Addition of Zakhari Franklin further boosts Ole Miss’ up-the-middle passing attack
Talk of Champions
OMSpirit
4.7 • 677 Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Ole Miss offensively lost the middle of the field last season.
UTEP transfer wide receiver Zakhari Franklin has arrived to help the Rebels find it again.
Franklin committed to Lane Kiffin’s football Rebels over the weekend. His slant usage last season was among the best in college football, which should pair well with a tight end room featuring Michael Trigg and Caden Prieskorn, two one-time high-profile transfers.
Prieskorn was recently named one of the top returning tight ends in the country by Pro Football Focus.
Ben Garrett and Zach Berry have all the latest in this edition of Talk of Champions, as well as thoughts on Ole Miss landing three-star 2024 offensive lineman Joseph Cryer and a potential flip for four-star wide receiver JJ Harrell.
Let’s get to it.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Talk of Champions at Ole Miss Spirit podcast with Ben Garrett. |
| 0:07.0 | It's up! It's that! It's that! It's up! It's up! |
| 0:10.0 | It's up! |
| 0:11.0 | Hey, hey, good morning. |
| 0:24.2 | Welcome back to another edition of Talk of Champions recruiting. |
| 0:27.1 | I'm your host, Zach Berry. |
| 0:28.6 | Joining me, as always, is Mr. Ben Garrett. |
| 0:32.7 | Monday, right at 11 a.m. local time. |
| 0:36.4 | Ole Miss coming off of a big weekend on the recruiting trail. |
| 0:40.3 | Two commitments. |
| 0:42.1 | Joseph Cryer, the three-star interior offensive linemen from Louisiana. |
| 0:49.6 | And of course, UTSA wide receiver, Zaccariari Franklin finally makes it official and joins the Portal |
| 0:58.9 | King's commitment, excuse me, recruiting class for I guess still technically 2023. |
| 1:06.3 | I expect him to be in Oxford at some point this week for class and to get in that weight room with his now |
| 1:13.0 | teammates. Ben, good morning. Busy weekend for us. Busy weekend, but a productive weekend. |
| 1:20.8 | Justin Cryer said Justin already. Already messed it up. Joseph Cryer. Big Hawth. Justin |
| 1:26.6 | Christen played baseball at Ole Miss. |
| 1:28.3 | That's going to happen again. |
| 1:29.8 | Shout out to Justin. |
| 1:31.6 | Yeah, shout out to Justin. |
| 1:32.7 | But Joseph Cryer committed. |
| 1:34.0 | That's one we've been predicting for quite some time. |
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