Player Dossier

2022-2025

UAB

Tariq Watson

CB • 5'10" • 185 lbs • Gretna, LA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Tariq Watson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.8 disruption score.

Usage Score

1.3

Efficiency

8.8

Consistency

8.3

Season Value

8.4

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · Minnesota

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Minnesota • UAB
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Tariq Watson, CB. Best season Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season · Minnesota. Tariq Watson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.8 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Minnesota paired 0 primary output with 8.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 8.8 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 Minnesota, UAB.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: North Texas

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · UAB

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

8.8

Usage

1.3

Consistency

8.3

Best Game by takeover score

Tulsa

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. Navy: 0. Tennessee: 1. Memphis: 0. UConn: 0. North Texas: 1. South Florida: 0. Tulsa: 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. Unknown: 2 by 8.3. Navy: 1 by 4.2. Tennessee: 0 by 10. Memphis: 6 by 25. UConn: 1 by 4.2. North Texas: 0 by 10. South Florida: 1 by 4.2. Tulsa: 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 · Games = 2 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 5 · +0.4 vs Wins
First Half0.3 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 4 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

North Texas

Best efficiency game

25 vs Memphis

Result
Sat 11/29@ TulsaW 31-2410000
Sat 11/22vs South FloridaL 18-4810000
Sat 11/15vs North TexasL 24-5300001
Sat 11/1@ UConnL 19-3811000
Sat 10/18vs MemphisW 31-2464000
Sat 9/20@ TennesseeL 24-5600001
Sat 9/6@ NavyL 24-3810000
Fri 8/29vs Unknown22000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Minnesota

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    UAB

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

2022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonMinnesota08.32.4
2023 Regular SeasonMinnesota0.57.81.90.5
2024 Regular SeasonUAB212.221.5
2025 Regular SeasonUAB28.81.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Unknown

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.

#2

North Texas

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

#3

Tennessee

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

#4

Nebraska

0.5

Primary metric

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 22.7 takeover score.

#5

Memphis

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2022 Regular Season · Minnesota

0 primary output · 8.3 efficiency · 2.4 usage

36.9

#2

2024 Regular Season · UAB

10.2

2 primary · 12.2 efficiency · 2 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · UAB

8.4

2 primary · 8.8 efficiency · 1.3 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2026 · Rating 0.81

Zachary · Zachary, LA

Committed To
Southeastern Louisiana
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

Career Facts

2

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

28

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 18 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
CB
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
4
Career tackles
28