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 Score

7.3

Efficiency

60

Consistency

55.3

Season Value

54.7

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Purdue

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
2
Program Path
Purdue
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.

Jesse Watson, WR. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Purdue. Jesse Watson reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

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: 2024 Regular Season

Purdue paired 16 primary output with 100 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

Indiana

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 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. Unknown: 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.

Losses15 · Games = 5
First Half17.7 · Games = 3 · +8.7 vs Second Half
Second Half9 · Games = 3 · -8.7 vs First Half
All Games13.3 · Games = 6

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 Unknown155505

Career Arc

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

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    Purdue

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

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

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Unknown

Game with an explosive receiving profile.

16

Primary metric

16 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

Notre Dame

28

Primary metric

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

28 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.

#3

USC

20

Primary metric

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

20 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

Northwestern

14

Primary metric

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

14 receiving yards with a 46.7 efficiency score.

#5

Ohio State

7

Primary metric

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

7 receiving yards with a 46.7 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Regular Season · Purdue

16 primary output · 100 efficiency · 3.3 usage

55.6

#2

2025 Regular Season · Purdue

54.7

80 primary · 60 efficiency · 7.3 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8597

East St. Louis · East St. Louis, IL

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Career Facts

1

Career teams

2

Seasons tracked

96

Career Receiving Yards

Data Context

Coverage spans 2 tracked seasons, 7 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.