Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2010-2011Utah State
Dontel Watkins
WR • 6'2" • Nashville, TN, USA
Reliable chain-moverPossession profile
Dontel Watkins reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
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Solid production for a receiver
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Reliability
53
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
59
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Utah State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Utah State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i
Player Story
Dontel Watkins built his college career from 2010 through 2011 as a wide receiver from Nashville, TN wearing No. 12, spending time with Utah State. The clearest part of Dontel Watkins' career was his receiving role:...
Read the storyDontel Watkins, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Utah State. Dontel Watkins reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 492
- Receptions
- 42
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Dontel Watkins quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Utah State · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 492
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2010 Regular Season · Utah State
- Top game
- Hawai'i
- Latest roster
- No. 12 · Class 2011
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | Utah State | 11 | 42 | 492 | 4 | 82.7 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Utah State | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Dontel Watkins played WR for Utah State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Dontel Watkins recorded 26 rushing yards, 492 receiving yards, and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2010 with Utah State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season
Utah State paired 492 primary output with 69.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2010 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 69.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2011 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 80th percentile of the selected season.
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2010 Regular Season · Utah State
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
44.7
Efficiency
69.6
Usage
27.8
Consistency
68.5
Best Game by takeover score
Hawai'i
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Oklahoma: 91. Idaho State: 48. Fresno State: 52. San Diego State: 51. BYU: 28. Louisiana Tech: 12. Hawai'i: 59. Nevada: 82. New Mexico State: 0. San José State: 37. Idaho: 32
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. Oklahoma: 3 by 100. Idaho State: 6 by 53.3. Fresno State: 4 by 86.7. San Diego State: 5 by 68. BYU: 3 by 62.2. Louisiana Tech: 4 by 20. Hawai'i: 3 by 100. Nevada: 6 by 91.1. San José State: 4 by 61.7. Idaho: 4 by 53.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins28.3 · Games = 4 · -25.9 vs Losses
Losses54.1 · Games = 7 · +25.9 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Hawai'i
Best efficiency game
100 vs Hawai'i
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/20 | vs Idaho | L 6-28 | — | 4 | 32 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
| Sun 11/14 | @ San José State | W 38-34 | — | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 9.30 | 1 | 20 |
| Sat 11/6 | vs New Mexico State | W 27-22 | — | — | — | 14 | — | — | — |
| Sun 10/31 | @ Nevada | L 42-56 | — | 6 | 82 | 12.1 | 13.70 | 1 | 19 |
| Sat 10/23 | vs Hawai'i | L 7-45 | — | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 19.70 | 0 | 34 |
| Sat 10/9 | @ Louisiana Tech | L 6-24 | — | 4 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 10/2 | vs BYU | W 31-16 | — | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 9.30 | 0 | 16 |
| Sun 9/26 | @ San Diego State | L 7-41 | — | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 10.20 | 0 | 25 |
| Sun 9/19 | vs Fresno State | L 24-41 | — | 4 | 52 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 26 |
| Sun 9/12 | vs Idaho State | W 38-17 | — | 6 | 48 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| Sat 9/4 | @ Oklahoma | L 24-31 | — | 3 | 91 | 30.3 | 30.30 | 1 | 42 |
Player Story
Dontel Watkins story
Dontel Watkins built his college career from 2010 through 2011 as a wide receiver from Nashville, TN wearing No. 12, spending time with Utah State. The clearest part of Dontel Watkins' career was his receiving role: 42 catches, 492 receiving yards, 4 touchdowns, and 26 rushing yards across 12 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2010 with Utah State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 26 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 12 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Utah State.
The arc is straightforward: Dontel Watkins 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
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Utah State
2010-2011
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20102011
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | Utah State | 492 | 69.6 | 27.8 | — |
| 2011 Regular Season | Utah State | 0 | — | — | -492 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Hawai'i
Week 8 · L 7-45 · Conference game
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
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Receiving Yards
88.3 takeover
59 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ Nevada
Week 9 · L 42-56 · Conference game
82
Receiving Yards
88.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
82 receiving yards with a 91.1 efficiency score.
#3
@ Oklahoma
Week 1 · L 24-31
91
Receiving Yards
86.2 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
91 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
vs Fresno State
Week 3 · L 24-41 · Conference game
52
Receiving Yards
81.3 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
52 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.
#5
@ Florida State
Week 1
25
Receiving Yards
77.8 takeover
Game with an explosive receiving profile.
25 receiving yards with a 55.6 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2010 Regular Season · Utah State
492 primary output · 69.6 efficiency · 27.8 usage
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#2
2011 Regular Season · Utah State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
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8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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