
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
Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2011 and 2012
Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Wisconsin | 34 | FB | |
| 2012 | Wisconsin | 34 | FB | |
| 2013 | Wisconsin | 34 | FB | |
| 2014 | Wisconsin | 34 | FB | |
| 2015 | Wisconsin | 34 | FB | 6′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
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Wisconsin | 3 | 0.76 | – | – | 2.3 | – |
| 2014 | Wisconsin | 1 | -0.18 | – | – | -0.2 | – |
| 2015 | Wisconsin | 25 | 0.42 | – | – | 10.4 | 4% |
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
2014 Wisconsin 1 game, 2 rushing yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | W 34–31 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
2013 Wisconsin 4 games, 8 rushing yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. | W 45–0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | – |
| Oct 12 | vs. | W 35–6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | – |
| Oct 19 | at | W 56–32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | – |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. | L 24–34 | – | – | – | – | 8 |
2012 Wisconsin 9 games, 12 catches, 150 yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long | Rush |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. | W 26–21 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 8 | – |
| Sep 29 | at | L 27–30 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | – |
| Oct 6 | vs. | W 31–14 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 26 | – |
| Oct 20 | vs. | W 38–13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – |
| Oct 27 | vs. | L 13–16 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | – |
| Nov 10 | at | W 62–14 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | – |
| Nov 17 | vs. | L 14–21 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| Nov 24 | at | L 21–24 | 2 | 45 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
| Dec 1 | vs. | W 70–31 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | – |
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).
| Drill | Pro day 2016 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′2″ |
| Weight | 235 lb |
| Arm length | 31″ |
| Hand size | 10⅛″ |
| Wingspan | 76″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.75 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.63 sW |
| Vertical jump | 33½″ |
| Broad jump | 9′8″ |
| Bench press | 19 reps |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.29 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.
| Season | Team | G | Car | Yds | TD | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | San Diego Chargers | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 83 |
| 2017 | Los Angeles Chargers | 11 | 6 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 35 |
| 2018 | Los Angeles Chargers | 8 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | Los Angeles Chargers | 12 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 32 |
| 2020 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 12 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| NFL career | 69 | 29 | 71 | 2 | 18 | 178 | |
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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