Player Dossier

2014-2018

Michigan

Brandon Watson

DB • 5'11" • 204 lbs • Wilmington, DE, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Brandon Watson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19 disruption score.

Usage / Role

10%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers

Player Story

Brandon Watson built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive back from Wilmington, DE wearing No. 28, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Brandon Watson's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.8539

Eastern Christian · Elkton, MD

Committed To
Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Brandon Watson, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Postseason · Michigan. Brandon Watson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
68
TFL
4
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
10
Touchdowns
4

Quick Answers

Brandon Watson quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan · DB
Career Tackles
68
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 31 games
Best season
2018 Postseason · Michigan
Top game
Rutgers
Recruit profile
3-star · Eastern Christian · Michigan
High school pipeline
Eastern Christian · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 28 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
34 tackles · DB 263rd (top 31%) · Big Ten 125th (top 21%) · National 1,171st (top 21%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonMichigan00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonMichigan00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonMichigan81-0--039.2
2016 Regular SeasonMichigan812-0--039.2
2017 PostseasonMichigan102-0--033.8
2017 Regular SeasonMichigan10191.5015033.8
2018 PostseasonMichigan131-0-1054.9
2018 Regular SeasonMichigan13332.50-4454.9

Related Context

Brandon Watson played DB for Michigan. Across 5 tracked seasons, Brandon Watson recorded 68 tackles and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason

Michigan paired 10.5 primary output with 19 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 6.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Postseason · Michigan

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

6.8

Usage

1.3

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Hawai'i

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Florida State: 0. Hawai'i: 0. UCF: 0. Colorado: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Rutgers: 0. Michigan State: 0. Maryland: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Florida State: 1 by 4.2. Hawai'i: 4 by 16.7. UCF: 1 by 4.2. Colorado: 1 by 4.2. Wisconsin: 2 by 8.3. Rutgers: 1 by 4.2. Michigan State: 2 by 8.3. Maryland: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0 · Games = 7 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Hawai'i

Best efficiency game

16.7 vs Hawai'i

Result
Sat 12/31@ Florida StateL 32-3311000
Sat 11/5vs MarylandW 59-310000
Sat 10/29@ Michigan StateW 32-2322000
Sat 10/8@ RutgersW 78-010000
Sat 10/1vs WisconsinW 14-722000
Sat 9/17vs ColoradoW 45-2810000
Sat 9/10vs UCFW 51-1411000
Sat 9/3vs Hawai'iW 63-342000

Player Story

Brandon Watson story

Brandon Watson built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a defensive back from Wilmington, DE wearing No. 28, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Brandon Watson's career was his defensive production: 68 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 3 interceptions, and 10 passes defended across 31 career games in the available record. That gives Brandon Watson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Michigan

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20142015201620162017201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonMichigan0
2015 Regular SeasonMichigan00
2016 PostseasonMichigan06.81.30
2016 Regular SeasonMichigan06.81.30
2017 PostseasonMichigan7.516.32.87.5
2017 Regular SeasonMichigan7.516.32.80
2018 PostseasonMichigan10.5194.33
2018 Regular SeasonMichigan10.5194.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Rutgers

Week 11 · W 42-7 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

73.9 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.

#2

vs Cincinnati

Week 2 · W 36-14

3

Havoc Plays

59.7 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 59.7 takeover score.

#3

@ Notre Dame

Week 1 · L 17-24

1.5

Havoc Plays

54.4 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 54.4 takeover score.

#4

vs Michigan State

Week 6 · L 10-14 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

46.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.9 takeover score.

#5

vs Nebraska

Week 4 · W 56-10 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

42 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Postseason · Michigan

10.5 primary output · 19 efficiency · 4.3 usage

54.9

#2

2018 Regular Season · Michigan

54.9

10.5 primary · 19 efficiency · 4.3 usage

#3

2016 Postseason · Michigan

39.2

0 primary · 6.8 efficiency · 1.3 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games