Linebacker, Kentucky, 2017–20
Jamar Watson
- Number
- No. 31
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 244 lb
- Class (2020)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Forestville, MD
Jamar Watson played linebacker at Kentucky (2017–20).
Career highs
8tackles, career highvs. South Carolina, 20202sacks, career hightwice; last vs. Louisville, 2019Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Kentucky | 31 | LB | Fr. | ||
| 2018 | Kentucky | 31 | LB | So. | ||
| 2019 | Kentucky | 31 | LB | Jr. | ||
| 2020 | Kentucky | 31 | LB | Sr. | 6′3″ | 244 |
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
2020 Kentucky 10 games, 40 tackles, 5 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | at Auburn | L 13–29 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 3 | vs. Ole Miss | L 41–42 | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 10 | vs. Mississippi State | W 24–2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 17 | at Tennessee | W 34–7 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 24 | at Missouri | L 10–20 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 14 | vs. Vanderbilt | W 38–35 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 21 | at Alabama | L 3–63 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 28 | at Florida | L 10–34 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 5 | vs. South Carolina | W 41–18 | 8 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. NC State | W 23–21 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 Kentucky 13 games, 36 tackles, 6.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Toledo | W 38–24 | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. Eastern Michigan | W 38–17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 14 | vs.Florida | L 21–29 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | atMississippi State | L 13–28 | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | atSouth Carolina | L 7–24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | vs. Arkansas | W 24–20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 19 | at Georgia | L 0–21 | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | vs.Missouri | W 29–7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | vs.Tennessee | L 13–17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | atVanderbilt | W 38–14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | vs. UT Martin | W 50–7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 30 | vs. Louisville | W 45–13 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Virginia Tech | W 37–30 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 Kentucky 9 games, 24 tackles, 5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Central Michigan | W 35–20 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 8 | atFlorida | W 27–16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | vs.Mississippi State | W 28–7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 29 | vs.South Carolina | W 24–10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 6 | at Texas A&M | L 14–20 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 20 | vs.Vanderbilt | W 14–7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 17 | vs. Middle Tennessee | W 34–23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | atLouisville | W 56–10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Penn State | W 27–24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2017 Kentucky 6 games, 7 tackles, 2 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16 | atSouth Carolina | W 23–13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | vs.Florida | L 27–28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 28 | vs.Tennessee | W 29–26 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs.Ole Miss | L 34–37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | atVanderbilt | W 44–21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs.Louisville | L 17–44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine or pro day 2021 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′1⅞″ |
| Weight | 241 lb |
| Arm length | 32⅜″ |
| Hand size | 9½″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.78 s |
| Vertical jump | 30″ |
| Broad jump | 9′10″ |
| Bench press | 19 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.33 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.57 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
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