Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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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.
Impact Production
58
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
58
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
71
High-upside career profile
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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 • Vanderbilt
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Player Story
Cam Watkins built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a defensive back from Madison, TN wearing No. 31, spending time with Illinois and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Cam Watkins' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Cam Watkins, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Illinois. Cam Watkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 121
- TFL
- 6.5
- Passes defended
- 11
Quick Answers
Cam Watkins quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Vanderbilt · DB
- Career Tackles
- 121
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Minnesota
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Pearl-Cohn · Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Pearl-Cohn · 29 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 31 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 23 tackles · DB 385th (top 43%) · SEC 195th (top 30%) · National 1,741st (top 30%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Illinois | 7 | 21 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 25.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Illinois | 10 | 39 | 3.5 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 51.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Illinois | 10 | 38 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 27.9 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 10 | 23 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 20.4 |
Related Context
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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
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 23.8 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 Illinois, Vanderbilt.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Minnesota
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
23.8
Usage
7
Consistency
24.4
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. Ball State: 0.5. Western Kentucky: 0. South Florida: 1.5. Nebraska: 0. Iowa: 0. Rutgers: 0. Minnesota: 2. Purdue: 2. Indiana: 1.5. Ohio State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Ball State: 8 by 38.3. Western Kentucky: 6 by 25. South Florida: 2 by 23.3. Nebraska: 1 by 4.2. Iowa: 3 by 12.5. Rutgers: 1 by 4.2. Minnesota: 4 by 36.7. Purdue: 2 by 28.3. Indiana: 6 by 40. Ohio State: 6 by 25
Split Comparison
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Wins0.3 · Games = 2 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 8 · +0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Minnesota
Best efficiency game
40 vs Indiana
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/18 | @ Ohio State | L 14-52 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Indiana | L 14-24 | 6 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ PurdueSplash game | L 10-29 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ MinnesotaSplash game | L 17-24 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Rutgers | L 24-35 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ Iowa | L 16-45 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Nebraska | L 6-28 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/15 | @ South Florida | L 23-47 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/10 | vs Western Kentucky | W 20-7 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Ball State | W 24-21 | 8 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Cam Watkins story
Cam Watkins built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a defensive back from Madison, TN wearing No. 31, spending time with Illinois and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Cam Watkins' career was his defensive production: 121 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 1 interception, and 11 passes defended across 37 career games in the available record. That gives Cam Watkins' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Illinois
2015-2018
Opening stop
- 2
Vanderbilt
2019
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20152016201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2016 Regular Season | Illinois | 4 | 18.2 | 2.1 | 4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Illinois | 7.5 | 23.8 | 7 | 3.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Illinois | 4 | 19.8 | 3 | -3.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Vanderbilt | 3 | 12.6 | 2.3 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Minnesota
Week 8 · L 17-24 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#2
vs Kent State
Week 1 · W 31-24
1
Havoc Plays
76.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 76.7 takeover score.
#3
@ Purdue
Week 10 · L 10-29 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#4
@ South Carolina
Week 10 · L 7-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
65.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Michigan State
Week 10 · W 31-27 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
62.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Illinois
7.5 primary output · 23.8 efficiency · 7 usage
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#2
2018 Regular Season · Illinois
27.9
4 primary · 19.8 efficiency · 3 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Illinois
25.9
4 primary · 18.2 efficiency · 2.1 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
3
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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