Byron Franklin
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Born: | Florence, Alabama, U.S. | September 3, 1958||||||
Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 179 lb (81 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Sheffield (Sheffield, Alabama) | ||||||
College: | Auburn | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1981 / Round: 2 / Pick: 50 | ||||||
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Byron Paul Franklin (born September 3, 1958) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Buffalo Bills and Seattle Seahawks. He played college football at Auburn University. A native of Sheffield, Alabama, Franklin starred in football at Auburn from 1976–1980 and received a B.S. in vocational and distributive education in 1991. His professional football career lasted from 1981 to 1987. He served as assistant director of athletic development at AU from 1991-93. Appointed to the AU Board of Trustees by Gov. Don Siegelman,[1] Franklin represented the 9th District from 1999 to 2012. During his term, he chaired the university Student Affairs committee. He now hopes to see success in his 2 youngest children, Bradley Milton Franklin and Brandon Welsey Franklin.
NFL career statistics
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Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | Games | Receiving | |||||
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GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
1981 | BUF | 13 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 |
1983 | BUF | 15 | 5 | 30 | 452 | 15.1 | 43 | 4 |
1984 | BUF | 16 | 16 | 69 | 862 | 12.5 | 64 | 4 |
1985 | SEA | 13 | 0 | 10 | 119 | 11.9 | 28 | 0 |
1986 | SEA | 14 | 1 | 33 | 547 | 16.6 | 49 | 2 |
1987 | SEA | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
77 | 22 | 145 | 2,016 | 13.9 | 64 | 10 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Lowder, others tapped for Auburn trustee positions". WALB. 2011. Archived from the original on May 11, 2017. Retrieved March 9, 2016.