Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2023Texas
Ryan Watts
DB • 6'3" • 213 lbs • Little Elm, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ryan Watts shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
42
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
45
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Texas
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Ohio State • Texas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: TCU
Player Story
Ryan Watts built his college career from 2020 through 2023 as a defensive back from Little Elm, TX wearing No. 6, spending time with Ohio State and Texas. The clearest part of Ryan Watts' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Ohio State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2024
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 19
- Overall
- No. 195
- NFL Team
- Pittsburgh Steelers
Ryan Watts, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Texas. Ryan Watts shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 99
- TFL
- 5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 6
Quick Answers
Ryan Watts quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas · DB
- Career Tackles
- 99
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Texas
- Top game
- TCU
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Little Elm · Ohio State
- High school pipeline
- Pell City · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2024 · Round 6 · Pick 19 · Pittsburgh Steelers
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 37 tackles · DB 239th (top 25%) · Big 12 103rd (top 16%) · National 1,026th (top 18%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Ohio State | 3 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Ohio State | 3 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Texas | 12 | 51 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 54.7 |
| 2023 Postseason | Texas | 10 | 6 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 24.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Texas | 10 | 31 | 1 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | 24.3 |
Related Context
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Ryan Watts played DB for Ohio State and Texas. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ryan Watts recorded 99 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Texas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Texas paired 10 primary output with 26 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 19.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Ohio State, Texas.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Alabama
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2023 Postseason · Texas
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
19.4
Usage
3.4
Consistency
10
Best Game by takeover score
Alabama
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Washington: 0. Alabama: 2. Wyoming: 0. Baylor: 0. Kansas: 0. BYU: 1. Kansas State: 1. TCU: 0. Iowa State: 0. Texas Tech: 0
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. Washington: 6 by 25. Alabama: 4 by 36.7. Wyoming: 6 by 25. Baylor: 4 by 16.7. Kansas: 2 by 8.3. BYU: 0 by 10. Kansas State: 8 by 43.3. TCU: 4 by 16.7. Iowa State: 2 by 8.3. Texas Tech: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.4 · Games = 9 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Alabama
Best efficiency game
43.3 vs Kansas State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1/2 | @ Washington | L 31-37 | 6 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/25 | vs Texas Tech | W 57-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/19 | @ Iowa State | W 26-16 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/12 | @ TCU | W 29-26 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | vs Kansas State | W 33-30 | 8 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs BYU | W 35-6 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Kansas | W 40-14 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | @ Baylor | W 38-6 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/17 | vs Wyoming | W 31-10 | 6 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ AlabamaSplash game | W 34-24 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Ryan Watts story
Ryan Watts built his college career from 2020 through 2023 as a defensive back from Little Elm, TX wearing No. 6, spending time with Ohio State and Texas. The clearest part of Ryan Watts' career was his defensive production: 99 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 3 interceptions across 28 career games in the available record. That gives Ryan Watts' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Ohio State
2020-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Texas
2022-2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20202021202220232023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | 7 | 1.2 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Ohio State | 2 | 15 | 5.6 | 2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Texas | 10 | 26 | 4.8 | 8 |
| 2023 Postseason | Texas | 4 | 19.4 | 3.4 | -6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Texas | 4 | 19.4 | 3.4 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs TCU
Week 11 · L 10-17 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
80.8 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Rutgers
Week 5 · W 52-13 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
69.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 69.7 takeover score.
#3
@ Alabama
Week 2 · W 34-24
2
Havoc Plays
63.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.
#4
@ Kansas State
Week 10 · W 34-27 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
51.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.1 takeover score.
#5
vs Maryland
Week 6 · W 66-17 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
49.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Texas
10 primary output · 26 efficiency · 4.8 usage
54.7
#2
2020 Regular Season · Ohio State
39.1
0 primary · 7 efficiency · 1.2 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Ohio State
36.7
2 primary · 15 efficiency · 5.6 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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