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Player Dossier
2022-2025Southern
Zay Franks
CB • 6'3" • 200 lbs • Magee, MS, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Zay Franks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
8
Developing production for a corner
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
53
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Southern Miss
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Southern Miss • Southern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas State
Player Story
Zay Franks built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a cornerback from Magee, MS wearing No. 7, spending time with Southern and Southern Miss. The clearest part of Zay Franks' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Southern Miss
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Zay Franks, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Southern Miss. Zay Franks shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 16
- TFL
- 1
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Zay Franks quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Southern · CB
- Career Tackles
- 16
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Southern Miss
- Top game
- Texas State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Magee · Southern Miss
- High school pipeline
- Magee · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Junior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 33.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 8 | 14 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 33.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 75 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Southern | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 54.2 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Southern Miss to Unlisted | G5/FCS to Unlisted | 21.2 | Jan 9, 2025 |
Zay Franks played CB for Southern Miss and Southern. Across 4 tracked seasons, Zay Franks recorded 65 receiving yards, 16 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Southern Miss.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Southern Miss paired 1 primary output with 18.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 8.3 efficiency.
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Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
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Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Southern Miss, Southern.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State
Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Southern
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
8.3
Usage
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Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Fresno State
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Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Fresno State
Best efficiency game
8.3 vs Fresno State
| Result | |||||||||||
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| Sun 9/14 | @ Fresno State | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Zay Franks story
Zay Franks built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a cornerback from Magee, MS wearing No. 7, spending time with Southern and Southern Miss. The clearest part of Zay Franks' career was his defensive production: 16 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and 1 interception across 11 career games in the available record. His career also includes 65 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Zay Franks' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Southern Miss
2022-2024
Opening stop
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Southern
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 1 | 9.8 | 2.3 | 1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 1 | 18.3 | 9.8 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Southern | 0 | 8.3 | — | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Texas State
Week 12 · L 3-58 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
66.7 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.
#2
vs UL Monroe
Week 10 · W 24-7 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
63.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.
#3
@ South Alabama
Week 8 · L 3-55 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
12.5 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 12.5 takeover score.
#4
@ App State
Week 9 · L 38-48 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
10.3 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.3 takeover score.
#5
@ Mississippi State
Week 12 · L 20-41
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Havoc Plays
9.4 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Southern Miss
1 primary output · 18.3 efficiency · 9.8 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · Southern
54.2
0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · — usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · Southern Miss
33.3
0 primary · 0 efficiency · 0 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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