Player Dossier

2022-2025

Louisville

Antonio Watts

LB • 6'2" • 225 lbs • Columbus, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Antonio Watts shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35 disruption score.

Usage / Role

61%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

83

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 Regular Season · Louisville

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Louisville
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

Player Story

Antonio Watts built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Columbus, GA wearing No. 9, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of Antonio Watts' career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8359

Carver · Columbus, GA

Committed To
Louisville
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Antonio Watts, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Louisville. Antonio Watts shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
120
TFL
17.5
Sacks
3.5
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
6

Quick Answers

Antonio Watts quick answers

Latest team and position
Louisville · LB
Career Tackles
120
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 34 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Louisville
Top game
Virginia
Recruit profile
3-star · Carver · Louisville
High school pipeline
Carver · 40 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 9 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
42 tackles · LB 353rd (top 28%) · ACC 106th (top 14%) · National 837th (top 14%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonLouisville00-0--0-
2023 PostseasonLouisville112-0--034.3
2023 Regular SeasonLouisville1125412-034.3
2024 PostseasonLouisville1340.50--043.5
2024 Regular SeasonLouisville134760-3043.5
2025 Regular SeasonLouisville104272.523072.6

Related Context

Antonio Watts played LB for Louisville. Across 4 tracked seasons, Antonio Watts recorded 120 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Louisville.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Louisville paired 17.5 primary output with 35 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 35 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2025 Regular Season · Louisville

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

1.8

Efficiency

35

Usage

12.7

Consistency

55.5

Best Game by takeover score

Virginia

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Eastern Kentucky: 1. James Madison: 3. Bowling Green: 1. Pittsburgh: 2. Virginia: 4.5. Miami: 2. Boston College: 0. Virginia Tech: 1. California: 1. Clemson: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Eastern Kentucky: 2 by 18.3. James Madison: 5 by 50.8. Bowling Green: 2 by 18.3. Pittsburgh: 4 by 36.7. Virginia: 6 by 70. Miami: 3 by 32.5. Boston College: 5 by 20.8. Virginia Tech: 3 by 22.5. California: 5 by 30.8. Clemson: 7 by 49.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.4 · Games = 7 · -1.1 vs Losses
Losses2.5 · Games = 3 · +1.1 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

Virginia

Best efficiency game

70 vs Virginia

Result
Sat 11/15vs ClemsonSplash gameL 19-2074100
Sun 11/9vs CaliforniaL 26-2954100
Sat 11/1@ Virginia TechW 28-1630001
Sat 10/25vs Boston CollegeW 38-2452000
Fri 10/17@ MiamiSplash gameW 24-21321010
Sat 10/4vs VirginiaSplash gameL 27-30632.5011
Sat 9/27@ PittsburghSplash gameW 34-27410.500.5010
Sat 9/20vs Bowling GreenW 40-17220010
Fri 9/5vs James MadisonSplash gameW 28-1453111
Sat 8/30vs Eastern KentuckyW 51-1721000

Player Story

Antonio Watts story

Antonio Watts built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Columbus, GA wearing No. 9, spending time with Louisville. The clearest part of Antonio Watts' career was his defensive production: 120 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 34 career games in the available record. That gives Antonio Watts' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Louisville

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202220232023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonLouisville0
2023 PostseasonLouisville716.65.17
2023 Regular SeasonLouisville716.65.10
2024 PostseasonLouisville9.523.65.22.5
2024 Regular SeasonLouisville9.523.65.20
2025 Regular SeasonLouisville17.53512.78

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 31 Virginia

Week 6 · L 27-30 · Conference game

Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5

Havoc Plays

90 takeover

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.

#2

vs Virginia

Week 11 · W 31-24 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

77.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 77.8 takeover score.

#3

@ Boston College

Week 9 · W 31-27 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

68.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 27 James Madison

Week 2 · W 28-14

3

Havoc Plays

65.6 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 65.6 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 34 Clemson

Week 12 · L 19-20 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

64.5 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Louisville

17.5 primary output · 35 efficiency · 12.7 usage

72.6

#2

2024 Postseason · Louisville

43.5

9.5 primary · 23.6 efficiency · 5.2 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Louisville

43.5

9.5 primary · 23.6 efficiency · 5.2 usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

8

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games