Irving RB Antonio Franklin

[ADLER]

This looks like an interesting prospect:

Irving RB Antonio Franklin

5-9, 162, 4.38 40

Irving RB Antonio Franklin played last season as a reserve at Euless Trinity. In limited action last year, the speedy back rushed for 469 yards and nine touchdowns.

He ran a sub 4.4 40 at the SARQ Combine in Allen this past April, transferred to Irving High, and has been tearing it up since. Irving had won one game each of the last three years. He ran for 300 yards this past week against rival MacArthur to clinch a playoff berth for Irving and was awarded as the Morning News Offensive Player of the Week.

Per the DMN: Franklin won bronze in the boys 100-meter dash at the 2013 UIL state track meet. … The senior has carried the ball 200 times for 1,274 yards and 14 touchdowns this season. … Franklin said he plans to attend a four-year university to study engineering.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/high-schools/athletes-of-the-week/20131110-offensive-player-of-the-week-1111-irving-s-antonio-franklin.ece

[ChristopherRyanWilkes]

Saw him beat my alma mater Irving MacArthur on Friday. Good player on an otherwise mediocre team. Ran all over my cardinal's, he was the only one on the field I was impressed with.

[ChristopherRyanWilkes]

Still wish we could have gotten my former classmate James Sims,hes doing good things on a bad Kansas team. We offered him I believe?

[ADLER]

Saw him beat my alma mater Irving MacArthur on Friday. Good player on an otherwise mediocre team. Ran all over my cardinal's, he was the only one on the field I was impressed with.

It sounds like his team is extremely reliant on him. Per the DMN: "What he did: Franklin had touchdown runs of 52, 11, 10, 6 and 4 yards to beat Irving MacArthur, 49-25, and clinch Irving’s first playoff berth since 2008. The diminutive running back, who transferred from Euless Trinity before the season, touched the ball on 39 of Irving’s 61 plays."

[ChristopherRyanWilkes]

It sounds like his team is extremely reliant on him. Per the DMN: "What he did: Franklin had touchdown runs of 52, 11, 10, 6 and 4 yards to beat Irving MacArthur, 49-25, and clinch Irving’s first playoff berth since 2008. The diminutive running back, who transferred from Euless Trinity before the season, touched the ball on 39 of Irving’s 61 plays."

Even more impressive when you consider Irving schools have never had very good linemen,their line looked pretty small. Same thing with Sims he was doing it all himself at Mac and even with a subpar line at Kansas hes still doing it all himself. Former TCU running Ed Wesley is an Irving guy too (MacArthur).