| No. 20 – Buffalo Bills | |
|---|---|
| Position | Running back |
| Roster status | Practice squad |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (2002-03-13)March 13, 2002 (age 23) Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Miami Killian (FL) |
| College | Southern Miss (2020–2023) |
| NFL draft | 2024: undrafted |
| Career history | |
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
| Awards and highlights | |
| Stats atPro Football Reference | |
Franklin Gore Jr. (born March 13, 2002) is an American professionalfootballrunning back for theBuffalo Bills of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theSouthern Miss Golden Eagles and was signed by the Bills in 2024 as an undrafted free agent. He is the son of former NFL running backFrank Gore.
The son of former NFL playerFrank Gore, he was born on March 13, 2002, inMiami, Florida. Gore Jr. attendedMiami Killian Senior High School, where he playedquarterback andrunning back. As a rusher, Gore compiled 1,111 yards and thirteen touchdowns on 113 carries in his senior year.[1]
Though originally committing toFlorida Atlantic, Gore flipped his commitment toSouthern Miss.[2] As a truefreshman, he led the school with 708 rushing yards on 121 carries, a 5.9 average. He posted three 100-yard games, againstNorth Texas,North Alabama, and Florida Atlantic. He scored a 51-yard rushing touchdown in a 20–23 loss againstUTSA.[3] He was named second-team all-conference following the season, as well as all-freshman.[1] Through the first ten games of his second season, Gore compiled 731 rushing yards on 162 carries, scoring two touchdowns.[4] He was named quarterback prior to a week eleven game againstLouisiana Tech, and threw two touchdowns, leading the team to their second victory of the season.[5] In the2022 LendingTree Bowl againstRice, Gore rushed for 329 yards, an FBS bowl game record. He also scored three touchdowns in the game, two rushing and one passing.[6]
Gore was named the offensive MVP of the 2024 edition of theEast–West Shrine Bowl.[7]
| Southern Miss Golden Eagles | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | Games | Rushing | Receiving | Passing | ||||||||||||||||
| GP | GS | Record[a] | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rate | |||
| 2020 | Southern Miss | 10 | 6 | — | 121 | 708 | 5.9 | 2 | 9 | 97 | 10.8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2021 | Southern Miss | 12 | 12 | 2–1 | 179 | 801 | 4.5 | 5 | 20 | 155 | 7.8 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 62.5 | 189 | 11.8 | 4 | 1 | 231.7 | |
| 2022 | Southern Miss | 13 | 13 | — | 228 | 1,382 | 6.1 | 9 | 19 | 219 | 11.5 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 50.0 | 179 | 12.8 | 3 | 0 | 228.1 | |
| 2023 | Southern Miss | 12 | 12 | — | 231 | 1,131 | 4.9 | 10 | 27 | 221 | 8.2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Career | 47 | 43 | 2–1 | 759 | 4,022 | 5.3 | 26 | 75 | 692 | 9.2 | 4 | 17 | 35 | 48.6 | 368 | 10.5 | 7 | 1 | 197.2 | ||
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 ft7+5⁄8 in (1.72 m) | 201 lb (91 kg) | 29+5⁄8 in (0.75 m) | 8+1⁄4 in (0.21 m) | 4.69 s | 1.64 s | 2.66 s | 29.0 in (0.74 m) | 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) | 18 reps | |||
| All values fromNFL Combine/Pro Day[8][9] | ||||||||||||
Gore went undrafted in the2024 NFL draft, and signed with theBuffalo Bills as an undrafted free agent.[10][11] On August 27, 2024, he was released and re-signed to the practice squad the following day.[12][13]
He signed a reserve/future contract on January 27, 2025.[14] On August 26, 2025, Gore Jr. was released by the Bills as part of final roster cuts and re-signed to the practice squad the following day.[15][16]
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