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Feleipe Franks officially announces transfer destination for 2020 season
Former Florida QB Feleipe Franks has been exploring his options for transfer for a few weeks now, considering places like Arkansas and Kansas.
Now, it appears he’s made his final decision, as he took to Instagram on Monday night to announce it.
As you can see below, after visiting Arkansas over the weekend, Franks will officially become a Razorback to finish off his collegiate eligibility:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7j1aYtgeG3/
As a graduate transfer, Franks will be eligible to play right away for new coach Sam Pittman and the Hogs, who have Kendal Briles installed as their offensive coordinator.
Arkansas does not play Florida in 2020, so Franks will avoid his old team. We’ll see how he fares in Fayetteville this fall.
Gotta admit, he certainly looks much better in red n white than that gawd awful orange n blue tutu…
I’ll say this to Arkansas fans – you are getting a good kid and a fiery competitor. His teammates and coaches never had anything bad to say about him. I love Feleipe Franks and look forward to watching him next year
I will applaud anyone who will come to Arkansas and give Coach Sam Pittman and his staff a chance…..God Bless Feleipe Franks, welcome aboard.
WOO PIG! Welcome to the family!
Franks is a class act and team player. Wish him nothing but luck. The media didn’t like him much and always seemed to paint him negatively. But when the worst thing that the media can say you did was shush your home crowd after being booed, it really makes the media look petty not the player.
Setting the O/U on his TD-INT ratio at a generous 1.5
Is that cause Pittman can’t coach?
Pittmann is a fantastic O-line coach and probably the single best position recruiter in the country. If he wants to change Arkansas’ QB tradition, though, I dunno if Franks is the right move.
Franks’ stats the last full season he played are pretty similar to Newman’s last season, and he was facing SEC defenses. Newman’s the right move for UGA but Franks isn’t for Arkansas? That’s pretty funny!
Newman: 61% completion percentage, 2868 yards, 26 TDs, 11 INTs, 7.9 YPA, 145.4 rating, 574 yards w/ 3.2 YPC & 6 TDs.
Franks: 58.4% completion percentage, 2457 yards, 24 TDs, 6 INTs, 7.6 YPA, 143.3 rating, 350 rushing yards w/ 3.2 YPC & 7 TDs.
Newman is actually slightly better in every category, and guess what? I never said he was a gamebreaker or anything. As for his common opponents, I could argue that he did so on a team with Wake Forest’s talent level while Franks had the likes of Perine, Jefferson, etc., to help him out.
I’m pretty reserved about Newman’s potential, but I know two things: he has better stats than Franks and was pursued as a graduate transfer by more programs, and I’ve watched Franks play, and he’s not the kind of guy who’s going to fix Arkansas’ INT problems.
Both were pretty much the best guys available for their respective new teams, and both have their limitations and less than impressive stats. But Newman’s stats are better as were the teams that went after him. Time will tell who’s better, and I’m not going to be hyping up either one before then,
Well Newman is slightly better in most stats except INTs so it’s funny you brought that up. Look for a lot more turnovers at UGA this year. Franks was also better in his limited action in 2019 than Newman.
I agree that Newman will probably generate a lot more turnovers than we’re used to (Fromm spoiled us for 3 years in that regard), but I think Franks still throws more due to a) playing from behind a lot in SEC games and b) playing without the supporting cast he had at UF.
Franks had a 5-3 TD-INT ratio in 2019 and a horrible game against Miami and a subpar performance against Kentucky. Good for him for getting some quick stat-padding against UT Martin for those 700 yards in 3 games.
IT’s a vast improvement. From the last two years.
His stats at UF were much better than 1.5 ratio…seems like you are just being stupid about the situation.
In 2019 he threw 5 TDs and 3 interceptions. That was with one of the best WR corps in the SEC against Miami, UT Martin, and Kentucky. You really think he’ll improve on that at Arkansas?
