Player Dossier

2024-2025

Purdue

Jesse Watson

WR • 5'9" • 172 lbs • St. Louis, MO, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Jesse Watson reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

4%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

24

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

22

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

33

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Purdue

2425

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Purdue
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame

Player Story

Jesse Watson built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a wide receiver from St. Louis, MO wearing No. 10, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Jesse Watson's career was his receiving role: 9...

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Jesse Watson, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Purdue. Jesse Watson reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
96
Receptions
9
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Jesse Watson quick answers

Latest team and position
Purdue · WR
Career Receiving Yards
96
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 7 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Purdue
Top game
Notre Dame
High school pipeline
East St. Louis · 40 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 10 · Freshman
2025 Receiving yards rank
80 receiving yards · WR 697th (top 64%) · Big Ten 142nd (top 51%) · National 1,121st (top 51%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2024 Regular SeasonPurdue1116057.8
2025 Regular SeasonPurdue6880259.9

Related Context

Jesse Watson played WR for Purdue. Across 2 tracked seasons, Jesse Watson recorded 96 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Purdue.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Purdue paired 80 primary output with 60 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 60 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. 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 · Purdue

Games

6

Receiving Yards / G

13.3

Efficiency

60

Usage

7.3

Consistency

55.3

Best Game by takeover score

Notre Dame

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Southern Illinois: 5. USC: 20. Notre Dame: 28. Northwestern: 14. Ohio State: 7. Indiana: 6

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. Southern Illinois: 1 by 33.3. USC: 1 by 100. Notre Dame: 2 by 93.3. Northwestern: 2 by 46.7. Ohio State: 1 by 46.7. Indiana: 1 by 40

Split Comparison

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

Wins5 · Games = 1 · -10 vs Losses
Losses15 · Games = 5 · +10 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Notre Dame

Best efficiency game

100 vs USC

Result
Sat 11/29vs IndianaL 3-56166606
Sat 11/8vs Ohio StateL 10-34177717
Sat 10/18@ NorthwesternL 0-192147708
Sat 9/20@ Notre DameL 30-562281414124
Sat 9/13vs USCL 17-331202020020
Sat 9/6vs Southern IllinoisW 34-17155505

Player Story

Jesse Watson story

Jesse Watson built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a wide receiver from St. Louis, MO wearing No. 10, spending time with Purdue. The clearest part of Jesse Watson's career was his receiving role: 9 catches, 96 receiving yards, and 2 touchdowns across 7 career games in the available record. That gives Jesse Watson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

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    Purdue

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonPurdue161003.3
2025 Regular SeasonPurdue80607.364

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 5 Notre Dame

Week 4 · L 30-56 · Ranked opponent

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

28

Receiving Yards

73.3 takeover

28 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.

#2

vs Indiana State

Week 1 · W 49-0

16

Receiving Yards

70.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

16 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs No. 16 USC

Week 3 · L 17-33 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

20

Receiving Yards

61.8 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

20 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ No. 51 Northwestern

Week 8 · L 0-19 · Conference game

14

Receiving Yards

46.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

14 receiving yards with a 46.7 efficiency score.

#5

vs No. 2 Ohio State

Week 11 · L 10-34 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

7

Receiving Yards

32.5 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

7 receiving yards with a 46.7 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Purdue

80 primary output · 60 efficiency · 7.3 usage

59.9

#2

2024 Regular Season · Purdue

57.8

16 primary · 100 efficiency · 3.3 usage

Milestones

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100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games