Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016Bowling Green
Will Watson
DB • 6'0" • Tampa, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Will Watson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
59
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
63
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
61
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Bowling Green
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Bowling Green
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)
Player Story
Will Watson built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a defensive back from Tampa, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with Bowling Green. The clearest part of Will Watson's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Bowling Green
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Will Watson, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Bowling Green. Will Watson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 22
- TFL
- 0.5
- Passes defended
- 4
Quick Answers
Will Watson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Bowling Green · DB
- Career Tackles
- 22
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 6 games
- Best season
- 2012 Regular Season · Bowling Green
- Top game
- Miami (OH)
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Jefferson · Bowling Green
- High school pipeline
- Jefferson · 38 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 8 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 22 tackles · DB 382nd (top 47%) · Mid-American 182nd (top 35%) · National 1,882nd (top 34%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 5 | 22 | 0.5 | 0 | - | 4 | 0 | 42.1 |
Related Context
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Will Watson played DB for Bowling Green. Across 5 tracked seasons, Will Watson recorded 22 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Bowling Green.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season
Bowling Green paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 27.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Bowling Green
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
27.3
Usage
3.3
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
Miami (OH)
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Toledo: 0. Miami (OH): 2.5. Northern Illinois: 0. Akron: 2. Buffalo: 0
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. Toledo: 5 by 20.8. Miami (OH): 4 by 41.7. Northern Illinois: 6 by 25. Akron: 4 by 36.7. Buffalo: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 2 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 3 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
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5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Miami (OH)
Best efficiency game
41.7 vs Miami (OH)
Player Story
Will Watson story
Will Watson built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a defensive back from Tampa, FL wearing No. 8, spending time with Bowling Green. The clearest part of Will Watson's career was his defensive production: 22 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, and 4 passes defended across 6 career games in the available record. His career also includes 354 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Will Watson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Bowling Green
2012-2016
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Season Value Progression
20122013201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 4.5 | 27.3 | 3.3 | 4.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Miami (OH)
Week 8 · L 26-40 · Conference game
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
@ Akron
Week 11 · W 38-28 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
47 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 47 takeover score.
#3
@ Northern Illinois
Week 10 · L 20-45 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
18.3 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 18.3 takeover score.
#4
@ Toledo
Week 7 · L 35-42 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
15.8 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 15.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Buffalo
Week 13 · W 27-19 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
10.8 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2012 Regular Season · Bowling Green
0 primary output · 0 efficiency · — usage
50
#2
2016 Regular Season · Bowling Green
42.1
4.5 primary · 27.3 efficiency · 3.3 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Bowling Green
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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