Quarterback, Virginia, 2011–⁠14

David Watford

Number
No. 5
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Hampton, VA
Born
Jun 16, 1993, in Hampton, Virginia

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David Watford played quarterback at Virginia (2011–⁠14).

Career highs

376passing yards, career highvs. Georgia Tech, 2013

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2011Virginia307440.53464.734
2013Virginia24442757.12,2025.2815
2014Virginia3475.04511.300
Career27750554.92,5935.11119

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2011Virginia21422.0015
2013Virginia1042082.0327
2014Virginia650.809
Career1312551.9327

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Virginia5QB
2012Virginia5QB
2013Virginia5QB
2014Virginia5QB6′2″

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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. passAdj. rush
2013Virginia4740.1115th (n=144)0.2250.349%0.170.02
2014Virginia14-0.00––0.0–––

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). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2014 Virginia 4 games, 45 passing yards
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 6vs.RichmondW 45–⁠1311600−6
Sep 27vs.Kent StateW 45–⁠1323390011
Nov 1atGeorgia TechL 10–⁠35––––––
Nov 8atFlorida StateL 20–⁠34–––––0
2013 Virginia 12 games, 2,202 passing yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Aug 31vs.BYUW 19–⁠1618321141110
Sep 7vs.OregonL 10–⁠592941161038
Sep 21vs.VMIW 49–⁠018252062230
Sep 28atPittsburghL 3–⁠1415371230015
Oct 5vs.Ball StateL 27–⁠4821362090147
Oct 12atMarylandL 26–⁠2727442631034
Oct 19vs.DukeL 22–⁠35203826311−6
Oct 26vs.Georgia TechL 25–⁠35436137621−17
Nov 2vs.ClemsonL 10–⁠591635130018
Nov 9atNorth CarolinaL 14–⁠45143012902−4
Nov 23atMiamiL 26–⁠4510251061346
Nov 30vs.Virginia TechL 6–⁠1613231220037
2011 Virginia 10 games, 346 passing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 3vs.William & MaryW 40–⁠3354600−7
Sep 10atIndianaW 34–⁠31117002
Sep 17atNorth CarolinaL 17–⁠28141100–
Sep 24vs.Southern MissL 24–⁠301020811022
Oct 1vs.IdahoW 21–⁠2010209511–
Oct 15vs.Georgia TechW 24–⁠2115170015
Oct 22vs.NC StateL 14–⁠28416891312
Oct 27atMiamiW 28–⁠21–––––4
Nov 5atMarylandW 31–⁠13–––––−7
Nov 26vs.Virginia TechL 0–⁠38030001

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2017–⁠18CFLSaskatchewan Roughriders
2019–⁠21CFLHamilton Tiger-Cats

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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