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Player Dossier
2017-2020UAB
Austin Watkins
WR • 6'3" • 210 lbs • Fort Myers, FL, USA
Alpha targetExplosive finisher
Austin Watkins reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
66
Solid production for a receiver
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Reliability
60
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
72
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · UAB
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- UAB
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UTSA
Player Story
Austin Watkins built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a wide receiver from Fort Myers, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with UAB. The clearest part of Austin Watkins' career was his receiving role: 91...
Read the storyAustin Watkins, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · UAB. Austin Watkins reads as a alpha target based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 1,580
- Receptions
- 91
- Touchdowns
- 8
Quick Answers
Austin Watkins quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UAB · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 1,580
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 25 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · UAB
- Top game
- UTSA
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Senior
- 2020 Receiving yards rank
- 411 receiving yards · WR 145th (top 17%) · Conference USA 13th (top 8%) · National 166th (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | UAB | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | UAB | 5 | 8 | 77 | 0 | 37.6 |
| 2019 Postseason | UAB | 14 | 10 | 159 | 1 | 88.8 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UAB | 14 | 47 | 933 | 5 | 88.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UAB | 6 | 26 | 411 | 2 | 63.7 |
Related Context
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Austin Watkins played WR for UAB. Across 4 tracked seasons, Austin Watkins recorded -1 rushing yards, 1,580 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with UAB.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
UAB paired 1,092 primary output with 91.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 79.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Alabama
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · UAB
Games
6
Receiving Yards / G
68.5
Efficiency
79.4
Usage
27.3
Consistency
46.5
Best Game by takeover score
South Alabama
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Central Arkansas: 72. Miami: 32. South Alabama: 183. UTSA: 12. Louisiana: 17. Louisiana Tech: 95
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. Central Arkansas: 7 by 68.6. Miami: 3 by 71.1. South Alabama: 7 by 100. UTSA: 1 by 80. Louisiana: 2 by 56.7. Louisiana Tech: 6 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins89 · Games = 3 · +41 vs Losses
Losses48 · Games = 3 · -41 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
6 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
South Alabama
Best efficiency game
100 vs Louisiana Tech
Player Story
Austin Watkins story
Austin Watkins built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a wide receiver from Fort Myers, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with UAB. The clearest part of Austin Watkins' career was his receiving role: 91 catches, 1,580 receiving yards, and 8 touchdowns across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with UAB. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 2 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UAB.
The arc is straightforward: Austin Watkins moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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UAB
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20172018201920192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | UAB | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | UAB | 77 | 48.7 | 12.4 | 77 |
| 2019 Postseason | UAB | 1,092 | 91.6 | 29.5 | 1,015 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UAB | 1,092 | 91.6 | 29.5 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UAB | 411 | 79.4 | 27.3 | -681 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UTSA
Week 7 · W 33-14 · Conference game
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
167
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
167 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ South Alabama
Week 4 · W 42-10
183
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
183 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs App State
Week 1 · L 17-31 · Postseason
159
Receiving Yards
98.4 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
159 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Old Dominion
Week 8 · W 38-14 · Conference game
121
Receiving Yards
90.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
121 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ Coastal Carolina
Week 2 · L 24-47
40
Receiving Yards
85.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
40 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · UAB
1,092 primary output · 91.6 efficiency · 29.5 usage
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#2
2019 Regular Season · UAB
88.8
1,092 primary · 91.6 efficiency · 29.5 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · UAB
63.7
411 primary · 79.4 efficiency · 27.3 usage
Milestones
4
100+ receiving yards
1
8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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