Packers LB Zaire Franklin Suffered Hairline Fracture In Leg

Rapoport notes Green Bay opted against placing Franklin on injured reserve, as they believe he can return while missing minimal games. He missed his first game of the 2026 season in Week 7 due to this injury.

Franklin, 30, 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.

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. Franklin was then traded to the Packers for DT Colby Wooden at the start of the league year in 2026.

In 2026, Franklin has appeared in six games for the Packers and recorded 41 total tackles, two tackles for loss, a forced fumble and a pass defended.

We’ll have more on Franklin as the news becomes available.