====== Jaylen Franklin ======
  * **Player**
  * **Seasons:** [[season_2017-18|2017-18]], [[season_2018-19|2018-19]]
  * **Number:** 13
  * **Position:** G
  * **Height:** 6' 0"
  * **Weight:** 175
  * **Hometown:** Springfield, MA
  * **High School:** Colonial Forge HS (Stafford, VA)
  * **Prep School:** MacDuffie School
  * **Transfer From:** none
  * **Birthday:** March 3, 1997((https://twitter.com/iHateJaylen/status/837698038680469504))

===== At UMass =====
  * Committed to UMass in April 2016((http://www.masslive.com/umassbasketball/index.ssf/2016/04/jaylen_franklin_former_macduffie_commit_umass.html))

==== 2018-19 Junior year ====
  * Only appeared in one game, with one minute of playing time.
  * Revealed later that he sat out a semester.((https://twitter.com/iHateJaylen/status/1410968482431258626))
==== 2017-18 Sophomore year ====
{{ :franklin_jaylen_roster_photo_2017-18.jpg?nolink|Roster photo 2017-18}}
  * Played with the team as a walk-on((http://umassathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9068))
  * Appeared in 14 games.  Totaled 40 minutes, 5 points, 5 assists, 3 rebounds, 2 steals.

==== 2016-17 Freshman year ====
  * Did not qualify to play((https://twitter.com/iHateJaylen/status/784418812221329409))
  * Served as a manager for the men's basketball program((http://umassathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9068))

==== Statistics ====
[[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/jaylen-franklin-2.html|D1 stats at Sports-Reference.com]]\\
[[https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Jaylen-Franklin/Bests/121593|Career highs from RealGM.com]]

===== Post-UMass =====
  * 2020-21: Transferred from Wooster to Keene State (NH) in [[wp>NCAA Division III|D3]], played the back-half of the season with KSC.  Played in 10 games, started three.  Averaged 9.4 points and 3.8 rebounds.((https://keeneowls.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/jaylen-franklin/6529))  Graduated from Keene in 2021.((https://twitter.com/iHateJaylen/status/1398725851383058432))
  * 2019-20: Played the beginning of the season at the College of Wooster (OH) in [[wp>NCAA Division III|D3]].  Classified as Junior.  Played in 8 games, averaging 4.5 points and 1.0 rebounds.((https://www.woosterathletics.com/sports/mbkb/2019-20/players/jaylenfranklin0n0x))

===== Pre-UMass =====
  * Attended the MacDuffie School in Granby, Mass., for two years after transferring from Colonial Forge High School in Stafford, Va.
  * Played point guard all four years of high school
  * Helped Colonial Forge to a state title in 2013-14 and a New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) Final Four appearance in 2014-15
  * State title-winning Colonial Forge team finished the season 25-1
  * Was an all-region and all-conference honoree
  * Averaged 11.3 points, 4.5 assists and 3.0 rebounds per game over his career
  * Played AAU level for the New England Playaz and competed in the Adidas Gauntlet
  * Graduated with honors among the top 20 in his class

===== Personal =====
  * Son of Jason and Eliana Franklin
  * Brother to Jasmine and Nathan
  * Father, Jason, was a member of the Westfield State Basketball program
  * Also had an uncle who played for [[opponent_yale|Yale men's basketball]]

===== External Links =====
  * [[http://umassathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9068|Official roster page from UMass Athletics]]
  * [[https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/jaylen-franklin-2.html|Sports-Reference.com - Jaylen Franklin]]
  * [[https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Jaylen-Franklin/Summary/121593|RealGM.com - Jaylen Franklin]]
  * [[https://twitter.com/iHateJaylen|Twitter - Jaylen Franklin]]

{{tag>"Players" "Jersey # 13" "Guards" "Players from Massachusetts" "Played for Matt McCall" "Born in 1997" "Prep School The MacDuffie School" "Walk-Ons" "Managers" "Transfers Outgoing"}}