Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Mississippi State paired 33 primary output with 66.9 efficiency.
Player Stats
Nathaniel Watson College Stats
Career production, season-by-season totals, and the selected-season workbench are grouped here for stat-first searches.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 373
- TFL
- 35
- Sacks
- 21
- QB hurries
- 12
- Passes defended
- 4
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.1 |
| 2019 Postseason | Mississippi State | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.8 |
| 2020 Postseason | Mississippi State | 10 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 22.4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 10 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22.4 |
| 2021 Postseason | Mississippi State | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 58.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 12 | 77 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 58.5 |
| 2022 Postseason | Mississippi State | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 69.2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 13 | 108 | 11 | 5 | 2 | - | 0 | 69.2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Mississippi State | 12 | 137 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 81.5 |
Player insights
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 66.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2023 Regular Season · Mississippi State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
2.8
Efficiency
66.9
Usage
19.2
Consistency
59
Best Game by takeover score
Western Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. SE Louisiana: 5. Arizona: 3.5. LSU: 1. South Carolina: 2. Alabama: 1.5. Western Michigan: 6. Arkansas: 4. Auburn: 1. Kentucky: 2. Texas A&M: 2. Southern Miss: 2.5. Ole Miss: 2.5
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. SE Louisiana: 8 by 83.3. Arizona: 10 by 76.7. LSU: 13 by 60. South Carolina: 5 by 40.8. Alabama: 12 by 65. Western Michigan: 9 by 87.5. Arkansas: 14 by 90. Auburn: 9 by 47.5. Kentucky: 7 by 49.2. Texas A&M: 8 by 53.3. Southern Miss: 21 by 75. Ole Miss: 21 by 75
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins4.2 · Games = 5 · +2.5 vs Losses
Losses1.7 · Games = 7 · -2.5 vs Wins
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