Ole Miss wide receiver Zakhari Franklin enters NCAA transfer portal

Ole Miss wide receiver Zakhari Franklin has entered NCAA transfer portal once again following just one season with the Rebels, according to On3’s Pete Nakos.

Franklin parts ways with the Ole Miss program following just one season in Oxford, redshirting last year after appearing in just four games for the Rebels where he recorded four catches for 38 yards and one touchdown.

But prior to his short stint with Ole Miss, Franklin was a four-year starter at UTSA. Where in five seasons he recorded 261 receptions for 3,348 and 37 touchdowns. Setting a multitude of program records and posting back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons before transferring to Ole Miss ahead of the 2023 season.

Franklin played high school football at the Cedar Hill in Texas, where he was a three-star prospect. Ranked the No. 2,492 overall recruit and the No. 344 wide receiver in the 2019 cycle, according to On3’s Industry Rankings, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.

As a true freshman Franklin caught 38 passes for 491 yards and three touchdowns, upping his production as a sophomore in his first full season as a starter where he earned All-Conference USA Honorable Mention honors after posting 48 receptions for 694 receiving yards and seven touchdowns despite missing two games.

His final two seasons in San Antonio would be where me made his biggest mark for the Roadrunners, starting in 2021 where he was a First-Team All-Conference USA after become the program’s all time leader in receptions, receiving yards and touchdown catches. Ending the season with 81 receptions for 1,027 yards and 12 touchdowns, which were all single season records that he would break the following year. Earning a First-Team All-Conference USA again after catching 93 passes for 1,137 yards and 15 touchdowns in 2022.

Franklin has entered the past two seasons on the Biletnikoff Award Watch List, and the accomplished veteran wideout will now look for a third program to call home ahead of the final season of his collegiate career.

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