Player Dossier

2018-2021

Memphis

Kylan Watkins

RB • 5'11" • 170 lbs • Memphis, TN, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Kylan Watkins leans balanced backfield option traits and 25.2 efficiency.

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

12

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

3

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

20

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Memphis

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Memphis
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: South Alabama

Player Story

Kylan Watkins built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a running back from Memphis, TN wearing No. 11, spending time with Memphis. The clearest part of Kylan Watkins' career was his backfield work: 804...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.7533

Whitehaven · Memphis, TN

Committed To
Memphis
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Kylan Watkins, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Memphis. Kylan Watkins leans balanced backfield option traits and 25.2 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
1,011
Rushing yards
804
Receiving yards
207
Touchdowns
6

Quick Answers

Kylan Watkins quick answers

Latest team and position
Memphis · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
1,011
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 25 games
Best season
2020 Postseason · Memphis
Top game
South Alabama
Recruit profile
2-star · Whitehaven · Memphis
High school pipeline
Whitehaven · 38 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 11 · Junior
2021 Scrimmage yards rank
64 scrimmage yards · RB 492nd (top 73%) · American Athletic 133rd (top 62%) · National 1,639th (top 65%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonMemphis00000-
2019 Regular SeasonMemphis1036532540445.2
2020 PostseasonMemphis1134340062.6
2020 Regular SeasonMemphis11548394154262.6
2021 Regular SeasonMemphis4645113026.1

Related Context

Kylan Watkins played RB for Memphis. Across 4 tracked seasons, Kylan Watkins recorded 804 rushing yards, 207 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Memphis.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason

Memphis paired 582 primary output with 50.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 25.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Temple

Loss with 39 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · Memphis

Games

4

Scrimmage Yards / G

16

Efficiency

25.2

Usage

7.5

Consistency

46.9

Best Game by takeover score

Temple

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Temple: 39. Tulsa: 25. Navy: -4. UCF: 4

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. Temple: 7 by 58. Tulsa: 8 by 34.3. Navy: 2 by 0. UCF: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins-4 · Games = 1 · -26.7 vs Losses
Losses22.7 · Games = 3 · +26.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Temple

Best efficiency game

58 vs Temple

Result
Fri 10/22@ UCFL 7-241-1-10152
Thu 10/14vs NavyW 35-172-4-20-2
Sun 10/10@ TulsaL 29-355173.400383.1
Sat 10/2@ TempleL 31-347395.6005.6

Player Story

Kylan Watkins story

Kylan Watkins built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a running back from Memphis, TN wearing No. 11, spending time with Memphis. The clearest part of Kylan Watkins' career was his backfield work: 804 rushing yards, 157 carries, 4 rushing touchdowns, and 207 receiving yards across 25 career games in the available record. His career also includes 207 receiving yards and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Kylan Watkins' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Memphis

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20182019202020202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonMemphis0
2019 Regular SeasonMemphis36550.611.8365
2020 PostseasonMemphis58250.115.2217
2020 Regular SeasonMemphis58250.115.20
2021 Regular SeasonMemphis6425.27.5-518

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ South Alabama

Week 3 · W 42-6

Win with 131 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

131

Scrimmage Yards

84.5 takeover

131 scrimmage yards and 20.3 usage.

#2

vs Stephen F. Austin

Week 12 · W 56-14

100

Scrimmage Yards

75.9 takeover

Win with 100 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

100 scrimmage yards and 19.4 usage.

#3

vs UCF

Week 7 · W 50-49 · Conference game

114

Scrimmage Yards

75 takeover

Win with 114 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

114 scrimmage yards and 17.9 usage.

#4

vs South Florida

Week 10 · W 34-33 · Conference game

92

Scrimmage Yards

69.3 takeover

Win with 92 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

92 scrimmage yards and 27 usage.

#5

@ Temple

Week 5 · L 31-34 · Conference game

39

Scrimmage Yards

63.4 takeover

Loss with 39 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

39 scrimmage yards and 11.3 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Postseason · Memphis

582 primary output · 50.1 efficiency · 15.2 usage

62.6

#2

2020 Regular Season · Memphis

62.6

582 primary · 50.1 efficiency · 15.2 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Memphis

45.2

365 primary · 50.6 efficiency · 11.8 usage

Milestones

2

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games