Player Dossier

2018-2023

Duke

Ja'Mion Franklin

DT • 6'2" • 309 lbs • Ridgely, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ja'Mion Franklin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

38%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

64

Solid production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

52

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Duke

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Notre Dame • Duke
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

Player Story

Ja'Mion Franklin built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive tackle from Ridgely, MD wearing No. 5, spending time with Duke and Notre Dame. The clearest part of Ja'Mion Franklin's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8742

North Caroline · Ridgely, MD

Committed To
Notre Dame
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Ja'Mion Franklin, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Duke. Ja'Mion Franklin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
75
TFL
10.5
Sacks
4
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
6

Quick Answers

Ja'Mion Franklin quick answers

Latest team and position
Duke · DT
Career Tackles
75
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 36 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Duke
Top game
Virginia
Recruit profile
3-star · North Caroline · Notre Dame
High school pipeline
North Caroline · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 5 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
29 tackles · DT 41st (top 20%) · ACC 145th (top 24%) · National 1,386th (top 24%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonNotre Dame00-0--0-
2019 PostseasonNotre Dame41-0--036.7
2019 Regular SeasonNotre Dame43-0--036.7
2020 Regular SeasonNotre Dame00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonDuke10163.50--016.5
2022 Regular SeasonDuke12263.5325052.4
2023 PostseasonDuke1020.50-1029.9
2023 Regular SeasonDuke102731--029.9

Related Context

Ja'Mion Franklin played DT for Notre Dame and Duke. Across 6 tracked seasons, Ja'Mion Franklin recorded 75 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Duke.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Duke paired 13.5 primary output with 20.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 17.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Notre Dame, Duke.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Postseason · Duke

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

17.6

Usage

3.5

Consistency

31.8

Best Game by takeover score

Notre Dame

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Troy: 1.5. Northwestern: 0. UConn: 0. Notre Dame: 2. Florida State: 0. Louisville: 0. Wake Forest: 0. North Carolina: 1. Virginia: 0.5. Pittsburgh: 0.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Troy: 2 by 23.3. Northwestern: 1 by 4.2. UConn: 1 by 4.2. Notre Dame: 6 by 45. Florida State: 1 by 4.2. Louisville: 4 by 16.7. Wake Forest: 7 by 29.2. North Carolina: 3 by 22.5. Virginia: 2 by 13.3. Pittsburgh: 2 by 13.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.4 · Games = 5 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 5 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Notre Dame

Best efficiency game

45 vs Notre Dame

Result
Sat 12/23vs TroyW 17-10210.5001
Sat 11/25vs PittsburghW 30-19200.5000
Sat 11/18@ VirginiaL 27-30200.5000
Sun 11/12@ North CarolinaL 45-4732100
Thu 11/2vs Wake ForestW 24-2172000
Sat 10/28@ LouisvilleL 0-2341000
Sat 10/21@ Florida StateL 20-3810000
Sat 9/30vs Notre DameSplash gameL 14-2161110
Sat 9/23@ UConnW 41-711000
Sat 9/16vs NorthwesternW 38-1410000

Player Story

Ja'Mion Franklin story

Ja'Mion Franklin built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive tackle from Ridgely, MD wearing No. 5, spending time with Duke and Notre Dame. The clearest part of Ja'Mion Franklin's career was his defensive production: 75 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 6 passes defended across 36 career games in the available record. That gives Ja'Mion Franklin's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Notre Dame

    2018-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Duke

    2021-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20182019201920202021202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonNotre Dame0
2019 PostseasonNotre Dame04.20.70
2019 Regular SeasonNotre Dame04.20.70
2020 Regular SeasonNotre Dame00
2021 Regular SeasonDuke3.510.22.43.5
2022 Regular SeasonDuke13.520.34.910
2023 PostseasonDuke5.517.63.5-8
2023 Regular SeasonDuke5.517.63.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Virginia

Week 5 · W 38-17 · Conference game

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

82.8 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Notre Dame

Week 5 · L 14-21

2

Havoc Plays

80.6 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.6 takeover score.

#3

@ Charlotte

Week 1 · L 28-31

2

Havoc Plays

61.7 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.7 takeover score.

#4

@ Northwestern

Week 2 · W 31-23

2

Havoc Plays

56.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.

#5

vs Temple

Week 1 · W 30-0

2

Havoc Plays

43.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Duke

13.5 primary output · 20.3 efficiency · 4.9 usage

52.4

#2

2019 Postseason · Notre Dame

36.7

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Notre Dame

36.7

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

6

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games