Player Dossier

2024-2025

Sam Houston

Hunter Watson

QB • 6'3" • 210 lbs • Celina, TX, USA

Pass-first distributorVolume operator

Hunter Watson is a pass-first distributor with 34.7 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

45%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

39

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

44

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

43

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Sam Houston

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Snapshot

Career Teams
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Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Sam Houston
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky

Player Story

Hunter Watson built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a quarterback from Celina, TX wearing No. 10, spending time with Sam Houston. The clearest part of Hunter Watson's career was his passing role: 2,919...

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Hunter Watson, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Sam Houston. Hunter Watson is a pass-first distributor with 34.7 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
3,842
Passing yards
2,919
Rushing yards
923
Touchdowns
28

Quick Answers

Hunter Watson quick answers

Latest team and position
Sam Houston · QB
Career Total Offense
3,842
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 19 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Sam Houston
Top game
Western Kentucky
Latest roster
No. 10 · Senior
2025 Total offense rank
1,384 total offense · QB 129th (top 31%) · Conference USA 14th (top 11%) · National 135th (top 9%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2024 PostseasonSam Houston1223721324380.2
2024 Regular SeasonSam Houston122,2211,5986231880.2
2025 Regular SeasonSam Houston71,3841,108276767.6

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Sam Houston to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted22.2Jan 8, 2026

Hunter Watson played QB for Sam Houston. Across 2 tracked seasons, Hunter Watson recorded 2,919 passing yards, 923 rushing yards, and 28 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Sam Houston.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Sam Houston paired 2,458 primary output with 60.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 58.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky

Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston

Games

7

Primary Metric / G

197.7

Efficiency

58.9

Usage

34.7

Consistency

77.9

Best Game by takeover score

Western Kentucky

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UNLV: 118. Western Kentucky: 300. Texas: 118. New Mexico State: 238. Jacksonville State: 188. UTEP: 164. Louisiana Tech: 258

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. UNLV: 32 by 51.3. Western Kentucky: 44 by 68.3. Texas: 40 by 46.5. New Mexico State: 43 by 56.3. Jacksonville State: 32 by 65.7. UTEP: 23 by 61.6. Louisiana Tech: 42 by 62.8

Split Comparison

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

First Half193.5 · Games = 4 · -9.8 vs Second Half
Second Half203.3 · Games = 3 · +9.8 vs First Half

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

Western Kentucky

Best efficiency game

68.3 vs Western Kentucky

Result
Sat 11/1@ Louisiana TechDual-threatL 14-55143319342.40162.89657.20025
Wed 10/15vs UTEPL 17-35131916168.41061.6430.8007
Fri 10/10vs Jacksonville State3+ TD · Dual-threatL 27-29121913663.23065.713524037
Fri 10/3@ New Mexico StateL 10-37223422264.71156.39161.80012
Sun 9/21@ TexasL 0-5513258652.00146.515322.10012
Sat 8/30vs UNLVL 21-38112210150.00051.310171.70111
Sat 8/23@ Western KentuckyDual-threatL 24-41193020963.30168.314916.50155

Player Story

Hunter Watson story

Hunter Watson built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a quarterback from Celina, TX wearing No. 10, spending time with Sam Houston. The clearest part of Hunter Watson's career was his passing role: 2,919 passing yards, 17 touchdown passes, 463 attempts, and 923 rushing yards across 19 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Sam Houston. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 923 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 19 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Sam Houston.

The arc is straightforward: Hunter Watson 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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    Sam Houston

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 PostseasonSam Houston2,45860.633.1
2024 Regular SeasonSam Houston2,45860.633.10
2025 Regular SeasonSam Houston1,38458.934.7-1,074

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 69 Western Kentucky

Week 1 · L 24-41 · Conference game

Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

300

Total Offense

89.4 takeover

300 total offense with 68.3 efficiency.

#2

vs Georgia Southern

Week 1 · W 31-26 · Postseason

237

Total Offense

82.7 takeover

Win with 237 yards of offense and 65.1 efficiency.

237 total offense with 65.1 efficiency.

#3

@ Rice

Week 1 · W 34-14

286

Total Offense

78.4 takeover

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

286 total offense with 67.7 efficiency.

#4

vs Texas State

Week 5 · W 40-39

200

Total Offense

76.1 takeover

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

200 total offense with 58.3 efficiency.

#5

@ Jacksonville State

Week 13 · L 11-21 · Conference game

189

Total Offense

74.5 takeover

Loss with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

189 total offense with 57.5 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Sam Houston

2,458 primary output · 60.6 efficiency · 33.1 usage

80.2

#2

2024 Regular Season · Sam Houston

80.2

2,458 primary · 60.6 efficiency · 33.1 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Sam Houston

67.6

1,384 primary · 58.9 efficiency · 34.7 usage

Milestones

0

250+ passing yards

1

300+ total offense

3

3+ TD games

10

Above avg efficiency