Player Dossier

2012-2016

Clemson

Carlos Watkins

DT • 6'3" • Mooresboro, NC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Carlos Watkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

60%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

68

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Clemson

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Clemson
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio State

Player Story

Carlos Watkins built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a defensive tackle from Mooresboro, NC wearing No. 94, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of Carlos Watkins' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.9666

Chase · Forest City, NC

Committed To
Clemson
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2017
Selection
Round 4 · Pick 36
Overall
No. 142
NFL Team
Houston Texans

Carlos Watkins, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Clemson. Carlos Watkins shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
50
TFL
13.5
Sacks
10.5
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
4
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Carlos Watkins quick answers

Latest team and position
Clemson · DT
Career Tackles
50
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 16 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · Clemson
Top game
Ohio State
Recruit profile
4-star · Chase · Clemson
High school pipeline
Chase · 6 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2017 · Round 4 · Pick 36 · Houston Texans
Latest roster
No. 94 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank
50 tackles · DT 16th (top 7%) · ACC 74th (top 13%) · National 702nd (top 13%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonClemson00-0--0-
2013 Regular SeasonClemson00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonClemson00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonClemson10-0--141
2016 PostseasonClemson15932-2070
2016 Regular SeasonClemson154110.58.542070

Related Context

Carlos Watkins played DT for Clemson. Across 5 tracked seasons, Carlos Watkins recorded 50 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Clemson.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

Clemson paired 32 primary output with 34.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2015 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: App State

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2015 Regular Season · Clemson

Games

1

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

App State

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All Games1 · Games = 1

Game Log

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1 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

App State

Best efficiency game

20 vs App State

Result
Sat 9/12vs App StateW 41-101

Player Story

Carlos Watkins story

Carlos Watkins built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a defensive tackle from Mooresboro, NC wearing No. 94, spending time with Clemson. The clearest part of Carlos Watkins' career was his defensive production: 50 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 10.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 16 career games in the available record. That gives Carlos Watkins' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Clemson

    2012-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201220132014201520162016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonClemson0
2013 Regular SeasonClemson00
2014 Regular SeasonClemson00
2015 Regular SeasonClemson1201
2016 PostseasonClemson3234.69.731
2016 Regular SeasonClemson3234.69.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Ohio State

Week 1 · W 31-0 · Postseason

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

6

Havoc Plays

87.5 takeover

6 disruption/tackle impact with 87.5 takeover score.

#2

vs NC State

Week 7 · W 24-17 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

77.2 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 77.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Pittsburgh

Week 11 · L 42-43 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

70 takeover

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#4

@ Virginia Tech

Week 14 · W 42-35 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

62.5 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.

#5

vs App State

Week 2 · W 41-10

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Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Clemson

32 primary output · 34.6 efficiency · 9.7 usage

70

#2

2016 Regular Season · Clemson

70

32 primary · 34.6 efficiency · 9.7 usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · Clemson

41

1 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

11

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games