Brandon Franklin brings SEC-sized frame and veteran depth to Samford’s linebacker room
At 6-foot-1 and 240 pounds, Brandon Franklin is a senior linebacker at Samford who arrived from UAB with the kind of bigger-bodied, experienced profile coaches love for run support and rotational reliability. His background includes a redshirt-era college grind and a high-volume high school rushing résumé, which hints at physicality and toughness even if the box-score production at the college level has been modest. The appeal here is upside as a steady, downhill defender and locker-room veteran rather than a flash stat machine.
