Player
John Franklin-Myers
DL · Broncos
John Franklin-Myers: facts drawn from the play-by-play.
35.0 career sacks across 7 seasons — a developmental project who became a $55M interior rusher.
TrendJFM by season (regular season)
| Season | Team | Sacks | QB Hits | TFL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | LA | 3.0 | 7 | 1 |
| 2020 | NYJ | 3.0 | 13 | 5 |
| 2021 | NYJ | 6.0 | 14 | 6 |
| 2022 | NYJ | 5.0 | 20 | 4 |
| 2023 | NYJ | 3.5 | 14 | 6 |
| 2024 | DEN | 7.0 | 18 | 8 |
| 2025 | DEN | 7.5 | 16 | 6 |
JFM's arc is the unusual climb of a late Day 3 pick (Round 4, 2018) who got cut by the Rams, sat out 2019, and rebuilt his career on the Jets practice squad. He's a 1-time Super Bowl winner from his rookie year — and a 7-season climber since.
The 2025 line in Denver (7.5 sacks already, 16 QB hits, 6 TFL) is on pace to be his career best. From 0 sacks in 2019 to a paid starter on a top-3 defense, his interior development is one of the cleaner late-bloomer stories on the line.
Sacks per season
| Season | Sacks |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2023 | 3.5 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 2025 | 7.5 |
Jets era: 17.5 sacks in 4 years. Denver era: 14.5 sacks in just over 1.5 years and counting.
SplitEra split — NYJ vs DEN
| Era | Seasons | Sacks | QB Hits | Sacks/yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYJ (2020-2023) | 4 | 17.5 | 61 | 4.4 |
| DEN (2024-2025) | 2 | 14.5 | 34 | 7.3 |
The Denver move flipped a switch. JFM averaged 4.4 sacks a year on the Jets across four full seasons; in just two years for Vance Joseph's Broncos, he's putting up a 7.3 sacks/year clip in a smaller defensive role on a deeper line.
The production-per-snap is up; his 20 QB hits in 2022 with the Jets is still his career high in pressures, but his sack-conversion rate has climbed sharply since the move.
Currently on pace for his first 8+ sack season — 7.5 through the 2025 calendar.
MilestoneJFM has never finished a season with 8 sacks. His career high entering 2025 was 7.0 sacks in 2024, his first Broncos year. The 2025 line — 7.5 sacks, 16 QB hits, 6 TFL — already matches or exceeds last year's totals with weeks still on the schedule.
He joined the Jets as a free agent in 2020 and parlayed his Super Bowl LIII ring (Rams rookie season) and four steady Jets seasons into a 3-year, $54M contract with Denver in 2024.
Super Bowl ring as a rookie (LIII with the Rams) — before sitting out the entire 2019 season.
RareJFM's career path is rare: he played 19 regular-season snaps in 2018 (3.0 sacks, 7 QB hits) as a rookie 4th-round pick — including a SB LIII appearance against the Patriots — and then disappeared for an entire season after being released by LA in 2019.
He didn't appear in any 2019 regular-season plays in the database. Most players never recover from a year out of the league. JFM came back in 2020 with the Jets and has been a steady starter every season since — 35.0 cumulative sacks over the comeback years.
102 career QB hits — interior-and-edge versatility that fits the modern hybrid front.
ComparisonJFM career resume
| Stat | Career |
|---|---|
| Sacks | 35.0 |
| QB Hits | 102 |
| TFL | 36 |
| Solo Tackles | 79 |
| Asst Tackles | 110 |
| Pass Defenses | 7 |
| Forced Fumbles | 3 |
| Fumble Recoveries | 3 |
The career profile reads like a Swiss-army interior — 35 sacks AND 110 assisted tackles, a combination that says he doesn't leave the field on early downs. He's been a 3-down lineman who has played 5-tech, 3-tech, and edge depending on scheme.
The 102 QB hits in 7 played seasons translates to ~14.6 per active year — durable production for an interior player who's missed extended time only once (the 2019 gap).
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