Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2024Florida
Desmond Watson
DL • 6'5" • 449 lbs • Plant City, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Desmond Watson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
32
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
35
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Florida
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Florida
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida State
Player Story
Desmond Watson built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Plant City, FL wearing No. 21, spending time with Florida. The clearest part of Desmond Watson's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Florida
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Desmond Watson, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Florida. Desmond Watson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 61
- TFL
- 3
- Sacks
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Desmond Watson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Florida · DL
- Career Tackles
- 61
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 32 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Florida
- Top game
- Florida State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Armwood · Florida
- High school pipeline
- Armwood · 65 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 20 tackles · DL 344th (top 34%) · SEC 253rd (top 35%) · National 2,009th (top 33%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Florida | 5 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 13.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Florida | 8 | 23 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 21.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Florida | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | 37.5 |
| 2024 Postseason | Florida | 11 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 20 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Florida | 11 | 19 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 20 |
Related Context
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Desmond Watson played DL for Florida. Across 4 tracked seasons, Desmond Watson recorded 1 rushing yards and 61 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Florida.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Florida paired 4 primary output with 10.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 9.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tulane
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Postseason · Florida
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
9.4
Usage
1.7
Consistency
6.1
Best Game by takeover score
Tulane
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tulane: 1. Miami: 0. Samford: 0. Texas A&M: 0. Mississippi State: 0. Tennessee: 1. Kentucky: 0. Georgia: 0. LSU: 0. Ole Miss: 0. Florida State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tulane: 1 by 14.2. Miami: 3 by 12.5. Samford: 2 by 8.3. Texas A&M: 2 by 8.3. Mississippi State: 1 by 4.2. Tennessee: 0 by 10. Kentucky: 3 by 12.5. Georgia: 1 by 4.2. LSU: 4 by 16.7. Ole Miss: 2 by 8.3. Florida State: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.1 · Games = 7 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · +0.1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Tulane
Best efficiency game
16.7 vs LSU
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/20 | vs Tulane | W 33-8 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 12/1 | @ Florida State | W 31-11 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | vs Ole Miss | W 24-17 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | vs LSU | W 27-16 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | @ Georgia | L 20-34 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Kentucky | W 48-20 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Tennessee | L 17-23 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ Mississippi State | W 45-28 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Texas A&M | L 20-33 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Samford | W 45-7 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Miami | L 17-41 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Desmond Watson story
Desmond Watson built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Plant City, FL wearing No. 21, spending time with Florida. The clearest part of Desmond Watson's career was his defensive production: 61 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 32 career games in the available record. His career also includes 1 rushing yard, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Desmond Watson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Florida
2021-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Florida | 1 | 7.9 | 1.9 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Florida | 1.5 | 13.9 | 3.1 | 0.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Florida | 4 | 10.7 | 3.2 | 2.5 |
| 2024 Postseason | Florida | 2 | 9.4 | 1.7 | -2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Florida | 2 | 9.4 | 1.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Florida State
Week 13 · L 15-24
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
65.5 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.5 takeover score.
#2
vs South Florida
Week 3 · W 31-28
1
Havoc Plays
61.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Tulane
Week 1 · W 33-8 · Postseason
1
Havoc Plays
56.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.7 takeover score.
#4
@ South Florida
Week 2 · W 42-20
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Havoc Plays
52.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.5 takeover score.
#5
vs Tennessee
Week 3 · W 29-16 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
43.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Florida
4 primary output · 10.7 efficiency · 3.2 usage
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#2
2022 Regular Season · Florida
21.3
1.5 primary · 13.9 efficiency · 3.1 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Florida
20
2 primary · 9.4 efficiency · 1.7 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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