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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2024Western Michigan
Josh Franklin
DB • 6'0" • 175 lbs • Crete, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Josh Franklin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
78
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Western Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Western Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: South Alabama
Player Story
Josh Franklin built his college career from 2023 through 2024 as a defensive back from Crete, IL wearing No. 21, spending time with Western Michigan. The clearest part of Josh Franklin's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Western Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Josh Franklin, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Western Michigan. Josh Franklin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 21
- QB hurries
- 2
- Passes defended
- 2
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Josh Franklin quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Western Michigan · DB
- Career Tackles
- 21
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2024 Postseason · Western Michigan
- Top game
- South Alabama
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Crete-Monee · Western Michigan
- High school pipeline
- Crete-Monee · 16 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Sophomore
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 19 tackles · DB 454th (top 47%) · Mid-American 190th (top 36%) · National 2,116th (top 35%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2024 Postseason | Western Michigan | 10 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 39.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 10 | 19 | - | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 39.8 |
Related Context
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Josh Franklin played DB for Western Michigan. Across 2 tracked seasons, Josh Franklin recorded 21 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Western Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason
Western Michigan paired 5 primary output with 12.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 12.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Alabama
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Postseason · Western Michigan
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
12.9
Usage
4
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
South Alabama
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Alabama: 2. Wisconsin: 0. Ohio State: 0. Bethune-Cookman: 0. Marshall: 0. Ball State: 0. Akron: 1. Buffalo: 0. Kent State: 1. Central Michigan: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Alabama: 0 by 20. Wisconsin: 2 by 8.3. Ohio State: 4 by 16.7. Bethune-Cookman: 1 by 4.2. Marshall: 1 by 4.2. Ball State: 2 by 8.3. Akron: 2 by 18.3. Buffalo: 3 by 12.5. Kent State: 3 by 22.5. Central Michigan: 1 by 14.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.4 · Games = 5 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 5 · +0.2 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
South Alabama
Best efficiency game
22.5 vs Kent State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 12/15 | vs South AlabamaSplash game | L 23-30 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Wed 11/20 | @ Central Michigan | L 14-16 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Kent State | W 52-21 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Buffalo | W 48-41 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs Akron | W 34-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Ball State | W 45-42 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Marshall | L 20-27 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Bethune-Cookman | W 59-31 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Ohio State | L 0-56 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | @ Wisconsin | L 14-28 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Josh Franklin story
Josh Franklin built his college career from 2023 through 2024 as a defensive back from Crete, IL wearing No. 21, spending time with Western Michigan. The clearest part of Josh Franklin's career was his defensive production: 21 tackles, 1 interception, and 2 passes defended across 12 career games in the available record. That gives Josh Franklin's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Western Michigan
2023-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202320242024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | — |
| 2024 Postseason | Western Michigan | 5 | 12.9 | 4 | 5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Western Michigan | 5 | 12.9 | 4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs South Alabama
Week 1 · L 23-30 · Postseason
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
73.3 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Akron
Week 7 · W 34-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
44.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Kent State
Week 9 · W 52-21 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
37.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 37.8 takeover score.
#4
@ Central Michigan
Week 13 · L 14-16 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
23.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 23.3 takeover score.
#5
@ Ohio State
Week 2 · L 0-56
0
Havoc Plays
13.9 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 13.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Postseason · Western Michigan
5 primary output · 12.9 efficiency · 4 usage
39.8
#2
2024 Regular Season · Western Michigan
39.8
5 primary · 12.9 efficiency · 4 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Western Michigan
37.2
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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