Usage / Role
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Player Dossier
2014-2018Maryland
Tre Watson
LB • 6'2" • 236 lbs • Tampa, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Tre Watson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
75
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Illinois • Maryland
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Player Story
Tre Watson built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a linebacker from Tampa, FL wearing No. 33, spending time with Illinois and Maryland. The clearest part of Tre Watson's career was his defensive...
Read the storyTre Watson, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Illinois. Tre Watson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 275
- TFL
- 12
- Sacks
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 6
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Tre Watson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Maryland · LB
- Career Tackles
- 275
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Minnesota
- Latest roster
- No. 33 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 108 tackles · LB 37th (top 4%) · Big Ten 4th (top 1%) · National 43rd (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Illinois | 11 | 102 | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40.6 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Illinois | 9 | 65 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 77.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Maryland | 12 | 108 | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | 71.7 |
Related Context
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Tre Watson played LB for Illinois and Maryland. Across 5 tracked seasons, Tre Watson recorded 275 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Maryland.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Illinois paired 14 primary output with 45.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 45.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Illinois, Maryland.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Maryland
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
45.1
Usage
11.7
Consistency
58.5
Best Game by takeover score
Minnesota
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas: 1. Bowling Green: 1. Temple: 1. Minnesota: 3. Michigan: 0. Rutgers: 1. Iowa: 2. Illinois: 0. Michigan State: 0. Indiana: 2. Ohio State: 1. Penn State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas: 9 by 47.5. Bowling Green: 4 by 26.7. Temple: 15 by 60. Minnesota: 11 by 75.8. Michigan: 10 by 41.7. Rutgers: 5 by 30.8. Iowa: 15 by 70. Illinois: 3 by 12.5. Michigan State: 13 by 50. Indiana: 7 by 49.2. Ohio State: 12 by 60. Penn State: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.2 · Games = 5 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 7 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Minnesota
Best efficiency game
75.8 vs Minnesota
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/24 | @ Penn State | L 3-38 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/17 | vs Ohio State10+ tackles | L 51-52 | 12 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/10 | @ IndianaSplash game | L 32-34 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/3 | vs Michigan State10+ tackles | L 3-24 | 13 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/27 | vs Illinois | W 63-33 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/20 | @ Iowa10+ tackles · Splash game | L 0-23 | 15 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/13 | vs Rutgers | W 34-7 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/6 | @ Michigan10+ tackles | L 21-42 | 10 | 9 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | vs Minnesota10+ tackles · Splash game | W 42-13 | 11 | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | vs Temple10+ tackles | L 14-35 | 15 | 9 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | @ Bowling Green | W 45-14 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/1 | vs Texas | W 34-29 | 9 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Tre Watson story
Tre Watson built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a linebacker from Tampa, FL wearing No. 33, spending time with Illinois and Maryland. The clearest part of Tre Watson's career was his defensive production: 275 tackles, 12 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 6 interceptions across 32 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Maryland. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Tre Watson's production has multiple signals. With 32 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Illinois and Maryland.
The arc is straightforward: Tre Watson moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Illinois
2014-2017
Opening stop
- 2
Maryland
2018
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20142015201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Illinois | 6.5 | 41.5 | 7.5 | 6.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Illinois | 14 | 45.7 | 12.8 | 7.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Maryland | 12 | 45.1 | 11.7 | -2 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Minnesota
Week 4 · W 42-13 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
91.9 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 91.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Michigan State
Week 10 · W 31-27 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
91.7 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.
#3
@ Ohio State
Week 12 · L 14-52 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
86.4 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.
#4
@ Michigan
Week 8 · L 8-41 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
84.7 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 84.7 takeover score.
#5
vs Nebraska
Week 5 · L 6-28 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
80.5 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Illinois
14 primary output · 45.7 efficiency · 12.8 usage
77.8
#2
2018 Regular Season · Maryland
71.7
12 primary · 45.1 efficiency · 11.7 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Illinois
40.6
6.5 primary · 41.5 efficiency · 7.5 usage
Milestones
12
Impact games
9
Splash games
13
10+ tackle games
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