KS way to go using a 3 game sample size instead of the full picture
KS are you aware that despite having bad offenses, Miami and Kentucky are top 25 defenses? They are actually two of the best defenses we played
He got injured and all he played in 2019 were 3 games. Gatorgrad was referencing his brief 2019 action. If Franks plays as well as he did in late 2018 at Arkansas this next season, I will certainly eat my crow willingly. Until then, I’m confident enough to predict that he will not play well.
As for comparing Newman and Franks, a) Newman’s stats are better in most of the areas, and b) I never said Newman was an all-star move nor that he would blow the doors of anybody. He was the best transfer available and at this point we don’t even know if he’ll be starting yet.
It’s possible Franks is much worse than Newman but I don’t think there’s much evidence of that. I’m pretty sure the only team in the top 25 defenses that they played was Clemson and Newman did horrible. Kentucky and Miami are way better defenses than just about every team wake played. I’m willing to bet Franks has better stats than Newman if they would have traded places. This next year I would obviously expect Newman to have better stats but I have a feeling Kirby got the most mobile guy he could find because he knows he will be running a lot this year.
Should be interesting to watch.
I’ll take the over.
Newman has more INTs
An experienced, steady hand at QB is probably what Pittman needs to stabilize the offensive transition and provide anchor to pivot around. FF was dealt a tough hand at Florida and never seemed to gel in CDM’s offense. It will be interesting to see how he performs in 2020.
Cautiously optimistic.
Welcome to the Razorback family Franks, time to go to work…… WPS!
He is a tough football player and a great teammate.
Good luck Feleipe.
I have only good things to say about Feleipe Franks and much respect. I wish him the best at Arkansas. The man did everything he could for his team, Razorbacks are getting a great person, player and teammate. WPS!
Interesting that the author claims that they won’t play UF. Clearly doesn’t realize they will likely play each other in the SECCG. In all seriousness I’ll be pulling for FF and arky next year, Pittman is upgrading the team nicely.
Arkansas could certainly do much worse, and the cupboard is pretty bare at the QB position. With the coaching change, it’s not immediately clear whether KJ’s abilities fit in with the new system, and at any rate, he doesn’t appear ready. I’ll say Franks is certainly higher profile than Starkel and Hicks, so maybe he will have more success as the QB in Fayetteville.
Franks is, by far, the best option at this point with King and Newman heading elsewhere. Franks showed huge improvement in 2018 and 2019 (b4 he got hurt). He is experienced and talented. He is inconsistent, though. I hope he stops with the Manziel/Mayfield type antics and shows more maturity as well. But notice all the Florida fans speak very well of him. That says something.
Agreed. I really didn’t want King because of his orientation as a run first, read option QB. I think Franks was the better option of the two. His inconsistency worries me a bit, as does his ability to quickly adapt to a new system.
Briles doesn’t have a physical playbook for starters so there is no reference point the players can go back and look at to fix errors. He will run the predetermined play regardless of presnap looks. His offense is the version of a person trying to argue with a brick wall. To top it all off Briles wants to snap the ball every 11 seconds or better. So prepare for your defense to become the sacrificial lamb.
Do your research pig, he stinks and this isn’t the early 2010’s. College football has caught up to Art and Kendal Briles.
I love it when know-nothings like you use arrogance to cover for their lack of knowledge.
Franks is a proven QB and has sec experience which is crucial for us this year, cant wait to see what he and coach K. Briles can dial up on offense this season wps!!!!!!!!
Definite upgrade for Ark. Seemed like everybody but the waterboy had a few series against us last year. Maybe we were scoring so fast their QBs were getting tired of going back on the field.He does have an NFL caliber arm too. Roll TIGERS !!!
I’ve watched a lot of SEC players over the years and Franks competes hard and gives his all. He has gotten better over time, and he now has another opportunity to improve and lead a team. By all reports he is a great teammate and person. Best wishes to him.
Franks should have some success in Arky. Arkansas fans have been down a dark road long enough. I’m assuming Pittman will be a bit of fresh air into the program. Having a great coach with tons of experience will bring 5 star O-line talent. Pittman’s recruiting is top notch as well. Great move by Arkansas A.D. and the process for stability has begun. Sure that FF will appreciate his new O-line.