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Indianapolis is quickly trying to get cap-compliant and Franklin appears to be someone the team is willing to move on from in order to do so.<\/p>\n
Franklin, 29, is a former seventh-round pick of the Colts back in 2018. He played out the final year of his four-year $2,547,057 contract and was testing the open market as an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his NFL career when he returned to Indianapolis on a three-year, $12 million deal.<\/p>\n
He was entering the final year of that contract in 2024 and was slated to make a base salary of $2.88 million when he signed a three-year, $31 million extension.<\/p>\n
In 2025, Franklin appeared in and started all 17 games for the Colts and recorded 125 total tackles, seven tackles for loss, two sacks, a forced fumble and five pass deflections.<\/p>\n
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