Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019New Mexico State
Derek Watson
DL • 6'4" • 220 lbs • Denton, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Derek Watson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a defensive lineman
lowelite
Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
15
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · New Mexico State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- New Mexico State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Idaho
2★
- Committed To
- New Mexico State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Derek Watson, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · New Mexico State. Derek Watson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 9
- TFL
- 1.5
- Sacks
- 0.5
Quick Answers
Derek Watson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- New Mexico State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 9
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 9 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · New Mexico State
- Top game
- Idaho
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Guyer · New Mexico State
- High school pipeline
- Guyer · 50 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 1 tackles · DL 797th (top 93%) · FBS Independents 263rd (top 91%) · National 5,011th (top 84%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 6 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 39.1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 33.3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.4 |
| 2019 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
Related Context
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Derek Watson played DL for New Mexico State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Derek Watson recorded 9 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with New Mexico State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
New Mexico State paired 2 primary output with 8.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Liberty
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · New Mexico State
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
4.2
Usage
0.6
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Liberty
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All Games0 · Games = 1
Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Liberty
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs Liberty
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 10/7 | vs Liberty | W 49-41 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
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New Mexico State
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 2 | 8.2 | 4.4 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 |
| 2018 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Idaho
Week 7 · L 23-55 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
72.8 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.
#2
vs New Mexico
Week 2 · W 32-31
1
Havoc Plays
67.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.
#3
@ Georgia Southern
Week 9 · L 7-41
0
Havoc Plays
3.6 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.
#4
@ Troy
Week 4 · L 6-52 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
3.3 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.
#5
@ Texas A&M
Week 9 · L 10-52
0
Havoc Plays
3.1 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · New Mexico State
2 primary output · 8.2 efficiency · 4.4 usage
39.1
#2
2019 Regular Season · New Mexico State
37
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · New Mexico State
36.4
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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