Joshua Franklin
Joshua Franklin
Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.
Career Arc
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Western Michigan | 53 | 32 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 10 | -- | 2 |
| Career | 53 | 32 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 10 | -- | 2 |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2025
W 47–14
vs Rhode Island
3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 0 TFL
Dominant 33-point win at home against Rhode Island.
How he plays
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Western Michigan
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Western Michigan
Returning around him
- 100% of 2024 offensive production back (Strong continuity)
- Transfer portal: +1 net (14 in / 13 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Western Michigan · Last season: 10-4 · Talent rank #105 · 2026 recruiting class #111
DNA match
Player DNA
Rover
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Natrone Brooks’s 2020 season.
Matches Natrone on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Raion Strader's freshman season at Miami (OH) (2023).
Matches Raion on
Differs from Raion on
Heisman trajectory
Heisman Trajectory · 2025
Peak #9329
Peaked at #9329 this season.