Player facts
- Team
Green Bay Packers- Position
- Linebacker
- Number
- 44
- Born
- Jul 2, 1996 (age 30)
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Weight
- 235 lbs
- College
- Syracuse
- Experience
- 9 seasons
- Status
- Active
Stats
2026 Defense
| TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | YDS | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | PD | STF | STFYDS | KB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season | 38 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Last 5 Games | 38 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 776 | 433 | 343 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 57.5 | 60 | 1 |
Recent games
| Tackles | Fumbles | Interceptions | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Opponent | Result | TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | INT | YDS | AVG | TD | LNG | PD | KB |
vs  CHI | W 31-7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
@  TB | W 17-14 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
vs  ATL | L 35-14 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
@  NYJ | W 20-17 OT | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
@  MIN | L 39-22 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.
About
Zaire Najee Franklin (born July 2, 1996) is an American professional football linebacker for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Syracuse Orange and was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the seventh round of the 2018 NFL Draft.
From Wikipedia’s article on Zaire Franklin, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.1
Background
College career
Franklin played linebacker for the Syracuse Orange from 2014 to 2017. While at Syracuse, Franklin recorded 311 career tackles over the course of 48 total games, starting the final 39 of his career. Franklin was a two-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference selection. Additionally, he was only the second three-time captain in Orange football history and the first since 1896.
Personal life
Franklin was the Colts nominee for the 2023 Walter Payton Man of the Year Award for his charitable efforts in founding and leading Shelice's Angels. Shelice's Angels seeks "to open doors and provide resources that will help build self esteem while providing positive reinforcement in the lives of young women" and focuses specifically in the areas of technology, community giving, and academic achievement.
On his days off from the NFL, he appears on "520 Podcast" alongside NBA Players and Indiana natives Jeff and Marquis Teague.
From Wikipedia’s article on Zaire Franklin, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.1
Packers’ next games
Recent results
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikipediaZaire Franklin on Wikipedia
- 2Wikimedia CommonsPhoto of Zaire Franklin