Commentary surrounding Auburn quarterback John Franklin III seldom advances past this boilerplate analysis. I understand why.
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At 6 feet 1 (probably generous) and 174 pounds, Franklin does fall far short of the physical stature expected from an SEC starting quarterback. Additionally, having only played one season at invisible East Mississippi CC following sparse mop-up duty in 2014 and a redshirt season at Florida State, no one has seen him play. Drawing conclusions from the brief snippets we were exposed to this spring at Auburn would be foolish.
All that leaves us with to judge him on is his size, which, frankly, comes up short – to use two bad play-on-words in one sentence.