Player Dossier

2013-2016

Wake Forest

Brad Watson

DB • 6'0" • Round Rock, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Brad Watson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

49%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

49

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

43

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Wake Forest

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Wake Forest
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Clemson

Player Story

Brad Watson built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive back from Round Rock, TX wearing No. 25, spending time with Wake Forest. The clearest part of Brad Watson's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.8261

Round Rock Westwood · Austin, TX

Committed To
Wake Forest
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

Brad Watson, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Wake Forest. Brad Watson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
63
TFL
1
Passes defended
6

Quick Answers

Brad Watson quick answers

Latest team and position
Wake Forest · DB
Career Tackles
63
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 14 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · Wake Forest
Top game
Clemson
Recruit profile
3-star · Round Rock Westwood · Wake Forest
High school pipeline
Round Rock Westwood · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 25 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank
63 tackles · DB 80th (top 10%) · ACC 51st (top 9%) · National 431st (top 8%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonWake Forest00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonWake Forest00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonWake Forest20-0--047.4
2016 PostseasonWake Forest127-0--053
2016 Regular SeasonWake Forest125610-6053

Related Context

Brad Watson played DB for Wake Forest. Across 4 tracked seasons, Brad Watson recorded 63 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Wake Forest.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

Wake Forest paired 9 primary output with 29.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 29.4 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: Clemson

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Postseason · Wake Forest

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

29.4

Usage

5.2

Consistency

38.9

Best Game by takeover score

Clemson

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Temple: 0. Tulane: 0. Duke: 1. Indiana: 2. NC State: 0. Syracuse: 0. Florida State: 1. Army: 0. Virginia: 0. Louisville: 2. Clemson: 2. Boston College: 1

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. Temple: 7 by 29.2. Tulane: 7 by 29.2. Duke: 9 by 47.5. Indiana: 7 by 49.2. NC State: 5 by 20.8. Syracuse: 5 by 20.8. Florida State: 3 by 22.5. Army: 1 by 4.2. Virginia: 3 by 12.5. Louisville: 3 by 32.5. Clemson: 9 by 57.5. Boston College: 4 by 26.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 6 · -0.5 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 6 · +0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Clemson

Best efficiency game

57.5 vs Clemson

Result
Tue 12/27vs TempleW 34-2677000
Sat 11/26vs Boston CollegeL 14-1741001
Sun 11/20vs ClemsonSplash gameL 13-3597101
Sun 11/13@ LouisvilleSplash gameL 12-4432002
Sat 11/5vs VirginiaW 27-2032000
Sat 10/29vs ArmyL 13-2111000
Sat 10/15@ Florida StateL 6-1732001
Sat 10/8vs SyracuseW 28-955000
Sat 10/1@ NC StateL 16-3353000
Sat 9/24@ IndianaSplash gameW 33-28760011
Sat 9/10@ DukeW 24-14990010
Thu 9/1vs TulaneW 7-374000

Player Story

Brad Watson story

Brad Watson built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive back from Round Rock, TX wearing No. 25, spending time with Wake Forest. The clearest part of Brad Watson's career was his defensive production: 63 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 4 interceptions, and 6 passes defended across 14 career games in the available record. That gives Brad Watson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

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    Wake Forest

    2013-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20132014201520162016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonWake Forest0
2014 Regular SeasonWake Forest00
2015 Regular SeasonWake Forest2202
2016 PostseasonWake Forest929.45.27
2016 Regular SeasonWake Forest929.45.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Clemson

Week 12 · L 13-35 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

85.8 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.

#2

@ Indiana

Week 4 · W 33-28

2

Havoc Plays

83.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.

#3

@ Clemson

Week 12 · L 13-33 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

@ North Carolina

Week 7 · L 14-50 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

@ Duke

Week 2 · W 24-14 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

56.9 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Wake Forest

9 primary output · 29.4 efficiency · 5.2 usage

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#2

2016 Regular Season · Wake Forest

53

9 primary · 29.4 efficiency · 5.2 usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · Wake Forest

47.4

2 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games