Usage Score
2.6
Player Dossier
2015-2019Vanderbilt
Cam Watkins
DB • 6'0" • 203 lbs • Madison, TN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Cam Watkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.6 disruption score.
Efficiency
12.6
Consistency
10
Season Value
8.2
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Seasons Tracked
- 5
- Program Path
- Illinois • Vanderbilt
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Scouting Read
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Cam Watkins, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season · Illinois. Cam Watkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.6 disruption score.
Cam Watkins played DB for Illinois and Vanderbilt. Across 5 tracked seasons, Cam Watkins recorded 121 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Illinois paired 7.5 primary output with 23.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 12.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2019 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 Illinois, Vanderbilt.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina
Loss 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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2019 Regular Season · Vanderbilt
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
12.6
Usage
2.6
Consistency
10
Best Game by takeover score
Unknown
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Georgia: 1. LSU: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Ole Miss: 0. UNLV: 0. Missouri: 0. South Carolina: 1. Florida: 1. Kentucky: 0. Unknown: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia: 4 by 26.7. LSU: 2 by 8.3. Northern Illinois: 2 by 8.3. Ole Miss: 1 by 4.2. UNLV: 2 by 8.3. Missouri: 1 by 4.2. South Carolina: 3 by 22.5. Florida: 2 by 18.3. Kentucky: 5 by 20.8. Unknown: 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 = 2 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 7 · +0.4 vs Wins
First Half0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.2 vs Second Half
Second Half0.4 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
South Carolina
Best efficiency game
26.7 vs Georgia
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/23 | vs Unknown | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Kentucky | L 14-38 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | @ Florida | L 0-56 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | @ South Carolina | L 7-24 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Missouri | W 21-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | vs UNLV | L 10-34 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Ole Miss | L 6-31 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs Northern Illinois | W 24-18 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs LSU | L 38-66 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Georgia | L 6-30 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Illinois
2015-2018
Opening stop
- 2
Vanderbilt
2019
Final stop
Season Progression
20152016201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Illinois | 4 | 18.2 | 2.3 | 4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Illinois | 7.5 | 23.8 | 7.1 | 3.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Illinois | 4 | 19.8 | 3.1 | -3.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 3 | 12.6 | 2.6 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Kent State
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Primary metric
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.8 takeover score.
#2
Minnesota
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.1 takeover score.
#3
Michigan State
2
Primary metric
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.1 takeover score.
#4
Purdue
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.8 takeover score.
#5
South Carolina
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2017 Regular Season · Illinois
7.5 primary output · 23.8 efficiency · 7.1 usage
18.5
#2
2018 Regular Season · Illinois
11.5
4 primary · 19.8 efficiency · 3.1 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Illinois
11.2
4 primary · 18.2 efficiency · 2.3 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
1
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
2★
Class 2015 · Rating 0.7826
Pearl-Cohn · Nashville, TN
- Committed To
- Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Career Facts
2
Career teams
5
Seasons tracked
121
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 37 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.