Johnathan
Franklin.
Johnathan
Franklin.
UCLA· 5'10"· 205 lb· 4.49s 40
Johnathan Franklin's play style is best suited to an outside zone run scheme that prioritizes vision and quick acceleration over raw power.
Year 1: immediate contributor as a change-of-pace and pass-catching back; Ceiling: productive starter in a zone-blocking scheme.
A power-heavy offensive scheme where he would be asked to consistently run between the tackles into stacked boxes.
A slippery, agile back who projects best into an offensive system that can leverage his acceleration and receiving ability in space.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 4.49sp50
- Vertical
- 31.5inp50
- Broad jump
- 115inp50
- Three-cone
- 6.89sp50
- Shuttle
- 4.31sp50
- Bench
- 18repp50
| Yr | Team | G | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | RecYds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | UCLA | 13 | 126 | 566 | 5 | 6 | 57 |
| 2010 | UCLA | 12 | 214 | 1127 | 8 | 10 | 63 |
| 2011 | UCLA | 14 | 166 | 976 | 5 | 9 | 74 |
| 2012 | UCLA | 14 | 282 | 1734 | 13 | 33 | 323 |
| Career | — | 53 | 788 | 4403 | 31 | 58 | 517 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.