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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Memphis
Drue Watts
DB • 5'11" • 220 lbs • Palmdale, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Drue Watts shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 50.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Memphis
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Nevada • Memphis
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: South Florida
Player Story
Drue Watts built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Palmdale, CA wearing No. 7, spending time with Memphis and Nevada. The clearest part of Drue Watts' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Nevada
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Drue Watts, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Memphis. Drue Watts shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 50.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 245
- TFL
- 29
- Sacks
- 9
- QB hurries
- 12
- Passes defended
- 8
Quick Answers
Drue Watts quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Memphis · DB
- Career Tackles
- 245
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 44 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Memphis
- Top game
- South Florida
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Sierra Canyon · Nevada
- High school pipeline
- Sierra Canyon · 33 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 7 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 69 tackles · DB 56th (top 6%) · American Athletic 32nd (top 5%) · National 286th (top 5%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Nevada | 12 | 55 | 8 | 3 | 1 | - | 0 | 53.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Nevada | 12 | 56 | 5.5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 50.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Nevada | 9 | 65 | 4.5 | 1 | - | 3 | 0 | 54.7 |
| 2025 Postseason | Memphis | 11 | 7 | 1.5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 78.4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Memphis | 11 | 62 | 9.5 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 78.4 |
Related Context
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Drue Watts played DB for Nevada and Memphis. Across 4 tracked seasons, Drue Watts recorded 245 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Nevada.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Memphis paired 27 primary output with 50.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 50.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 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 Nevada, Memphis.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Florida
Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Memphis
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
2.5
Efficiency
50.2
Usage
15.6
Consistency
63.4
Best Game by takeover score
South Florida
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. NC State: 2.5. Chattanooga: 1. Georgia State: 3. Troy: 5. Arkansas: 2. Florida Atlantic: 1. Tulsa: 2. UAB: 0. South Florida: 5.5. East Carolina: 2. Navy: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. NC State: 7 by 54.2. Chattanooga: 3 by 22.5. Georgia State: 5 by 50.8. Troy: 6 by 75. Arkansas: 6 by 45. Florida Atlantic: 6 by 35. Tulsa: 6 by 45. UAB: 10 by 41.7. South Florida: 7 by 79.2. East Carolina: 4 by 36.7. Navy: 9 by 67.5
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2.8 · Games = 7 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses1.9 · Games = 4 · -0.9 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
South Florida
Best efficiency game
79.2 vs South Florida
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/19 | @ NC StateSplash game | L 7-31 | 7 | 4 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/28 | vs NavySplash game | L 17-28 | 9 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ East CarolinaSplash game | L 27-31 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs South FloridaSplash game | W 34-31 | 7 | 5 | — | 2.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ UAB10+ tackles | L 24-31 | 10 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/5 | vs TulsaSplash game | W 45-7 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Florida Atlantic | W 55-26 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs ArkansasSplash game | W 32-31 | 6 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ TroySplash game | W 28-7 | 6 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Georgia StateSplash game | W 38-16 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs Chattanooga | W 45-10 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Drue Watts story
Drue Watts built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Palmdale, CA wearing No. 7, spending time with Memphis and Nevada. The clearest part of Drue Watts' career was his defensive production: 245 tackles, 29 tackles for loss, 9 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 44 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Memphis. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Drue Watts' production has multiple signals. With 44 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Memphis and Nevada.
The arc is straightforward: Drue Watts 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Nevada
2022-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Memphis
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | Nevada | 13 | 29.9 | 9.2 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Nevada | 10.5 | 28.2 | 9.2 | -2.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Nevada | 9.5 | 40.2 | 9.9 | -1 |
| 2025 Postseason | Memphis | 27 | 50.2 | 15.6 | 17.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Memphis | 27 | 50.2 | 15.6 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 29 South Florida
Week 9 · W 34-31 · Conference game
Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5.5
Havoc Plays
93.1 takeover
5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 87 Troy
Week 3 · W 28-7
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Havoc Plays
88.6 takeover
Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.6 takeover score.
#3
vs SMU
Week 1 · L 24-29
2
Havoc Plays
85.8 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.
#4
@ Colorado State
Week 12 · L 20-30 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
84.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.
#5
vs San Diego State
Week 8 · L 7-23 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
83.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Memphis
27 primary output · 50.2 efficiency · 15.6 usage
78.4
#2
2025 Regular Season · Memphis
78.4
27 primary · 50.2 efficiency · 15.6 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Nevada
54.7
9.5 primary · 40.2 efficiency · 9.9 usage
Milestones
21
Impact games
19
Splash games
4
10+ tackle games
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