TJ Franklin: DL · Baylor · #9.
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TJ Franklin
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for two head coaches in five seasons at Baylor. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against TCU — Week 12, 2023.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
30 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 8 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 31-42vs Texas State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-20vs No. 12 Utah | 3 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-7vs Long Island University | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 6-38vs No. 3 Texas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 36-35@ UCF | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-39vs Texas Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 32-29@ Cincinnati | 5 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 18-30vs Iowa State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-25vs Houston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 25-59@ Kansas State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-42@ TCU | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 13 | L 31-34vs West Virginia | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 18 | 8.0 | 2.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
27%8 TFLSack rate
8%2 sacksHurry rate
10%3 hurries30 tackles · 8 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| Road4g | 4.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.8 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Aranda
Pass share
52.1%
442 pass / 407 run
Plays / game
70.8
12 games
Team sack rate
6.8%
458 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #158 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Baylor, 10 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 46 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Matt Rhule → Dave Aranda. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
