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Thad Franklin

RB · UL Monroe · Sr

Limited signal — not enough coverage for a story yet.

ALUMNUSUL Monroe 2023 alumnusAs of Jun 22, 2026

RB · UL MONROE · SUN BELT

Thad Franklin

4
6-1 | 230 lb
West Park, FL

CFB Zeitgeist RB Score

Awaiting

Heisman Heat

#3618

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP RB AWARD

Doak Walker

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CONSENSUS

All-American

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Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 0 · Not on team

R00 · Walk-on

Walk-on. Earning a roster spot is the starting line.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Development Trajectory · rushing yards

2021–2023

1722021

2092022

47.02023

-73%

Sharp dropoff (-73%) — career inflection point.

Career Arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionRB

Class4

Jersey--

Measurements6-1 | 230 lb

HometownWest Park, FL

Primary teamUL Monroe

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree Not on file No matched recruiting profile in the loaded archive

Composite rating -- Composite rating unavailable for this player

Signed with -- Commitment history unavailable

Origin -- Hometown and high school unavailable

Class	Profile	Context
No recruiting profile is on file for this player.

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 0 No portal entry on file

Latest destination -- --

Transfer stars -- CFBD transfer rating context

Eligibility -- Transfer date TBD

Season	Move	Context
No transfer portal moves on file for this player.

Heisman Lens · 2023 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 19

Current nowcast#3618Latest modeled ballot order

Season forecast#4224Where the full season sim points

Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy

Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier

Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot

Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN—

SI—

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Scenario Explorer

Available for players with a qualifying signature metric (passing yards, rushing yards, receiving yards, sacks, etc.). The slider projects how a season finishes if the current pace holds.

What made this player interesting

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Thad Franklin's story is about how role and output meet each other. For UL Monroe, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.

Current place #3618 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist

Role load 10.0% Overall usage share

Profile quirk Transfer path 0 portal moves

2023 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

RB season snapshot

2023 season snapshot | final

2023 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level

Scrimmage yards 47 47 rush | -- rec | #527/735 (28th pct)

Rush TD 1 12 carries | #323/739 (56th pct)

Yards/carry 3.9 Per-rush efficiency | #516/735 (30th pct)

Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

Backfield contributor against FBS RB peers.

Balanced profile

Rushing

CAR

12 31st

YDS

47 28th

YPC

3.9 30th

1 56th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 1 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 14-56@ Florida Atlantic	11	58	5.3	0	28	Season-high 58 yds
Total		11	58	5.3	0	28

Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2021Miami7-5HC: Jess Simpson · Balanced

2022Miami5-7HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2023UL Monroe2-10HC: Terry Bowden · Run-leaning

Season	Team
2023	UL Monroe	12	47	3.9	1	--
2022	Miami	50	209	4.2	5	--
2021	Miami	23	172	7.5	2	--
Career	3 loaded seasons	85	428	5.0	8	--

Season	Team
2023	UL Monroe	--	--	--	--	--
2022	Miami	5	41	8.2	0	--
2021	Miami	1	18	18.0	0	--
Career	3 loaded seasons	6	59	9.8	0	--

Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context

Rushing WEPA

Opponent-adjusted rushing value. It helps separate empty volume from carries that actually move the scoreboard.

Role share

How much of the team's offense flows through this back once rushing work and receiving work are combined.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

Receiving work -- -- rec yds

Usage 10.0% 17.1% rush share | #319/738 (57th pct)

Rushing WEPA -- Adjusted value feed still loading

Open full stat explorer

Group	Metric	Value	Rank	Pct	Why it matters
Rushing	Rushing yards	47	#527/735	28th pct	Volumevs FBS RB
Rushing	Rush TD	1	#323/739	56th pct	Scoringvs FBS RB
Rushing	Yards / carry	3.9	#516/735	30th pct	Efficiencyvs FBS RB
Usage	Role share	10.0%	#319/738	57th pct	Share of team offensevs FBS RB
Rushing	Rushing LONG	23	#358/733	51st pct	Metricvs FBS RB
Rushing	Carries	12	#512/739	31st pct	Volumevs FBS RB
Usage	2nd-down usage	17.4%	#135/738	82nd pct	Middle-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage	Rush share	17.1%	#311/738	58th pct	Ground-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage	Standard-down usage	12.1%	#295/738	60th pct	Base-situation sharevs FBS RB
Usage	1st-down usage	8.1%	#414/738	44th pct	Early-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage	3rd-down usage	0.0%	#622/738	16th pct	Money-down loadvs FBS RB
Usage	Pass share	0.0%	#564/738	24th pct	Air-game usagevs FBS RB
Usage	Passing-down usage	0.0%	#648/738	12th pct	Known-passing sharevs FBS RB

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

Status—Awaiting tracker

Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 1 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Road1g	58.0	5.3	0.0

Win vs Loss

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Losses1g	58.0	5.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-71g	58.0	5.3	0.0

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Box-score Savant card waits for a season-stat snapshot above the cohort floor. Returns once enough box-score volume lands.

EPA / dropback—

awaiting

CPOE—

awaiting

Success rate—

awaiting

Explosive rate (20+)—

awaiting

aDOT—

awaiting

Deep-ball accuracy—

awaiting

Pressure-to-sack—

awaiting

3rd-down EPA—

awaiting

Red-zone TD rate—

awaiting

Play-action EPA—

awaiting

Scramble EPA—

awaiting

Turnover-worthy play rate—

awaiting

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator returns once this player clears the Savant metric floor (4+ scored bars).

DNA Match awaiting data — similarity scores compute once season stats clear the volume gate for this position cohort.

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Bryant Vincent

Pass share

41.4%

302 pass / 428 run

Plays / game

60.8

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

8.3%

241 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.

Coaching Lineage · 2021–2023

1 coach

2021

Terry Bowden

UL Monroe

2022

Terry Bowden

UL Monroe

2023

Terry Bowden

UL Monroe

Played his entire career under Terry Bowden.

HometownWest Park, FL

Height6'1"

Weight230 lb

Class4

PositionRB

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season	Honor	Scope	Team / Selector	Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season	Team	Role	Latest Model	Forecast	Win	Finalist	Official Finish	Points	Context
2023	UL Monroe	RB4	#3618	#4224	0.0%	0.0%	--	--	W19 snapshot \| Sun Belt
2022	Miami	RB4	#945	#1203	0.0%	0.0%	--	--	W20 snapshot \| ACC
2021	Miami	RB4	#861	#970	0.0%	0.0%	--	--	W20 snapshot \| ACC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season	Team	Conference	Pos	Class	Bio
2023	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	RB	4	6-1 \| 230 lb \| West Park, FL
2022	Miami	ACC	RB	4	6-1 \| 230 lb \| West Park, FL
2021	Miami	ACC	RB	4	6-1 \| 230 lb \| West Park, FL

Thad Franklin

R00 · Walk-on

-73%

Identity & Role

Recruiting Pedigree

Transfer Arc

Heisman Lens · 2023 Season · Final

The Room on Thad Franklin

How rival fanbases talk about Thad Franklin

Awaiting candidate metric

What made this player interesting

2023 Season · Final

RB season snapshot

What kind of player is this?

2023 Season · Final

Traditional Stats

Advanced Metrics

Player Standing

Percentile Card

Advanced Savant

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Trophy Case · Detail

No formal honors on the ledger yet

Honors Timeline

Heisman By Year

Roster Timeline