This is a well deserved recognition for a guy that played his heart out.
That said, I never want to see another Zaire Franklin again.
By that I mean, Ziggy Smalls came here believing that he was going to contribute to a conference championship. We never even made a bowl game. We've been competitive and had some great moments, but I feel like our program owes these guys more success.
I have no doubt that when guys Zaire played with compete in a bowl that he'll love it and live vicariously through them, but I want our players to experience these things first hand.
2018 it starts.