Anthony Franklin Season 2024

As a Junior (2023)

• Started all 12 games on the defensive line as a junior
• Finished second on the team with 5.5 tackles for loss, and in sacks with three
• Added 29 tackles, four quarterback hurries, and pass defended
• Recorded first career sack at Hawai'i during the season-opening win
• Set a career-high with five tackles at home against Arizona on Sept. 23, adding a half sack in the game
• Had a full sack in the team's road win at Washington State on Nov. 4
• Blocked a field goal attempt against UCLA on Oct. 21, the team's lone field goal block of the season

As a Redshirt Freshman (2022)

• Made appearances in all 12 of the Cardinal's 2022 games, earning 10 starts
• Finished the year with 15 tackles (5 solo), 1.0 tackles-for-loss for three yards, alongside one pass breakup, a fumble recovery and three quarterback hurries
• Recorded first career fumble recovery at Notre Dame (Oct. 15)

As a Freshman (2021)

• Appeared in four games, retains the ability to redshirt
• Made four tackles on the season

Prior to Stanford

• Played at Pinnacle High School in Phoenix, Ariz. for head coach Dana Zupke
• Ranked No. 16 in Arizona by PrepStar and No. 25 by both ESPN and 247Sports
• At weak-side defensive end, ranked No. 47 by PrepStar and No. 94 by 247Sports
• 2020 district Defensive Player of the Year
• 2019 all-region first team
• 2019 all-district first team
• Helped his team to the 2018 region championship
• 27 tackles, four sacks, three forced fumbles in 2020
• 47 tackles, nine sacks and a forced fumble in 2019
• Also competed in basketball
• National Honors Society
• Spanish Honor Society

Personal

• Son of David and Kerwin Franklin
• Father played football at Brown
• Uncle, Mark Franklin, played football at Harvard
• Grandfather, Mike Krofchik, played football at Arizona State
• Has four brothers, Mac, Cole, Jack and Haydon
• Brother, Mac, plays football at Brown