Derek Watt in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Fullback, Wisconsin, 2011–⁠15

Derek Watt

Number
No. 34
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Pewaukee, WI
Born
Nov 7, 1992, in Waukesha, Wisconsin

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Derek Watt played fullback at Wisconsin (2011–⁠15). The San Diego Chargers took Watt in round 6, No. 198 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
150
Receiving yards, 2012 (Wisconsin, 8–⁠6)
Drafted
No. 198
Round 6, 2016 NFL Draft (San Diego Chargers)

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2011 and 2012

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012Wisconsin1215012.5033
2013Wisconsin3206.7112
2015Wisconsin151399.3027
Career3030910.3133

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklFF
201213103131

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Wisconsin34FB
2012Wisconsin34FB
2013Wisconsin34FB
2014Wisconsin34FB
2015Wisconsin34FB6′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/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Wisconsin30.76––2.3–
2014Wisconsin1-0.18––-0.2–
2015Wisconsin250.42––10.44%

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

2015 Wisconsin 8 games, 15 catches, 139 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 5vs.AlabamaL 17–⁠3552208–
Sep 19vs.TroyW 28–⁠31505–
Sep 26vs.Hawai’iW 28–⁠0235027–
Oct 3vs.IowaL 6–⁠102210113
Oct 24atIllinoisW 24–⁠13112012–
Nov 7atMarylandW 31–⁠24232016–
Nov 28atMinnesotaW 31–⁠21––––10
Dec 30 ✦vs.USCW 23–⁠2121201132
2014 Wisconsin 1 game, 2 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Jan 1 ✦vs.AuburnW 34–⁠31––––2
2013 Wisconsin 4 games, 8 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 31vs.MassachusettsW 45–⁠0112012–
Oct 12vs.NorthwesternW 35–⁠61313–
Oct 19atIllinoisW 56–⁠321505–
Jan 1 ✦vs.South CarolinaL 24–⁠34––––8
2012 Wisconsin 9 games, 12 catches, 150 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 1vs.Northern IowaW 26–⁠2121408–
Sep 29atNebraskaL 27–⁠301707–
Oct 6vs.IllinoisW 31–⁠14235026–
Oct 20vs.MinnesotaW 38–⁠131202–
Oct 27vs.Michigan StateL 13–⁠161707–
Nov 10atIndianaW 62–⁠14117017–
Nov 17vs.Ohio StateL 14–⁠211130133
Nov 24atPenn StateL 21–⁠242450332
Dec 1vs.NebraskaW 70–⁠31110010–

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

Before the draft

Played in the 2016 East–West Shrine Game (West team, won 29–⁠9).

DrillPro day 2016
Height6′2″
Weight235 lb
Arm length31″
Hand size10⅛″
Wingspan76″W
40-yard dash4.75 s
10-yard split1.63 sW
Vertical jump33½″
Broad jump9′8″
Bench press19 reps
20-yard shuttle4.29 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

7 seasons, 69 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.

SeasonTeamGCarYdsTDRecRec yds
2016San Diego Chargers9240483
2017Los Angeles Chargers116240235
2018Los Angeles Chargers8411012
2019Los Angeles Chargers127101332
2020Pittsburgh Steelers600000
2021Pittsburgh Steelers11110315
2022Pittsburgh Steelers129211511
NFL career692971218178

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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