Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2017Syracuse
Zaire Franklin
LB • 6'0" • 236 lbs • Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Zaire Franklin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
90
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
84
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
86
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Syracuse
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Syracuse
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UConn
Player Story
Zaire Franklin built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a linebacker from Philadelphia, PA wearing No. 4, spending time with Syracuse. The clearest part of Zaire Franklin's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Syracuse
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2018
- Selection
- Round 7 · Pick 17
- Overall
- No. 235
- NFL Team
- Indianapolis Colts
Zaire Franklin, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Syracuse. Zaire Franklin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.4 disruption score.
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- Latest team and position
- Syracuse · LB
- Career Tackles
- 185
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Syracuse
- Top game
- UConn
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · La Salle College · Syracuse
- High school pipeline
- La Salle College · 10 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2018 · Round 7 · Pick 17 · Indianapolis Colts
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 84 tackles · LB 119th (top 11%) · ACC 22nd (top 4%) · National 177th (top 4%)
Zaire Franklin played LB for Syracuse. Across 4 tracked seasons, Zaire Franklin recorded 185 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Syracuse.
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