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Benjamin Franklin as a football player

A scouting report from Legends Draft, the parody game where famous people play football. The ratings are made up for fun.

Benjamin Franklin

Photo: Joseph-Siffred Duplessis, Public domain

Science Icon1706-1790

Natural position

K Kicker

Grade

83OVR

Flew a kite in a thunderstorm. Kicking into the wind is nothing.

Ratings

Made up for the game, 40 to 99.

Arm
72
Speed
42
Power
46
Smarts
97
Clutch
86

Best positions

Anyone can line up anywhere. Each position weighs the five ratings its own way, and off the natural position a legend loses a few points.

  1. KKicker, natural83
  2. QBQuarterback76
  3. SSafety67
  4. CBCornerback61

Scouting report

Pros
97 IQ. Flew a kite in a thunderstorm, so kicking into the wind is nothing. Invented bifocals, so he can see the uprights from 55.
Cons
42 speed. A bad snap is a turnover.
Pro comp
Brandon Aubrey

Benjamin Franklin in real life

Real life

American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)

Lived
1706 to 1790
From
British America, United States
Known as
politician, diplomat, polymath, writer
Sport
chess
Honors
Copley Medal, honorary doctor of the University of St Andrews, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

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