Linebacker, Florida State, 2006–09
Dekoda Watson
- Number
- No. 36
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 226 lb
- Hometown
- Aiken, SC
- Born
- Mar 3, 1988, in Aiken, South Carolina
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Dekoda Watson played linebacker at Florida State (2006–09). The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took Watson in round 7, No. 217 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.
Defense
| Season | Team | Int |
|---|---|---|
| 2007* | Florida State | 1 |
| 2008* | Florida State | 1 |
| Career | 2 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short. Kickoff returns are in our source’s box scores from 2009; before that most are missing, so return totals from those years may leave them out. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 3.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 12 | 33 | 17 | 50 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2008 | 9 | 28 | 18 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| On file | 76 | 43 | 119 | 19.5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Florida State | 36 | LB | ||
| 2007 | Florida State | 36 | LB | ||
| 2008 | Florida State | 36 | LB | 6′2″ | 226 |
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.
Game by game
2008 Florida State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4 | at Miami | W 41–39 | 1 |
2007 Florida State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10 | at Virginia Tech | L 21–40 | 1 |
2006 Florida State 0 games with an interception on file, 1 return, 16 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Before the draft
Played in the 2010 Senior Bowl (South team, lost 13–31).
| Drill | Combine 2010 | Combine or pro day 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′1⅜″ | |
| Weight | 240 lb | |
| Arm length | 32¾″ | |
| Hand size | 8¾″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.56 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.58 s | |
| Vertical jump | 40″ | |
| Broad jump | 11′2″ | |
| Bench press | 24 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.06 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.11 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
9 seasons, 73 games with a stat; latest team: Seattle Seahawks.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 13 | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 12 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 13 | 35 | 2 | 1 |
| 2014 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | New England Patriots | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Denver Broncos | 10 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | San Francisco 49ers | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | San Francisco 49ers | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| NFL career | 73 | 139 | 6 | 1 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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