NFL production
NFL Career Totals
- NFL games
- 110
- Defensive tackles
- 738
- Defensive sacks
- 10
- Interceptions
- 3
Regular-season games in matched NFL outcome rows.
Zaire Franklin After College
Follow Zaire Franklin from college production into verified NFL season and career outcomes.
- 1
Syracuse
2014-2017
College stop
- 2
NFL Draft
2018
2018 · Round 7 · Pick 235 · No. 235 · IND
- 3
IND
2018-2025
NFL regular-season production
Draft and outcome
NFL Outcome Snapshot
- Draft
- 2018 · Round 7 · Pick 235 · No. 235 · IND
- Status
- ACT
- Latest NFL team
- IND
- NFL span
- 2018-2026
- Starts
- 5
- Weighted AV
- 40
- Draft AV
- 40
- Pro Bowls
- 1
NFL season
Best NFL Season
2024 · IND
- Games
- 17
- Defensive impact
- 214
- Position percentile
- 100
- Tackles
- 173
- Sacks
- 3.5
- Interceptions
- 2
NFL season
Latest NFL Season
2025 · IND
- Games
- 17
- Defensive impact
- 137
- Position percentile
- 89
- Tackles
- 125
- Sacks
- 2
Season ledger
NFL Season-by-Season Stats
| Season | Team | Games | Production | Passing | Rushing | Receiving | Defense | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Reg | INDOLB | 17 | 137Defensive impact · 89th | — | — | — | 125 tkl · 2 sack | 0 |
| 2024 Reg | INDOLB | 17 | 214Defensive impact · 100th | — | — | — | 173 tkl · 3.5 sack · 2 int | 0 |
| 2023 Reg | INDOLB | 16 | 188Defensive impact · 99th | — | — | — | 179 tkl · 1.5 sack | 0 |
| 2022 Reg | INDOLB | 17 | 185Defensive impact · 99th | — | — | — | 167 tkl · 3 sack | 0 |
| 2021 Reg | INDOLB | 16 | 50Defensive impact · 39th | — | — | — | 40 tkl · 1 int | 0 |
| 2020 Reg | INDOLB | 11 | 19Defensive impact · 17th | — | — | — | 19 tkl | 0 |
| 2019 Reg | INDOLB | 6 | 6Defensive impact · 6th | — | — | — | 6 tkl | 0 |
| 2018 Reg | INDOLB | 10 | 29Defensive impact · 25th | — | — | — | 29 tkl | 0 |
Career Translation Arc
Grouped stops from college peak through verified NFL teams.
College
Syracuse
2014-2017
Draft
NFL Draft
2018
NFL
IND
2018-2025
College-to-NFL Fingerprint
- College peak89
- NFL peak100
- Durability100
- Draft capital8
- Shape match89
College-to-NFL Readout
The player paired an upper-tier college profile with upper-tier NFL production among same-position pros.
- Best college season
- 2014
- College percentile
- 89th
- NFL percentile
- 100th
Syracuse: 0 primary output
Same-position college production sample.
Matched same-position NFL outcome sample.
NFL Production Trend
20182019202020212022202320242025
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