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 17.4 disruption score.

Usage Score

1.4

Efficiency

8.4

Consistency

100

Season Value

36.6

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season · Purdue

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Purdue • Marshall
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Anthony Watts, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season · Purdue. Anthony Watts shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.4 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Purdue paired 0 primary output with 8.4 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.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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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

Rutgers

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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

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. 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.

Losses0 · Games = 2
First Half0 · Games = 2
All Games0 · Games = 3

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

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 Progression

201720182019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonPurdue04.20.9
2018 Regular SeasonPurdue7.521.28.17.5
2019 Regular SeasonPurdue923.691.5
2020 Regular SeasonPurdue08.41.4-9
2021 Regular SeasonPurdue00
2022 Regular SeasonMarshall517.43.95

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Ohio State

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.4 takeover score.

#2

Vanderbilt

2.5

Primary metric

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 55.1 takeover score.

#3

Missouri

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 51.4 takeover score.

#4

TCU

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.7 takeover score.

#5

James Madison

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2020 Regular Season · Purdue

0 primary output · 8.4 efficiency · 1.4 usage

36.6

#2

2017 Regular Season · Purdue

35

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Purdue

25

9 primary · 23.6 efficiency · 9 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2016 · Rating 0.8103

Yates · Houston, TX

Committed To
Purdue
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Career Facts

2

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

114

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 36 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Anthony Watts quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DL
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
6
Career tackles
114