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Franklin played in 22 games with 14 starts during his two seasons at Cal as a 2016 junior and 2017 senior, compiling career totals of 60 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss (-3 yards), 1.0 sack (-1 yard) and nine pass breakups. He made a huge impact in his first season at Cal as a junior after transferring from Mesa Community College by starting all 12 games and contributing career highs of 46 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss (-3 yards), 1.0 sack (-1 yard) and a team-high seven pass breakups. Franklin was ranked as high as the No. 12 junior college cornerback in the country in the 2016 recruiting class according to ESPN after earning first-team All-Western States Football League and second-team All-Arizona Community College Athletic Conference honors as a 2015 sophomore at Mesa Community College.

Franklin Jr.'s Career Game Highs
Tackles: 9 (vs. Texas, 2016)
Tackles For Loss: 1.0 (twice, last vs. Washington, 2016)
Tackle For Loss Yards: 2 (vs. Washington, 2016)
Sacks: 1.0 (vs. Texas, 2016)
Tackle For Loss Yards: 1 (vs. Texas, 2016)
Pass Breakups: 2 (vs. Oregon, 2016)

Cal Career (2016-17)
• Played in 22 with 14 starts during his two seasons and at Cal as a 2016 junior and 2017 senior, compiling career totals of 60 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss (-3 yards), 1.0 sack (-1 yard) and nine pass breakups
• Started all 12 games in his first campaign at Cal as a junior and recorded career highs with 46 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss (-3 yards), 1.0 sack (-1 yard) and a team-high seven pass breakups
• Recorded a career-high nine tackles and his lone career sack (-1 yard) that also registered as a career-high-tying 1.0 tackle for loss (-1 yard) against Texas as a junior
• Added a career-high-tying 1.0 tackle for loss (career-high -2 yards) as a junior vs. Washington
• Recorded a career-high two pass breakups as a junior vs. Oregon

Senior (2017)
• Played in 10 games with two starts, contributing 14 tackles and two pass breakups
• Had a season-high five tackles and one pass breakup in the season-opener at North Carolina
• Added three tackles and one pass breakup against Weber State, two tackles vs. both Washington State and Arizona, and one stop at Colorado and vs. Oregon State
• Registered two tackles and two pass breakups in the spring game

Junior (2016)
• Started all 12 games at one cornerback spot in his first season at Cal and contributed career highs of 46 tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss (-3 yards), 1.0 sack (-1 yard) and a team-high seven pass breakups
• Recorded a career-high nine tackles and his lone career sack (-1 yard) that also registered as a career-high-tying 1.0 tackle for loss (-1 yard) and one pass breakup vs. Texas
• Also had tackles in contests at San Diego State (6), at Arizona State (5), at USC (5), vs. Utah (4), vs. Washington (4), vs. Hawai'i (3), vs. Oregon (3), at Washington State (3), vs. Stanford (2), at Oregon State (1) and vs. UCLA (1)
• Added a career-high-tying 1.0 tackle for loss (career-high -2 yards) vs. Washington
• Recorded a career-high two pass breakups vs. Oregon, while he added one each vs. Hawai'i, vs. Utah, at Oregon State and vs. Stanford
• One of eight defensive players that started all 12 contests including six that are scheduled to return in 2017

Mesa Community College (2014-15)
• Earned first-team All-Western States Football League and second-team All-Arizona Community College Athletic Conference honors as a 2015 sophomore when he recorded 41 tackles and tied for seventh in the nation with 12 pass breakups, recording at least one in eight of his squad’s 10 contests
• Allowed only four catches on balls thrown to receivers he was covering as a sophomore

Chandler HS (Class of 2014)
• Contributed 55 tackles, two interceptions that he returned 61 yards, six passes defended and two forced fumbles as a senior for a squad that finished 10-3 overall and reached the semifinals of the Division I state playoffs

Junior College Recruiting Rankings and Notes (Class of 2016)
Stars: 247Sports Composite (3), ESPN (3), Rivals (3), 247Sports (2), Scout (2)
National Overall Player Ratings: 247Sports Composite (265)
National Cornerback Ratings: ESPN (12), 247Sports Composite (28)
Arizona Overall Player Ratings: 247Sports Composite (27)
Ratings/Scout Grades: 247Sports Composite (0.7977), ESPN (77), 247Sports (70), Rivals (5.6)