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Name: Zakhari Franklin (+) Coming off 2023 Undisclosed INJ/Double Transfer from Mississippi/Texas-San Antonio
College: Illinois      Number: 4
School Bio/Stats Link: HERE
Height: 6-1   Weight: 190
Position:  Pos2: KR
Class/Draft Year: rSr/2025

40 Low: 4.50
   40 Time: 4.58
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 Data Scout Notes: X-HPFA...4GP-Recheck INJ in 24/12GP-73-938-12.85-11TD in 21 2024: 04-29-24 Transfer from Mississippi...2023: (+) Coming off 2023 Undisclosed INJ...NAC...04-28-23 Transfer from Texas-San Antonio...2022: 1stC...PBiletnikoff...2021: 1stC...PBiletnikoff...2020: HMC

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 Zakhari Franklin, Illinois, Player News


  2022 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FIRST TEAM: WR Zakhari Franklin, UTSA,...Franklin earned a spot on the first team for the second straight year, as he has caught 86 passes and broken his own single-season school standards with 1,100 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns. The senior from Cedar Hill High School has eclipsed the century mark in four contests this year, highlighted by 144 yards and a school record-tying three touchdowns on 10 receptions in the 48-27 win over North Texas in the C-USA Championship Game. He currently ranks third in the FBS in receiving TDs and 12th in both receiving yards and receptions per game. - Texas-San Antonio Football

(DS#54 WR) rSr/2025 WR Zakhari FranklinIllinois
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  2022 PRESEASON BILETNIKOFF AWARD WATCH LIST: Zakhari Franklin, UTSA,...Franklin is coming off a record-setting season in 2021 in which he helped lead the Roadrunners to a 12-2 record, the C-USA title, the program's first top-25 ranking and to their second straight and third overall bowl game. The Cedar Hill High School product smashed UTSA single-season standards for receptions (81), receiving yards (1,027), receiving yards per game (79.0) and receiving touchdowns (12) en route to first-team all-conference and second-team Dave Campbell's Texas Football All-Texas College honors.

Franklin also matched his own school mark from 2020 with four 100-yard receiving games last fall, including a season-high 155 yards on 10 grabs in the 37-30 road win over Illinois, to give him a program-best nine for his career. His 2021 campaign vaulted him atop the UTSA all-time charts for receptions (168), receiving yards (2,212) and TD catches (22). He also owns the program's single-game record for receptions with 12, which he turned into 138 yards and a pair of scores versus Army in 2020. - UTSA Football


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  2021 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FIRST TEAM (COACHES): WR: Zakhari Franklin, Jr., UTSA,...Franklin has shattered the program's single-season receiving records in his third year with the Roadrunners. The Cedar Hill High School graduate has caught 73 passes for 938 yards and 11 touchdowns - all school records - on his way to becoming UTSA's career leader in receptions (160), receiving yards (2,123) and TDs (21). - Texas-San Antonio Football

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  UTSA wide receiver Zakhari Franklin has been named to the Biletnikoff Award Preseason Watch List, the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation announced on Thursday. Franklin is one of 51 FBS players - including one of three from Conference USA - on the preseason watch list for the Biletnikoff Award, which annually recognizes the college football season's outstanding FBS receiver. Any player, regardless of position (wide receiver, tight end, slot back and running back) who catches a pass is eligible for the award.

Franklin enjoyed a record-setting sophomore season that resulted in honorable mention all-conference accolades in 2020. Despite missing two contests, the Cedar Hill High School product broke UTSA's single-season receiving records with 694 yards and 69.4 yards per game on 49 receptions, and he caught seven touchdown passes, the second-most in a season in program history. Franklin logged four 100-yard receiving games - also a UTSA record - and he set a single-game mark with 12 receptions against Army, totaling 138 yards and two touchdowns. - Texas-San Antonio Football


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  2020 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): WR - Zakhari Franklin, So., UTSA,...Roadrunners receiving honorable mention on offense included senior tight end Leroy Watson, junior quarterback Frank Harris and sophomore wide receivers Joshua Cephus and Zakhari Franklin. On defense, senior defensive tackle Jaylon Haynes, senior defensive end Lorenzo Dantzler, senior linebacker Charles Wiley, junior linebacker Trevor Harmanson, junior defensive tackle Brandon Matterson and junior cornerback Corey Mayfield Jr. all were honored, while senior kick returner Brennon Dingle and junior long snapper Caleb Cantrell collected honorable mention on special teams. - Texas-San Antonio Football

(DS#54 WR) rSr/2025 WR Zakhari FranklinIllinois
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