Player Dossier

2024-2025

Syracuse

Maraad Watson

DL • 6'3" • 313 lbs • Irvington, NJ, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Maraad Watson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14 disruption score.

Usage Score

5

Efficiency

14

Consistency

6.7

Season Value

10.1

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason · Syracuse

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Syracuse • Texas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: San José State

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.

Maraad Watson, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason · Syracuse. Maraad Watson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Syracuse paired 3.5 primary output with 16.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 14 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 Syracuse, Texas.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: San José State

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Postseason · Texas

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

14

Usage

5

Consistency

6.7

Best Game by takeover score

Michigan

Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.

Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Michigan: 0. Ohio State: 0. San José State: 3. UTEP: 0. Sam Houston: 0. Florida: 0. Oklahoma: 0. Mississippi State: 1. Arkansas: 0. Texas A&M: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Ohio State: 1 by 4.2. San José State: 4 by 46.7. UTEP: 4 by 16.7. Sam Houston: 1 by 4.2. Florida: 4 by 16.7. Oklahoma: 2 by 8.3. Mississippi State: 4 by 26.7. Arkansas: 1 by 4.2. Texas A&M: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Wins0.5 · n=8 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · n=2 · -0.5 vs Wins
First Half0.6 · n=5 · +0.4 vs Second Half
Second Half0.2 · n=5 · -0.4 vs First Half

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

San José State

Best efficiency game

46.7 vs San José State

Result
Wed 12/31vs MichiganW 41-2722000
Sat 11/29vs Texas A&MW 27-1711000
Sat 11/22vs ArkansasW 52-3710000
Sat 10/25@ Mississippi StateW 45-38400.500.500
Sat 10/11vs OklahomaW 23-621000
Sat 10/4@ FloridaL 21-2940000
Sun 9/21vs Sam HoustonW 55-011000
Sat 9/13vs UTEPW 27-1040000
Sat 9/6vs San José StateW 38-7411.501.500
Sat 8/30@ Ohio StateL 7-1410000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Syracuse

    2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Texas

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

2024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 PostseasonSyracuse3.516.44.3
2024 Regular SeasonSyracuse3.516.44.30
2025 PostseasonTexas41450.5
2025 Regular SeasonTexas41450

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

San José State

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Primary metric

3 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

Unknown

2

Primary metric

Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 44.3 takeover score.

#3

UConn

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 23.5 takeover score.

#4

Mississippi State

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 21.7 takeover score.

#5

Georgia Tech

0.5

Primary metric

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 17.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Postseason · Syracuse

3.5 primary output · 16.4 efficiency · 4.3 usage

10.9

#2

2024 Regular Season · Syracuse

10.9

3.5 primary · 16.4 efficiency · 4.3 usage

#3

2025 Postseason · Texas

10.1

4 primary · 14 efficiency · 5 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2024 · Rating 0.86

Irvington · Irvington, NJ

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Career Facts

2

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

55

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 20 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

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Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DL
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
4
Career tackles
55