Bio

2018 at Taylor: Played in all 10 games during rookie campaign as backup tight end … Caught eight passes for 65 yards … Hauled in a personal-best 23-yard reception against NCAA Division I FCS Butler in second collegiate outing.

Prep: Three-sport athlete played three years of varsity football at Lapel High for Tim Miller … Helped Lapel to a pair of sectional championships on gridiron … Also was member of Indiana State Championship Team for Bulldogs on the hardwood in 2016 … Won sectional title with baseball squad as well … Earned All-Indiana accolades as a defensive end … Recipient of Athlete-of-Character Award … Graduated with Honors Diploma.

Personal: Son of Shawn and Shalimar Franklin … Born in Haiti … Prep teammate of fellow TU football sophomore Levi Frazier … Majoring in exercise science.