Usage / Role
13%
Rotational defensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2014-2018Houston
Nick Watkins
CB • 6'1" • 205 lbs • DeSoto, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Nick Watkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
14
Developing production for a corner
lowelite
Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
23
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Notre Dame
14151617171818
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Notre Dame • Houston
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Georgia
Player Story
Nick Watkins built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a cornerback from DeSoto, TX wearing No. 9, spending time with Houston and Notre Dame. The clearest part of Nick Watkins' career was his defensive...
Read the story4★
- Committed To
- Notre Dame
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Nick Watkins, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Notre Dame. Nick Watkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 68
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 13
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Nick Watkins quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Houston · CB
- Career Tackles
- 68
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2017 Postseason · Notre Dame
- Top game
- Georgia
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Bishop Dunne · Notre Dame
- High school pipeline
- Bishop Dunne · 27 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Senior
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 42 tackles · CB 62nd (top 17%) · American Athletic 97th (top 18%) · National 888th (top 16%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Postseason | Notre Dame | 11 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 47.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 11 | 24 | - | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 47.1 |
| 2018 Postseason | Houston | 12 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 32.2 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Houston | 12 | 40 | - | 0 | - | 5 | 2 | 32.2 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Nick Watkins
Nick Watkins played CB for Notre Dame and Houston. Across 5 tracked seasons, Nick Watkins recorded 68 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Houston.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason
Notre Dame paired 10 primary output with 19 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 20.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2018 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Notre Dame, Houston.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2018 Postseason · Houston
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
20.4
Usage
2.9
Consistency
13.9
Best Game by takeover score
Texas Tech
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Army: 0. Rice: 1. Arizona: 0. Texas Tech: 3. Tulsa: 1. East Carolina: 0. Navy: 1. South Florida: 1. SMU: 0. Temple: 0. Tulane: 0. Memphis: 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.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Army: 2 by 8.3. Rice: 3 by 22.5. Arizona: 3 by 12.5. Texas Tech: 4 by 46.7. Tulsa: 4 by 26.7. East Carolina: 3 by 12.5. Navy: 6 by 35. South Florida: 5 by 30.8. SMU: 1 by 4.2. Temple: 2 by 8.3. Tulane: 4 by 16.7. Memphis: 5 by 20.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.6 · Games = 7 · -0.0 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 5 · +0.0 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
Texas Tech
Best efficiency game
46.7 vs Texas Tech
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/22 | @ Army | L 14-70 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/23 | @ Memphis | L 31-52 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/16 | vs Tulane | W 48-17 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/11 | vs Temple | L 49-59 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/3 | @ SMU | L 31-45 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/27 | vs South Florida | W 57-36 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/20 | @ Navy | W 49-36 | 6 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/13 | @ East Carolina | W 42-20 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/5 | vs Tulsa | W 41-26 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | @ Texas TechSplash game | L 49-63 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Arizona | W 45-18 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/1 | @ Rice | W 45-27 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Nick Watkins story
Nick Watkins built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a cornerback from DeSoto, TX wearing No. 9, spending time with Houston and Notre Dame. The clearest part of Nick Watkins' career was his defensive production: 68 tackles, 3 interceptions, and 13 passes defended across 23 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Houston. 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 Nick Watkins' production has multiple signals. With 23 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Houston and Notre Dame.
The arc is straightforward: Nick Watkins 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
Notre Dame
2014-2017
Opening stop
- 2
Houston
2018
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2014201520162017201720182018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | Notre Dame | 10 | 19 | 2.1 | 10 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 10 | 19 | 2.1 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Houston | 7 | 20.4 | 2.9 | -3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Houston | 7 | 20.4 | 2.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Georgia
Week 2 · L 19-20
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
77 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 77 takeover score.
#2
@ Texas Tech
Week 3 · L 49-63
3
Havoc Plays
55.3 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.
#3
vs USC
Week 8 · W 49-14
2
Havoc Plays
48.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.1 takeover score.
#4
vs South Florida
Week 9 · W 57-36 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
46.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.9 takeover score.
#5
@ Navy
Week 8 · W 49-36 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
43.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Postseason · Notre Dame
10 primary output · 19 efficiency · 2.1 usage
47.1
#2
2017 Regular Season · Notre Dame
47.1
10 primary · 19 efficiency · 2.1 usage
#3
2018 Postseason · Houston
32.2
7 primary · 20.4 efficiency · 2.9 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Nick Watkins
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.