Bubba Franks - #88 - TE - Miami (FL) - Profile

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS    

■ Amassed 256 receptions for 2,300 yards (9.0 per catch) and 32 TDs in 114 RS games in his eight-year stint with GB.

■ Scored 27 touchdowns in four seasons (2001-04), when he went to the Pro Bowl three times (2001-03).

■ Has 12 catches for 149 yards and three TDs in eight postseason games.

■ Ranks second all-time in GB history in receptions and touchdowns among tight ends.

■ Threw TD pass to WR Donald Driver on his only NFL passing attempt vs. CAR in 2002.

■ Made his NFL debut vs. Jets on 9/3/00.

■ First NFL touchdown came on fake FG pass, from Matt Hasselbeck at TB in 2000 and first collegiate TD also came on fake FG pass, from Jeff Popovich for Miami vs. Pittsburgh in 1997.

SEASON BY SEASON

2007 (GB) Caught 4-yard TD pass from Brett Favre — Favre's 442nd and last RS scoring strike — in second quarter and added season-long 24-yard reception in season finale vs. DET.

2006 (GB) Delivered goal-line block on LB Raonall Smith that allowed RB Noah Herron to score on 1-yard TD for Packers' first rushing TD of season in Week 5 vs. STL. ... Went over 2,000 career receiving yards with 32 yards on three catches in Week 4 at PHI.

2005 (GB) Placed on IR Dec. 22, completing season in which he missed games for first time in pro and college careers. ... Surpassed 200 career catches with season-high seven receptions and matched career best with 62 yards in Week 8 at CIN. ... Caught 14-yard pass from RB Tony Fisher in second quarter to set up TD, then snagged season-long 24-yarder in third quarter in Week 7 at MIN.

2004 (GB) Had two catches for 25 yards and TD in NFC Wild Card Game vs. MIN. ... Totaled season-high 59 yards on four catches, including 22-yard TD down left seam in RS finale at CHI. ... Had 8-yard score on pass from RB Tony Fisher for his only catch, then threw key block on LB Dexter Coakley on Ahman Green's 90-yard scoring run in Week 7 vs. DAL. ... Grabbed two passes, both for TDs, in Week 5 MNF victory vs. TEN.

2003 (GB) Had pair of blocks to take out DE Jerome McDougle and LB Mark Simoneau on big gainers by Ahman Green in NFC Division Game at PHI. ... Gave Packers second-quarter lead with 23-yard TD catch down the seam in NFC Wild Card win vs. SEA. ... Caught 2-yard TD that deflected off LB Jashon Sykes, then blocked CB Willie Middlebrooks on Green's GB-record 98-yard TD run in RS finale vs. DEN.

2002 (GB) Hauled in 20-yard TD down the middle from Doug Pederson among three catches for 35 yards in regular-season finale at NYJ. ... Led Pack with five receptions for 46 yards, including 2-yard TD in back of end zone in Week 6 win at NE. ... Threw 31-yard TD pass to WR Donald Driver on first NFL pass attempt late in first half and added four receptions in Week 4 victory vs. CAR. ... Matched career highs with nine receptions — most catches by GB tight end in almost 10 years — and 62 yards in Week 3 at DET.

2001 (GB) Went high to pull down 19-yard TD late in third quarter of NFC Wild Card win vs. SF. ... Caught pair of touchdown passes in Week 15 vs. CLE. ... Made career-long 31-yard reception on Thanksgiving Day at DET. ... Produced first two-TD game as a pro on only two catches in Week 5 vs. BAL. ... Caught first of 26 TD passes from Brett Favre from 1 yard out in season opener vs. DET.

2000 (GB) Made first NFL scoring catch on 27-yard pass from Matt Hasselbeck off fake FG in fourth quarter to give GB temporary lead in Week 11 loss at TB. ... Had season-high five receptions (for 54 yards) Week 5 vs. CHI. ... Caught two passes in first career start in Week 2 at BUF. ... Had 4-yard reception — his first pro catch — on second-and-3 en route to second-quarter FG in season opener vs. NYJ.

CAREER TRANSACTIONS

■ Signed by Jets as unrestricted FA 3/17/08.

■ Placed by GB on IR 12/22/05.

■ Selected by GB in first round (14th overall) of 2000 NFL Draft.

BEFORE THE NFL

■ Played three seasons (1997-99) at Miami, starting 32 games and making 77 receptions for 1,038 yards, before declaring for NFL Draft as junior-eligible.

■ Finished career with 12 TD receptions, UM record for TEs.

■ All-America first-team selection by The Sporting News and Football News and AA second-team pick by AP after turning in career-high numbers in receptions (45), receiving yards (565) and TDs (five) in 1999.

■ Twice was named All-Big East Conference (1998- 99) after capturing all-conference second-team recognition in 1997.

■ Averaged 20.6 yards on seven catches for 144 yards in his two bowl games combined.

■ In 1997, had 19 receptions for 294 yards and four TDs in earning Freshman All-America honors from The Sporting News.

■ Second-team all-state pick and unanimous all-district selection as senior at Big Spring (Texas) HS after catching 21 passes for 580 yards and 10 TDs.

■ Lettered twice as TE/WR/DE/LB/K/KR and also lettered twice as member of basketball team.

OFF THE FIELD

■ Majored in sociology at Miami.

■ Caught 20-yard pass from soon-to-be President George W. Bush, a fellow West Texan, when then-Texas governor made surprise visit to Packers practice 9/28/00 during presidential campaign.

■ Earned Packers’ 2006 Walter Payton Man of the Year honor for excellence on field and in community

■ Participated in Salvation Army bell-ringing contest against Detroit’s Marcus Pollard and participated in similar contest against then-Minnesota TE Byron Chamberlain.

■ Filmed Salvation Army commercial in 2004 for organization’s bell-ringing campaign in which he chased tight-fisted customer all over local grocery store for holiday donations.

■ Spent evenings in December 2002 and ’03 with cancer patients at Green Bay’s St. Vincent Hospital, reading Christmas stories and handing out gifts.

■ Spent $5,000 in 2002 to buy championship rings for Miami Edison HS girls basketball team, inner-city school that won its second straight Class 6A state title in 2002 but had gone without rings following initial championship the previous year.

■ One of 16 pro athletes in spring 2005 to compete in ESPN Bowling Night.

■ Participated in NFL Cayman Challenge in May 2004 in which players competed in events such as kayaking, snorkeling and deep-sea fishing.

■ Worked as summer caddy at LaGorce Country Club in Miami Beach, Fla., while in college.

■ Hobbies include billiards, fishing, bowling and basketball.

■ Born in Riverside, Calif., and lives in Miami.

■ Has son, Daniel II, and daughter, Sienna