Kam Franklin
Mississippi
84
Good

Kam Franklin

MississippiContender
DEDefenseGood
Projected Starter

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Kam Franklin is the projected starter at DE for Mississippi.

Junior · #5 · 6'5", 295 lbs

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Depth at DE · Mississippi

  1. 1584Kam FranklinStarter
  2. 21777Jonathan Maldonado
  3. 3163Jordan Renaud

Mississippi Starting Lineup

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The Story

The Edge Threat

A 4-star recruit out of Lake Cormorant, ranked #79 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 69 tackles, 9 TFL, 5 sacks. That's 9% of the team's production at his spot and 98th-percentile production nationally — good for a 84 overall (Good tier).

Recruit4★ · #79 Natl2-Yr Total80 tackles · 7.5 sacksTeam Share9%Percentile98th
Lake Cormorant, MS
Jersey
#5
Class
JR
Height
6'5"
Weight
295 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20256995
20241152.5

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9602
National Rank
#79
High School
Lake Cormorant
Hometown
Lake Cormorant, MS

Why this rating?

On a 81-rated defense; 98th-percentile production (×0.96 for competition level) put them +3 vs unit starters → 84.

Team defense (SP+)
81
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 98% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 25% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.96)
Depth-chart adjustment
+3 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10WVANTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 52-17

Sep 26LFLATKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 52-28

Sep 19WLSUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 32-24

Sep 12WCLTTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-9

Sep 6WLOUTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-38

Kam Franklin's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

Edge Threat
69 tkl · 9 TFL · 5 sacks
Usage / Involvement100%
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