for Temple. 2019: 68 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Temple · Sr. · #4

6′3″ · 210 lb · Crystal River, FL

Temple 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 5 nationally · Joined Temple

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Temple. 2019: 68 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Temple in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Temple, 194 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

20164 games

Signed with Temple3-star out of East Coast Prep

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#5 national

CFB

College

Temple

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

4 coaches

2016

Matt Rhule

Temple

2017

Geoff Collins

Temple

era →

2018

Ed Foley

Temple

era →

2019

Rod Carey

Temple

era →

Played under 4 different head coaches: Matt Rhule, Geoff Collins, Ed Foley, and Rod Carey. Multi-era developmental context.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Temple10-4HC: Matt Rhule · Run-leaning

2017Temple7-6HC: Geoff Collins · Balanced

2018Temple8-5HC: Ed Foley · Balanced

2019Temple8-5HC: Rod Carey · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (94th percentile). Strength: tackles (88th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#139 / 2688 · 94th pct

Tackles#323 / 2688 · 88th pct

Tackles for loss#312 / 2688 · 88th pct

7.5

Passes defended#749 / 2688 · 66th pct

Sacks#857 / 2688 · 61st pct

1.0

QB hurries#781 / 2688 · 61st pct

Forced fumbles#78 / 721 · 45th pct

Interceptions#301 / 779 · 31st 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

2019 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	5.8	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

2026 season

Head Coach

K.C. Keeler

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Temple	68	49	7.5	1.0	2	1	--
2018	Temple	63	45	8.0	3.0	--	1	--
2017	Temple	59	43	9.5	4.0	6	--	--
2016	Temple	4	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		194	140	25.0	8.0	8	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2019

W 30–28

vs Memphis

5 TOT · 3 SOLO · 0 TFL

Edged out Memphis at home in a shootout.

With A. Russo — 224 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 77.0 · B. Mack — 7 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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 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 Memphis	5	3	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 21-45@ 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@ 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

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

20164 games

2019 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays