NFL Draft Player Evaluation: Johnathan Franklin, RB UCLA

Jonathan Franklin was a player I heard about through Joe Goodberry, a Bengals draft writer for Cincy Jungle, who was opining about how Franklin was an underrated back. After watching three of his games (vs Rice, Nebraska, and Stanford), I have to agree, although Franklin’s “stock” has been gaining steam as of late. Johnathan Franklin vs Stanford (courtesy of DraftBreakdown) Finding comps for Franklin was rather difficult. There were literally 10 or 15 no-name running backs who compared to Franklin, but the one thing they…