OU gets commitment from Texas DE
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By Jake Trotter
Published: February 21, 2008
Mansfield (Texas) defensive end Terry Franklin committed to Oklahoma on Thursday, giving the Sooners their second commitment for the 2009 class.
Franklin, who started for Mansfield Summit High School as a sophomore, now attends Mansfield Legacy High School, which opened its doors in the fall. As a new school, Legacy's 2007 football schedule consisted of mostly junior varsity team.
The school switch kept Franklin off the radar of a lot of schools, but that didn't deter OU defensive ends coach Chris Wilson and the Sooner staff from offering him a scholarship.
OU first learned about Franklin from Legacy head football coach Chris Melson, who played quarterback at Ada High School and for the Sooners in the early 1990s.
"Coach Melson knew how good the program was and knew it would fit me," Franklin said. "When he introduced me to the program, I knew it was the program I was looking for."
The 6-foot-4, 205-pound Franklin, who also plays basketball, ran the 40-yard dash in 4.62 seconds last week, Melson said.
"Terry is a very explosive athlete," Melson said. "He's very quick and has great closing speed and plays very hard."
Franklin joins Dewar linebacker Ronnell Lewis, who was the first to commit to the Sooners two weeks ago, on OU's 2009 commitment list.
