Defensive line, UConn, 2019–⁠23

Eric Watts

Number: No. 95
Height: 6′5″
Weight: 277 lb
Class (2023): Senior
Hometown: Sumter, SC
Born: Oct 1, 2000

Eric Watts played defensive line at UConn (2019–⁠23).

11tackles, career highat Massachusetts, 2021

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD	Hur
2019	UConn	30	11	0.5	0	0	0
2021	UConn	40	17	6	0.5	0	8
2022	UConn	41	14	7.5	6	0	8
2023	UConn	34	17	6.5	2	1	1
Career		145	59	20.5	8.5	1	17

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2019	UConn	95	DL	Yr 1
2020	UConn	95	DL	Yr 2
2021	UConn	95	DL	Yr 3
2022	UConn	95	DL	Yr 4
2023	UConn	95	DL	Sr. (Yr 5)	6′5″	277

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

2023 UConn 10 games, 34 tackles, 2 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	PD
Aug 31	vs.NC State	L 14–⁠24	5	2	0.5	0	0
Sep 9	atGeorgia State	L 14–⁠35	3	2	0	0	0
Sep 23	vs.Duke	L 7–⁠41	3	2	1	0	0
Sep 30	vs.Utah State	L 33–⁠34	1	0	0	0	0
Oct 7	atRice	W 38–⁠31	1	1	1	1	0
Oct 21	vs.South Florida	L 21–⁠24	6	2	0	0	0
Oct 28	atBoston College	L 14–⁠21	7	3	1	0	0
Nov 4	atTennessee	L 3–⁠59	3	2	1	0	1
Nov 11	atJames Madison	L 6–⁠44	2	1	1	0	0
Nov 25	atMassachusetts	W 31–⁠18	3	2	1	1	0

2022 UConn 11 games, 41 tackles, 6 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks
Aug 27	atUtah State	L 20–⁠31	4	0	0	0
Sep 3	vs.Central Connecticut	W 28–⁠3	3	0	0	0
Sep 10	vs.Syracuse	L 14–⁠48	4	1	0	0
Sep 17	atMichigan	L 0–⁠59	5	5	2	1
Sep 24	atNC State	L 10–⁠41	4	2	1.5	1.5
Oct 8	atFlorida International	W 33–⁠12	3	1	0.5	0.5
Oct 15	atBall State	L 21–⁠25	1	0	0	0
Oct 29	vs.Boston College	W 13–⁠3	4	2	1.5	1.5
Nov 4	vs.Massachusetts	W 27–⁠10	3	0	0.5	0
Nov 12	vs.Liberty	W 36–⁠33	6	2	1.5	1.5
Nov 19	atArmy	L 17–⁠34	4	1	0	0

2021 UConn 10 games, 40 tackles, 0.5 sacks

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks
Sep 11	vs.Purdue	L 0–⁠49	1	0	0.5	0.5
Sep 18	atArmy	L 21–⁠52	4	1	0	0
Sep 25	vs.Wyoming	L 22–⁠24	2	0	0	0
Oct 2	atVanderbilt	L 28–⁠30	5	4	1	0
Oct 9	atMassachusetts	L 13–⁠27	11	7	3.5	0
Oct 16	vs.Yale	W 21–⁠15	1	0	0	0
Oct 22	vs.Middle Tennessee	L 13–⁠44	5	2	0.5	0
Nov 13	atClemson	L 7–⁠44	4	3	0	0
Nov 20	atUCF	L 17–⁠49	2	0	0	0
Nov 27	vs.Houston	L 17–⁠45	5	0	0.5	0

2019 UConn 10 games, 30 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL
Sep 7	vs.Illinois	L 23–⁠31	2	2	0
Sep 21	atIndiana	L 3–⁠38	6	4	0
Sep 28	atUCF	L 21–⁠56	2	0	0
Oct 5	vs.South Florida	L 22–⁠48	2	0	0
Oct 12	atTulane	L 7–⁠49	5	3	0
Oct 19	vs.Houston	L 17–⁠24	2	0	0
Oct 26	atMassachusetts	W 56–⁠35	4	0	0.5
Nov 9	atCincinnati	L 3–⁠48	4	0	0
Nov 23	vs.East Carolina	L 24–⁠31	1	0	0
Nov 30	atTemple	L 17–⁠49	2	2	0

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

Before the draft

Played in the 2024 Senior Bowl (American team, lost 7–⁠16).

Drill	Combine 2024	Combine or pro day 2024
Height	6′5⅝″
Weight	274 lb
Arm length	35¾″
Hand size	9¾″
Wingspan		84⅜″^W
40-yard dash	4.67 s
10-yard split		1.65 s
Vertical jump	36½″
Broad jump	9′9″
Bench press	21 reps
3-cone drill	7.59 s
20-yard shuttle	4.73 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. 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

2 seasons, 14 games with a stat; latest team: New York Jets.

Season	Team	G	Tkl
2024	New York Jets	10	13
2025	New York Jets	4	10
NFL career		14	23

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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