Defensive line, Wisconsin, 2008–10
J.J. Watt
- Number
- No. 99
- Height
- 6′6″
- Hometown
- Pewaukee, WI
- Born
- Mar 22, 1989
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J.J. Watt played defensive line at Wisconsin (2008–10). The Houston Texans took Watt in the first round, No. 11 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2010
All-America: AP second team 2010; Walter Camp second team 2010; Pro Football Weekly 2010; Scout.com second team 2010
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Defense
| Season | Team | Int |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Wisconsin | 1 |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. 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.
Season by season, from Wikipedia
| Season | Receiving | Rushing | Scrimmage | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Yds | TD | |
| 2007 | 8 | 77 | 9.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 77 | 0 |
From the college statistics table in Watt’s Wikipedia article (J. J. Watt, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 12 | 32 | 12 | 44 | 15.5 | 4.5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 2010N | 13 | 42 | 20 | 62 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | – |
| On file | 74 | 32 | 106 | 36.5 | 11.5 | 1 | 13 | 3 | – | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
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
2010 Wisconsin 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20 | at Michigan | W 48–28 | 1 |
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
| Drill | Combine 2011 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′5⅜″ |
| Weight | 290 lb |
| Arm length | 34″ |
| Hand size | 11⅛″ |
| Wingspan | 82½″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.84 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.71 s |
| Vertical jump | 37″ |
| Broad jump | 10′0″ |
| Bench press | 34 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 6.88 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.21 s |
Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
12 seasons, 150 games with a stat; latest team: Arizona Cardinals.
Pro Bowls: 5 (2012–15, 2018) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 5 (2012–15, 2018)
All-Pro teams: AP first team 2012–15, 2018; AP second team 2014, 2018; Pro Football Writers first team 2012–15, 2018; Sporting News first team 2012–15, 2018.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Houston Texans | 16 | 43 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 2012 | Houston Texans | 16 | 80 | 20.5 | 0 |
| 2013 | Houston Texans | 16 | 80 | 10.5 | 0 |
| 2014 | Houston Texans | 16 | 68 | 20.5 | 1 |
| 2015 | Houston Texans | 16 | 72 | 17.5 | 0 |
| 2016 | Houston Texans | 3 | 8 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2017 | Houston Texans | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Houston Texans | 16 | 56 | 16 | 0 |
| 2019 | Houston Texans | 7 | 22 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | Houston Texans | 16 | 48 | 5 | 1 |
| 2021 | Arizona Cardinals | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | Arizona Cardinals | 16 | 36 | 12.5 | 0 |
| NFL career | 150 | 539 | 114.5 | 2 | |
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. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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