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Vapoke

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Wyoming signed a 2026 QB out of Fresno, Tyler Franklin. Very fast (21mph). Had some offers from Montana State and Delaware State as a 3 -star. 6'3 175 so needs to put on size.

Before everyone gets up in arms on a random QB signing ole Hawaii has TWO QBs on their roster.

We are roughly 10 days away from the start of fall camp.
 
Very bizarre story.

Graduated HS in December 2025. Had offers from some pretty good FCS programs, but decided to commit to Fresno City College (JUCO). Then transferred to Wyoming in late July.

Either this was a grades/academic thing or he was getting some awful advice.
 
TheRealUW said:
Very bizarre story.

Graduated HS in December 2025. Had offers from some pretty good FCS programs, but decided to commit to Fresno City College (JUCO). Then transferred to Wyoming in late July.

Either this was a grades/academic thing or he was getting some awful advice.
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He spent the spring in CC. Based on FCS cooling and D2 offers I would suspect academics.

His size and speed would get him an offer at most middle schools so grades would be my guess and why he qualified late after a semester at community college
 
LanderPoke said:
Like that he’s not a statute
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Knowing that Vigen pursued him tells me that he can play offense. Ever since Vigen didn’t have to run the 3 yards and a cloud of dust 3 and out punting offense, his offenses at MSU have been very productive.

Already we have a better player for the scout team at the least than the type of player you described we have had the last decade or so on the depth chart.
 
TheRealUW said:
Interesting. Maybe he waited too long on the FCS offers and they filled the spots and pulled their offers?

Is he on scholarship at UW or is he coming as a walk on?
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SAT or ACT even. I was never smart enough to garner those honors so maybe he was missing something that colleges wanted for admittance?
 
Vapoke said:
SAT or ACT even. I was never smart enough to garner those honors so maybe he was missing something that colleges wanted for admittance?
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I guess it's possible, but that seems crazy to think you can get into college without taking a college entrance exam. Any high school guidance counselor or coach would have let him know otherwise.

I'll leave it at that. Glad he is at UW albeit through a very interesting route.
 
TheRealUW said:
Interesting. Maybe he waited too long on the FCS offers and they filled the spots and pulled their offers?

Is he on scholarship at UW or is he coming as a walk on?
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There is no such thing as a walk on anymore. Every player on the football roster must be on scholarship and there are strict roster size limits of 105 players (cannot exceed). These are the new NCAA FBS requirements following the House settlement.

I almost guarantee this is solely related to Anthony Beavers being denied eligibility last week and thus another spot surprisingly opened on the UW roster. So we filled it with a guy that the staff felt had some upside and who was available.

7220sports.com

Wyoming's Senior Linebacker Anthony Beavers No Longer on Roster

NCAA denied eligibility waiver in early July
7220sports.com 7220sports.com
 
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