On Thursday evening, Coach Franklin stopped by one of Sam Richards’ SOC 119 classes.

Needless to say, the students in attendance were a little excited.

Duuude, coach franklin in #soc119

— Arjun Vyas (@Arjificial) February 20, 2014

DID COACH FRANKLIN COME TO ONE OF YOUR CLASSES TODAY? no? yaaa luv u #soc119

— Leah Stodart (@leahstodart) February 20, 2014

COACH FRANKLIN IS IN #SOC119! I’m fangirling SO hard.

— Rachael Kratz (@RACHAELkratz) February 20, 2014

According to a few of the tweets from members of class, Franklin discussed issues of race when he stopped by.

James Franklin is an example of the mixed race growth. His father is African and mom is British #soc119 #fresheyes pic.twitter.com/PyeY51Y0zk

— Kathy Yoo (@yooookathy) February 20, 2014

Casual James Franklin guest speaking in #soc119 right now. Learning about different races #fresheyes pic.twitter.com/4E1kV2BYth

— Kurty Kurtosis (@Kristencarson21) February 20, 2014

James Franklin traces his family back to third generation slaves #soc119 #fresheyes pic.twitter.com/OiIDsLxvxY

— liz latimer (@lizlatimer) February 20, 2014

Here’s to more visits from Franklin to Penn State classes. And more selfies.