Sam Franklin Jr.

SAF · CAR/BUF · 2020–2026

Born February 2, 1996 · College Temple · Undrafted · 6-3, 210 lb

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Stabilised EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2024	CAR	6	1	0	0	0	0.0	−2.683		0.6	11.0	−2.7	−0.00

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Tackles for loss	INT	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2020	CAR	7	23	1.0	1	1	0	1	0
2021	CAR	9	24	0.0	1	1	0	1	0
2022	CAR	10	20	0.0	0	1	0	0	1
2023	CAR	10	30	0.0	0	0	1	3	0
2024	CAR	6	8	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2025	BUF	8	13	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2025 playoffs	BUF	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
2026	BUF	4	7	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	BUF	54	125	1.0	2	3	1	5	1

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2020	CAR	9	–	–	241	41.6
2021	CAR	9	1	1.8	149	30.0
2022	CAR	5	2	1.7	88	33.2
2023	CAR	9	1	1.2	276	58.4
2024	CAR	3	1	1.6	4	1.8
2025	BUF	2	–	–	6	5.3

Game logs

2026 game log (4 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
2	2026-09-17	vs DET	W 41–31	1
3	2026-09-27	vs LAC	W 24–16	2
6	2026-10-18	@ LV	W 33–30	3
8	2026-11-01	vs BAL	W 36–10	1

2025 game log (9 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
1	2025-09-07	vs BAL	W 41–40	1
2	2025-09-14	@ NYJ	W 30–10	3
5	2025-10-05	vs NE	L 20–23	2
10	2025-11-09	@ MIA	L 13–30	1
11	2025-11-16	vs TB	W 44–32	1
12	2025-11-20	@ HOU	L 19–23	1
16	2025-12-21	@ CLE	W 23–20	2
18	2026-01-04	vs NYJ	W 35–8	2
P19	2026-01-11	@ JAX	W 27–24	1

2024 game log (6 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Targets	Rec EPA	Tackles
8	2024-10-27	@ DEN	L 14–28	1	−2.7	0
10	2024-11-10	vs NYG	W 20–17 OT	0	0.0	1
12	2024-11-24	vs KC	L 27–30	0	0.0	4
14	2024-12-08	@ PHI	L 16–22	0	0.0	1
15	2024-12-15	vs DAL	L 14–30	0	0.0	1
17	2024-12-29	@ TB	L 14–48	0	0.0	1

2023 game log (10 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	INT	PD
1	2023-09-10	@ ATL	L 10–24	1	0	0
3	2023-09-24	@ SEA	L 27–37	5	0	1
4	2023-10-01	vs MIN	L 13–21	4	1	1
5	2023-10-08	@ DET	L 24–42	8	0	0
6	2023-10-15	@ MIA	L 21–42	4	0	1
8	2023-10-29	vs HOU	W 15–13	2	0	0
10	2023-11-09	@ CHI	L 13–16	2	0	0
13	2023-12-03	@ TB	L 18–21	2	0	0
15	2023-12-17	vs ATL	W 9–7	1	0	0
16	2023-12-24	vs GB	L 30–33	1	0	0

2022 game log (10 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
1	2022-09-11	vs CLE	L 24–26	2
3	2022-09-25	vs NO	W 22–14	1
5	2022-10-09	vs SF	L 15–37	2
7	2022-10-23	vs TB	W 21–3	1
8	2022-10-30	@ ATL	L 34–37 OT	1
9	2022-11-06	@ CIN	L 21–42	1
10	2022-11-10	vs ATL	W 25–15	2
11	2022-11-20	@ BAL	L 3–13	4
12	2022-11-27	vs DEN	W 23–10	5
17	2023-01-01	@ TB	L 24–30	1

2021 game log (9 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	PD
3	2021-09-23	@ HOU	W 24–9	2	0
4	2021-10-03	@ DAL	L 28–36	3	1
5	2021-10-10	vs PHI	L 18–21	3	0
6	2021-10-17	vs MIN	L 28–34 OT	2	0
7	2021-10-24	@ NYG	L 3–25	2	0
8	2021-10-31	@ ATL	W 19–13	1	0
12	2021-11-28	@ MIA	L 10–33	2	0
17	2022-01-02	@ NO	L 10–18	3	0
18	2022-01-09	@ TB	L 17–41	6	0

2020 game log (7 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
6	2020-10-18	vs CHI	L 16–23	2	0.0	0
7	2020-10-25	@ NO	L 24–27	3	0.0	0
8	2020-10-29	vs ATL	L 17–25	4	0.0	1
9	2020-11-08	@ KC	L 31–33	7	1.0	0
10	2020-11-15	vs TB	L 23–46	4	0.0	0
16	2020-12-27	@ WAS	W 20–13	1	0.0	0
17	2021-01-03	vs NO	L 7–33	2	0.0	0