Player Dossier

2017-2022

Marshall

Anthony Watts

DL • 6'4" • 294 lbs • Houston, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Anthony Watts shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

4

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Purdue

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Purdue • Marshall
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt

Player Story

Anthony Watts built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Houston, TX wearing No. 19, spending time with Marshall and Purdue. The clearest part of Anthony Watts' career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8103

Yates · Houston, TX

Committed To
Purdue
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Anthony Watts, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Purdue. Anthony Watts shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
114
TFL
14.5
Sacks
4
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Anthony Watts quick answers

Latest team and position
Marshall · DL
Career Tackles
114
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 36 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Purdue
Top game
Vanderbilt
Recruit profile
3-star · Yates · Purdue
High school pipeline
Yates · 8 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 19 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
34 tackles · DL 108th (top 11%) · Sun Belt 125th (top 20%) · National 1,105th (top 19%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonPurdue11-0--037.2
2018 Regular SeasonPurdue11383.5112058.4
2019 Regular SeasonPurdue1035721-060.1
2020 Regular SeasonPurdue36-0--040
2021 Regular SeasonPurdue00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonMarshall1134411-039.1

Related Context

Anthony Watts played DL for Purdue and Marshall. Across 6 tracked seasons, Anthony Watts recorded 114 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Purdue.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Purdue paired 10 primary output with 24.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 8.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Purdue, Marshall.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2020 Regular Season · Purdue

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

8.4

Usage

1.4

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Northwestern

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Illinois: 0. Northwestern: 0. Rutgers: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Illinois: 1 by 4.2. Northwestern: 4 by 16.7. Rutgers: 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 = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Northwestern

Best efficiency game

16.7 vs Northwestern

Result
Sat 11/28vs RutgersL 30-3711000
Sat 11/14vs NorthwesternL 20-2741000
Sat 10/31@ IllinoisW 31-2410000

Player Story

Anthony Watts story

Anthony Watts built his college career from 2017 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Houston, TX wearing No. 19, spending time with Marshall and Purdue. The clearest part of Anthony Watts' career was his defensive production: 114 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 1 interception across 36 career games in the available record. That gives Anthony Watts' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Purdue

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Marshall

    2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201720182019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonPurdue04.20.9
2018 Regular SeasonPurdue8.522.18.78.5
2019 Regular SeasonPurdue1024.68.81.5
2020 Regular SeasonPurdue08.41.4-10
2021 Regular SeasonPurdue00
2022 Regular SeasonMarshall618.33.56

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Vanderbilt

Week 2 · W 42-24

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

81.9 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.9 takeover score.

#2

vs Missouri

Week 3 · L 37-40

2

Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Ohio State

Week 8 · W 49-20 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

78.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.

#4

vs TCU

Week 3 · L 13-34

2

Havoc Plays

76.4 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.

#5

@ Wisconsin

Week 13 · L 24-45 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

70.8 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Purdue

10 primary output · 24.6 efficiency · 8.8 usage

60.1

#2

2018 Regular Season · Purdue

58.4

8.5 primary · 22.1 efficiency · 8.7 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Purdue

40

0 primary · 8.4 efficiency · 1.4 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

7

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games