What college does Jeremiah Franklin play for?

No verified pre-draft news items in the past 30 days for this prospect. See Day 2/3 Team Fits below for projected landing spots and /news.html for the cross-prospect timeline.

Scouting Nugget: BC blocking TE

Expanded bio coming soon. This prospect is Tight End #23 in the 2026 class.

Background

Boston College TE from Waxahachie (TX); four-year ACC in-line blocker.

College Production

2022-25 BC: 40 career rec as blocking TE primarily.

Scouting Take

Y-TE blocker with plus anchor in line. Receiving is minimal throughout career.

Draft Projection

UDFA. Blocking Y-TE with special-teams path.

Sources

Our scouting profile is assembled from these primary sources + cross-checked against ESPN (Kiper / Reid / Miller), PFF's 2026 Big Board, Dane Brugler's The Beast 2026, and Daniel Jeremiah's top-50. See our full methodology and citations.

Day 2 / Day 3 Team Fits

NFL teams that lost a same-position veteran this offseason — and could target Jeremiah Franklin as a Day 2/3 replacement option.

REPORTED Pittsburgh Steelers: moved on from Jonnu Smith (two-way-TE).
Picks held: R1 #21; R2 #53
REPORTED Seattle Seahawks: moved on from Will Dissly (blocking-TE).
Picks held: R1 #32; R2 #64

Confidence: "VERIFIED" departures cite a publication URL (Spotrac, OverTheCap, ESPN, NFL.com, team transactions page) confirming the move and date. "REPORTED" entries come from public free-agency trackers without a single canonical source we could attach. Fits are archetype-and-position based; we are not claiming the team has expressed interest in the prospect.

Rookie Contract & Landing-Spot Outlook

Projected Rookie Contract Value

~$0.84M base + bonus (1-yr) · Pick range: UDFA · ~0% guaranteed

UDFA 1-yr deal: $840K base + ~$10K-$25K signing bonus

Contract band uses the 2026 NFL CBA rookie wage scale projected from the prospect's expected pick range; guarantee % is the slot-default at that pick. Landing-spot best/worst case is derived from TEAMS data (positional needs + scheme overlap minus same-position R1 conflicts) — not a claim that either team has expressed interest.

Versatility, Limits & Roster Pathway

Day-3 NFL Roster Pathway

Day 3 projection means a 53-man roster spot is not guaranteed — special-teams contribution (kick/punt coverage, gunner, return-game blocking) is the typical first-year survival path.

Derived from height/weight against the 2026 position cohort and the prospect's projected round. Versatility callouts identify alternate alignments NFL teams have historically used for similar size profiles. Limiting-trait notes flag the single most-cited measurable concern; severity reflects how often that flag ends a Day 1 starter projection. Roster-pathway notes describe the realistic Year 1 NFL role for Day 3 picks.

By the Numbers — 2026 Class Context

Frame: Among 2026 TE prospects, his 6-4 / 245 lbs frame sits at the 78th percentile in height and 78th percentile in weight.
Position class: Jeremiah Franklin is TE #23 of 23 ranked TEs in the 2026 class. Of those, 10 are projected in the R7/UDFA range.
School pipeline: One of 4 Boston College prospects in the 2026 NFL Draft — but the only TE.

Computed factually from the 2026 prospect class roster — height/weight percentiles benchmark this player against every other ranked prospect at the same position. Recruiting arc compares his high-school 247Sports/Rivals composite to his current projected round.