Player Dossier

2006-2008

Florida State

Dekoda Watson

LB • 6'2" • 226 lbs • Aiken, SC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Dekoda Watson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a linebacker

lowelite

Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

62

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Florida State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Florida State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech

Player Story

Dekoda Watson built his college career from 2006 through 2008 as a linebacker from Aiken, SC wearing No. 36, spending time with Florida State. The clearest part of Dekoda Watson's career was his defensive production:...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2020 · Rating 0.81

Narbonne · Harbor City, CA

Committed To
Tennessee
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2020

Dekoda Watson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Florida State. Dekoda Watson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Dekoda Watson quick answers

Latest team and position
Florida State · LB
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 4 games
Best season
2007 Regular Season · Florida State
Top game
Virginia Tech
Recruit profile
3-star · Narbonne · Tennessee
High school pipeline
Narbonne · 44 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 36 · Class 2008

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2006 PostseasonFlorida State10-0--050
2007 Regular SeasonFlorida State10-0--173.3
2008 Regular SeasonFlorida State20-0--053.3

Related Context

Dekoda Watson played LB for Florida State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Dekoda Watson recorded 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2006 with Florida State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2007 Regular Season

Florida State paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2008 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 10 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2008 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Miami

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2008 Regular Season · Florida State

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

10

Usage

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

Miami

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Colorado: 0. Miami: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 1 · -1 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · +1 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Miami

Best efficiency game

20 vs Miami

Result
Sat 10/4@ MiamiW 41-391
Sat 9/27vs ColoradoW 39-21

Player Story

Dekoda Watson story

Dekoda Watson built his college career from 2006 through 2008 as a linebacker from Aiken, SC wearing No. 36, spending time with Florida State. The clearest part of Dekoda Watson's career was his defensive production: 2 interceptions across 4 career games in the available record. His career also includes 19 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Dekoda Watson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Florida State

    2006-2008

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

200620072008
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2006 PostseasonFlorida State00
2007 Regular SeasonFlorida State1201
2008 Regular SeasonFlorida State1100

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Virginia Tech

Week 11 · L 21-40 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

@ Miami

Week 6 · W 41-39 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

@ UCLA

Week 1 · W 44-27 · Postseason

0

Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

#4

vs Colorado

Week 5 · W 39-21

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Havoc Plays

0 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2007 Regular Season · Florida State

1 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

73.3

#2

2008 Regular Season · Florida State

53.3

1 primary · 10 efficiency · usage

#3

2006 Postseason · Florida State

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games