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Johnathan Franklin NFL Draft Bio

Johnathan A. Franklin (born October 23, 1989) is an American football running back for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). Franklin played college football for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The Green Bay Packers chose him in the fourth round of the 2013 NFL Draft.

Franklin graduated from Susan Miller Dorsey High School of the Los Angeles Unified School District. As a high school football player, Franklin was named first-team all-city as a running back and was a third-team selection as a cornerback. He was also named Coliseum League Player of the Year. He was also a cast member of bets Baldwin Hills

Franklin received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of California, Los Angeles, where he played for the UCLA Bruins football team from 2009 to 2012. During the 2010 season, Franklin had a career high of 30 carries for 216 yards in a game against Washington State. He scored three touchdowns against Houston. Franklin averaged 5.4 yards per carry for a total 1127 yards 8 touchdowns during 2010. His longest rushing attempt was 55 yards.

Franklin had 976 yards on the ground and 74 receiving yards in the Bruins' Pacific-12 South Division Championship year. In the 2012 season opener against Rice, Franklin ran for 214 yards on 15 carries and three touchdowns. He was named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week on September 3, 2012. At the team's home opener win over No. 16 ranked Nebraska, Franklin rushed for 217 yards for an average of 8.3 yards per carry, which placed him at 7th place of the UCLA rushing record list. He was named Pac-12 Conference Offensive Player of the Week again and was the nation's leading rusher with an average of 215.5 yards per game.

On November 3, 2012, he surpassed Gaston Green's 3,731-yard career record at UCLA in a game against Arizona at the Rose Bowl on Homecoming Day. It was broken when he ran for 37 yards for the first touchdown of the game. Franklin was voted second best running back in the nation in the Doak Walker Award, finishing just behind Montee Ball of Wisconsin.

During the 2012 season, Franklin played in 13 games and rushed 268 times for 1,700 yards for 13 touchdowns, averaging 130.8 yards per game. His longest run was 78 yards and he had 2024 all purpose yards for an average of 155.7 yards per game, enough to lead the Bruins to the Pac-12 South Division Championship.

Draft Year: 2013 NFL Football Draft Prospect Stats for Johnathan Franklin

Pre-Rank	Prospect Name	Position Played	Height	Weight
	Johnathan Franklin	Running Back	5 ft 10 in	205 lbs
Round	Selected	Team	School	Hometown
4	125	Green Bay Packers	UCLA	Los Angeles, California, United States

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