Former cornerback at Southern Miss. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′3″ · 200 lb · Magee, MS
Recruiting
WR recruit
No. 1439 nationally · Signed with Southern Miss
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former cornerback at Southern Miss. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
Zay Franks
Jams receivers off their route at the line. Three seasons at Southern Miss, two different head coaches: Will Hall and Reed Stringer. The receipt: 2 tackles against South Alabama — Week 1, 2026.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Southern Miss, 16 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Will Hall → Reed Stringer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road1g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Southern Miss | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Southern Miss | 14 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Southern Miss | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 16 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 28-34vs Houston Christian | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 1 | L 14-39@ South Alabama | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 30-25vs North Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Play style
Long and physical; jams receivers off their route at the line.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Long and physical; jams receivers off their route at the line.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Ameer Speed’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Joren Dickey's sophomore season at Louisiana Tech (2021).
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Player DNA