Player Dossier

2017-2019

Southern Miss

Quez Watkins

WR • 6'2" • 190 lbs • Athens, AL, USA

Alpha targetExplosive finisher

Quez Watkins reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

53%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a receiver

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

89

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Southern Miss

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Snapshot

Career Teams
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Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Southern Miss
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Jackson State

Player Story

Quez Watkins built his college career from 2017 through 2019 as a wide receiver from Athens, AL wearing No. 16, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Quez Watkins' career was his receiving role: 160...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.7926

Athens · Athens, AL

Committed To
Southern Miss
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2020
Selection
Round 6 · Pick 21
Overall
No. 200
NFL Team
Philadelphia Eagles

Quez Watkins, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Southern Miss. Quez Watkins reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
2,411
Receptions
160
Touchdowns
19

Quick Answers

Quez Watkins quick answers

Latest team and position
Southern Miss · WR
Career Receiving Yards
2,411
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 34 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · Southern Miss
Top game
Jackson State
Recruit profile
2-star · Athens · Southern Miss
High school pipeline
Athens · 9 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2020 · Round 6 · Pick 21 · Philadelphia Eagles
Latest roster
No. 16 · Junior
2019 Receiving yards rank
1,178 receiving yards · WR 17th (top 2%) · Conference USA 1st (top 1%) · National 17th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss1123337244.2
2018 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss11738961180.9
2019 PostseasonSouthern Miss129154183.4
2019 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss12551,024583.4

Related Context

Quez Watkins played WR for Southern Miss. Across 3 tracked seasons, Quez Watkins recorded 12 rushing yards, 2,411 receiving yards, and 5 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Southern Miss.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

Southern Miss paired 1,178 primary output with 84.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 84.7 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: North Texas

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 90.9th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2019 Postseason · Southern Miss

Games

12

Receiving Yards / G

98.2

Efficiency

84.7

Usage

25.1

Consistency

65.3

Best Game by takeover score

North Texas

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Tulane: 154. Alcorn State: 0. Troy: 209. Alabama: 24. UTEP: 97. North Texas: 198. Louisiana Tech: 102. Rice: 67. UAB: 87. UTSA: 137. Western Kentucky: 90. Florida Atlantic: 13

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. Tulane: 9 by 100. Troy: 7 by 100. Alabama: 3 by 53.3. UTEP: 2 by 100. North Texas: 8 by 100. Louisiana Tech: 6 by 100. Rice: 6 by 74.4. UAB: 5 by 100. UTSA: 7 by 100. Western Kentucky: 8 by 75. Florida Atlantic: 3 by 28.9

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins113.6 · Games = 7 · +37.0 vs Losses
Losses76.6 · Games = 5 · -37.0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

North Texas

Best efficiency game

100 vs Tulane

Result
Sat 1/4@ Tulane100 receiving yards · High volumeL 13-30915417.117.10144
Sat 11/30@ Florida AtlanticL 17-343134.34.30010
Sat 11/23vs Western KentuckyHigh volumeL 10-2889011.311.30028
Sat 11/16@ UTSA100 receiving yardsW 36-17713719.619.60177
Sat 11/9vs UABW 37-258717.417.40137
Sat 10/26@ RiceW 20-666711.211.20031
Sat 10/19@ Louisiana Tech100 receiving yardsL 30-4561021717031
Sat 10/12vs North Texas100 receiving yards · High volumeW 45-27819824.824.80172
Sat 9/28vs UTEPW 31-1329748.548.50061
Sat 9/21@ AlabamaL 7-493246.38017
Sat 9/14@ Troy100 receiving yards · 2+ TDW 47-42720929.929.90264
Sat 8/31vs Alcorn StateW 38-10

Player Story

Quez Watkins story

Quez Watkins built his college career from 2017 through 2019 as a wide receiver from Athens, AL wearing No. 16, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Quez Watkins' career was his receiving role: 160 catches, 2,411 receiving yards, 17 touchdowns, and 12 rushing yards across 34 career games in the available record. His career also includes 12 rushing yards, 5 tackles, and 543 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Quez Watkins' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Southern Miss

    2017-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820192019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss33775.213.7
2018 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss89678.928.1559
2019 PostseasonSouthern Miss1,17884.725.1282
2019 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss1,17884.725.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Jackson State

Week 1 · W 55-7

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

138

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

138 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs North Texas

Week 7 · W 45-27 · Conference game

198

Receiving Yards

95.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

198 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Troy

Week 3 · W 47-42

209

Receiving Yards

93.4 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

209 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ UAB

Week 11 · L 23-26 · Conference game

109

Receiving Yards

93 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

109 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ UTSA

Week 6 · W 31-29 · Conference game

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Receiving Yards

91.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

78 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · Southern Miss

1,178 primary output · 84.7 efficiency · 25.1 usage

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#2

2019 Regular Season · Southern Miss

83.4

1,178 primary · 84.7 efficiency · 25.1 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Southern Miss

80.9

896 primary · 78.9 efficiency · 28.1 usage

Milestones

10

100+ receiving yards

6

8+ catch outings

2

2+ TD games