Receiver, UAB, 2017–20
Austin Watkins
- Number
- No. 6
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Class (2020)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Fort Myers, FL
- Born
- Feb 16, 1998
Austin Watkins played receiver at UAB (2017–20).
Career highs
10catches, career highvs. App State, 2019183receiving yards, career highat South Alabama, 20202receiving touchdowns, career highat Akron, 2019Team titles: Conference USA champions, 2018 and 2020
Receiving
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | UAB | 8 | 1.36 | – | – | 10.8 | – |
| 2019 | UAB | 84 | 0.72 | 77th (n=499) | 0.54 | 60.4 | 9% |
| 2020 | UAB | 37 | 1.00 | 97th (n=346) | 0.55 | 37.1 | 9% |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2020 UAB 6 games, 26 catches, 411 yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. | W 45–35 | 7 | 72 | 0 | 16 | – |
| Sep 10 | at | L 14–31 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 16 | – |
| Sep 24 | at | W 42–10 | 7 | 183 | 1 | 56 | – |
| Oct 3 | vs. | W 21–13 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | – |
| Oct 23 | vs. | L 20–24 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 12 | – |
| Oct 31 | at | L 34–37 | 6 | 95 | 0 | 27 | – |
2019 UAB 14 games, 57 catches, 1,092 yards, 6 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs. | W 24–19 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 37 | – |
| Sep 7 | at | W 31–20 | 3 | 95 | 2 | 40 | – |
| Sep 21 | vs. | W 35–3 | 6 | 90 | 1 | 33 | – |
| Sep 28 | at | L 13–20 | 4 | 53 | 0 | 15 | – |
| Oct 5 | vs. | W 35–20 | 5 | 78 | 1 | 36 | – |
| Oct 12 | at | W 33–14 | 6 | 167 | 1 | 67 | – |
| Oct 19 | vs. | W 38–14 | 5 | 121 | 0 | 39 | – |
| Nov 2 | at | L 7–30 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 23 | – |
| Nov 9 | at | L 2–37 | 4 | 74 | 0 | 30 | – |
| Nov 16 | vs. | W 37–10 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 45 | – |
| Nov 23 | vs. | W 20–14 | 3 | 75 | 0 | 45 | – |
| Nov 30 | at | W 26–21 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 8 | – |
| Dec 7 | at | L 6–49 | 3 | 43 | 0 | 19 | – |
| Dec 21 ✦ | vs. | L 17–31 | 10 | 159 | 1 | 41 | −1 |
2018 UAB 5 games, 8 catches, 77 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | vs.Savannah State | W 52–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| Sep 8 | at | L 24–47 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 24 | – |
| Sep 15 | vs. | W 31–24 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 13 | – |
| Sep 29 | vs. | W 28–7 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 11 | – |
| Oct 6 | at | W 28–7 | 1 | −5 | 0 | 0 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Pro day 2021 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′1½″ |
| Weight | 209 lb |
| Arm length | 31¾″ |
| Hand size | 9⅝″ |
| Wingspan | 76″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.56 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.71 sW |
| Broad jump | 11′1″ |
| Bench press | 18 reps |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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