Running back, South Florida (from UT Martin, Oklahoma), 2021–25
Sam Franklin
- Number
- No. 4
- Height
- 5′10″
- Weight
- 204 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Little Rock, AR
Sam Franklin played running back at UT Martin (2021–23), Oklahoma (2024) and South Florida (2025).
Career highs
259rushing yards, career highvs. Missouri State, 20233rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Missouri State, 2023Team titles: Ohio Valley champions, 2022; Big South–OVC Football Association champions, 2023
Rushing
| Season | Team | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | UT Martin | 85 | 676 | 8.0 | 8 | 89 |
| 2023* | UT Martin | 223 | 1,378 | 6.2 | 11 | 81 |
| 2024 | Oklahoma | 18 | 132 | 7.3 | 0 | 34 |
| 2025 | South Florida | 80 | 474 | 5.9 | 4 | 73 |
| Career | 406 | 2,660 | 6.6 | 23 | 89 | |
Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | UT Martin | 11 | 49 | 4.5 | 0 | 18 |
| 2023* | UT Martin | 13 | 129 | 9.9 | 1 | 39 |
| 2024 | Oklahoma | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 0 | 9 |
| 2025 | South Florida | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 0 | 14 |
| Career | 34 | 232 | 6.8 | 1 | 39 | |
Returns
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | UT Martin | 4 | RB | Fr. | ||
| 2023 | UT Martin | 4 | RB | So. | ||
| 2024 | Oklahoma | 4 | RB | Jr. | ||
| 2025 | South Florida | 4 | RB | Sr. | 5′10″ | 204 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage | Adj. rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | UT Martin (FCS) | 69 | 0.25 | 79th (n=470) | 0.14 | 17.4 | 12% | – |
| 2023 | UT Martin (FCS) | 218 | 0.26 | 77th (n=450) | 0.17 | 57.5 | 30% | – |
| 2024 | Oklahoma | 23 | 0.12 | – | – | 2.8 | 6% | – |
| 2025 | South Florida | 87 | 0.20 | 78th (n=576) | 0.10 | 17.4 | 9% | 0.17 |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Rushing detail
| Season | Team | Success | Line yards | Second level | Open field | Stuffed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Florida | 42% | 3.10 | 1.00 | 2.20 | 14% |
Where his yards came from, per carry: line yards are the ones credited to the blockers (the first few, and losses), second level the yards 5 to 10 past the line, open field those beyond 10. Success: carries that kept the offense on schedule. Stuffed: carries stopped at or behind the line. From CollegeFootballData, FBS games, 2025 on.
Game by game
2025 South Florida 13 games, 474 rushing yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | vs. | W 34–7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 5 | – | – |
| Sep 6 | at | W 18–16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Sep 13 | at | L 12–49 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| Sep 20 | vs. | W 63–14 | 4 | 91 | 2 | 54 | – | – |
| Oct 3 | vs. | W 54–26 | 14 | 76 | 0 | 19 | – | – |
| Oct 10 | at | W 63–36 | 8 | 51 | 1 | 15 | – | – |
| Oct 18 | vs. | W 48–13 | 10 | 38 | 0 | 8 | – | – |
| Oct 25 | at | L 31–34 | 6 | 81 | 1 | 73 | 1 | 6 |
| Nov 6 | vs. | W 55–23 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 15 | – | – |
| Nov 15 | at | L 38–41 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Nov 22 | at | W 48–18 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – |
| Nov 29 | vs. | W 52–3 | 10 | 65 | 0 | 33 | – | – |
| Dec 17 ✦ | vs. | L 10–24 | 10 | 29 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
2024 Oklahoma 9 games, 6 returns, 133 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs. | W 51–3 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 30 | – | – |
| Sep 14 | vs. | W 34–19 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sep 21 | vs. | L 15–25 | 1 | −3 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| Sep 28 | at | W 27–21 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oct 12 | vs. | L 3–34 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Oct 26 | at | L 14–26 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 7 |
| Nov 2 | vs. | W 59–14 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| Nov 9 | at | L 23–30 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | – |
| Nov 30 | at | L 17–37 | 6 | 61 | 0 | 34 | 2 | −4 |
2023 UT Martin 11 games, 1,378 rushing yards, 11 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at | L 7–48 | 12 | 46 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 18 |
| Sep 9 | vs. | W 38–31 | 20 | 259 | 3 | 81 | – | – |
| Sep 16 | vs. | W 66–7 | 17 | 127 | 1 | 46 | 3 | 14 |
| Sep 23 | at | W 37–21 | 32 | 221 | 2 | 74 | 1 | 9 |
| Sep 30 | vs. | W 20–10 | 20 | 132 | 0 | 21 | – | – |
| Oct 7 | at | W 28–27 | 9 | 54 | 1 | 27 | – | – |
| Oct 21 | vs. | W 17–0 | 29 | 101 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 4 |
| Oct 28 | at | L 34–38 | 19 | 77 | 1 | 21 | – | – |
| Nov 4 | at | W 44–41 | 19 | 78 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 73 |
| Nov 11 | vs. | W 41–14 | 21 | 123 | 0 | 61 | – | – |
| Nov 18 | at | L 17–27 | 25 | 160 | 1 | 70 | 1 | 11 |
2022 UT Martin 11 games, 676 rushing yards, 8 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. | W 42–25 | 10 | 89 | 0 | 32 | – | – |
| Sep 8 | at | L 30–35 | 2 | −3 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
| Sep 17 | at | L 7–30 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 |
| Sep 24 | vs. | W 56–26 | 6 | 56 | 3 | 21 | – | – |
| Oct 1 | vs. | W 45–28 | 5 | 94 | 1 | 86 | – | – |
| Oct 8 | at | W 45–16 | 8 | 157 | 2 | 65 | 1 | −1 |
| Oct 22 | at | L 24–65 | 8 | 30 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 13 |
| Oct 29 | at | W 52–28 | 8 | 139 | 1 | 89 | – | – |
| Nov 5 | vs. | L 27–44 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 35 |
| Nov 12 | at | W 20–3 | 21 | 81 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 4 |
| Nov 19 | vs. | W 34–31 | 13 | 30 | 1 | 8 | 3 | −4 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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