While Lane Kiffin’s second season at Florida Atlantic is still over a month away, Owls fans will still get some meaningful football this coming week when the NFL preseason kicks off on Thursday night with the annual Hall of Fame Game.
FAU fans who tune in to see the Chicago Bears play the Baltimore Ravens in Canton, Ohio, are likely to see two familiar faces on their screen in former “Last Chance U” star John Franklin III and ex-Owls cornerback Cre’Von LeBlanc, who is entering his third year in Chicago. After playing wide receiver in his lone year with the Owls on last season’s Conference USA championship team, Franklin signed with the Bears as an undrafted free agent in May.