Player Dossier

2015-2019

App State

Keishawn Watson

WR • 5'11" • 185 lbs • Wheaton, IL, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Keishawn Watson reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

18

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

12

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

30

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Western Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Western Michigan • App State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ball State

Player Story

Keishawn Watson built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a wide receiver from Wheaton, IL wearing No. 13, spending time with App State and Western Michigan. The clearest part of Keishawn Watson's career was...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.7972

Wheaton Warrenville South · Wheaton, IL

Committed To
Western Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Keishawn Watson, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Western Michigan. Keishawn Watson reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
832
Receptions
75
Touchdowns
12

Quick Answers

Keishawn Watson quick answers

Latest team and position
App State · WR
Career Receiving Yards
832
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 30 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Western Michigan
Top game
Ball State
Recruit profile
3-star · Wheaton Warrenville South · Western Michigan
High school pipeline
Wheaton Warrenville South · 20 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 13 · Senior
2019 Receiving yards rank
84 receiving yards · WR 674th (top 67%) · Sun Belt 73rd (top 47%) · National 1,013th (top 51%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan0-00-
2016 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan3224041.3
2017 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan1041374978.8
2018 PostseasonWestern Michigan11534069.8
2018 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan1120316269.8
2019 Regular SeasonApp State6784149.9

Related Context

Keishawn Watson played WR for Western Michigan and App State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Keishawn Watson recorded 40 passing yards, 4 rushing yards, and 832 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Western Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Western Michigan paired 374 primary output with 53.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 76.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2019 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 Western Michigan, App State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Texas State

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 83.3th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2019 Regular Season · App State

Games

6

Receiving Yards / G

14

Efficiency

76.7

Usage

7.7

Consistency

75

Best Game by takeover score

Texas State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. East Tennessee State: 22. Charlotte: 6. UL Monroe: 14. South Alabama: 10. Georgia State: 13. Texas State: 19

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. East Tennessee State: 2 by 73.3. Charlotte: 1 by 40. UL Monroe: 1 by 93.3. South Alabama: 1 by 66.7. Georgia State: 1 by 86.7. Texas State: 1 by 100

Split Comparison

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

First Half14 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half14 · Games = 3 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Texas State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Texas State

Result
Sat 11/23vs Texas StateW 35-131191919119
Sun 11/17@ Georgia StateW 56-271131313013
Sat 10/26@ South AlabamaW 30-31101010010
Sat 10/19vs UL MonroeW 52-71141414014
Sat 9/7vs CharlotteW 56-41166606
Sat 8/31vs East Tennessee StateW 42-72221111015

Player Story

Keishawn Watson story

Keishawn Watson built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a wide receiver from Wheaton, IL wearing No. 13, spending time with App State and Western Michigan. The clearest part of Keishawn Watson's career was his receiving role: 75 catches, 832 receiving yards, 10 touchdowns, and 4 rushing yards across 30 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Western Michigan. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 40 passing yards, 4 rushing yards, and 5 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 30 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across App State and Western Michigan.

The arc is straightforward: Keishawn 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. 1

    Western Michigan

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    App State

    2019

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201520162017201820182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan0
2016 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan2476.76.224
2017 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan37453.928.5350
2018 PostseasonWestern Michigan35080.211.8-24
2018 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan35080.211.80
2019 Regular SeasonApp State8476.77.7-266

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Ball State

Week 5 · W 55-3 · Conference game

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

93

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

93 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

@ Bowling Green

Week 7 · W 42-35 · Conference game

80

Receiving Yards

86.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

80 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Northern Illinois

Week 12 · L 31-35 · Conference game

53

Receiving Yards

75.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

53 receiving yards with a 70.7 efficiency score.

#4

vs Texas State

Week 13 · W 35-13 · Conference game

19

Receiving Yards

74.5 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

19 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ Central Michigan

Week 5 · W 49-10 · Conference game

16

Receiving Yards

74.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

16 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Western Michigan

374 primary output · 53.9 efficiency · 28.5 usage

78.8

#2

2018 Postseason · Western Michigan

69.8

350 primary · 80.2 efficiency · 11.8 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Western Michigan

69.8

350 primary · 80.2 efficiency · 11.8 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

2

2+ TD games