2018 (Senior): Named to the SoCon Honor Roll … Appeared in all 12 games for the Bucs as the punter … Totaled 58 punts on the season for 2,292 yards, averaging 39.5 yards per punt … Booted a season-long 55-yard punt vs. Samford on Nov. 17 … Concluded the season with 17 punts inside the 20 (including four against Chattanooga on Sept. 29) … Finished the season with 26 fair catches and four punts over 50 yards … Posted seven games averaging 40-or-more yards per punt, including a season-high 43.3 yards per punt at The Citadel on Oct. 13 … Led the Southern Conference in number of punts (58) and yards punted (2,292).
2017 (Junior): Named to the SoCon Honor Roll … Appeared in all 11 games for the Blue & Gold … Totaled 58 punts for 2,358 yards (40.7 average), including a long of 58 yards at No. 14 Samford on Nov. 11 … Landed 17 punts inside the 20, had eight punts of over 50 yards and 20 punts led to fair catches … Ranked third in the SoCon in number of punts, sixth in yards punted and seventh in average … Had three games with over an average of 44.0 – vs. VMI (44.7), at Furman (44.2) and vs. Limestone (44.0) … Had one tackle in the season finale at Chattanooga.
2016 (Sophomore): Named to the 2016-17 SoCon Honor Roll … Appeared in all 11 games as the Buccaneers’ punter … Totaled 60 punts for 2,163 yards with a long of 50 and 18 inside the 20-yard line … Season-high eight punts (four inside the 20) for 307 yards in ETSU’s season-opening win at Kennesaw State on Sept. 3 … Followed that up with three of his four punts landing inside the 20 in the Bucs’ win over Western Carolina at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sept. 17 … Season-long 50-yard punt at Mercer on Nov. 5 … All three of his punts landed inside the 20 in ETSU’s win over Cumberland on Nov. 12 … Earned Bowman Jewelers Special Teams Player of the Game against Kennesaw State.
2015 (Freshman): Played in 10 games … Finished with 49 punts for 1,755 yards (35.8 yard average) … Recorded two touchbacks, while 11 punts landed inside the 20 and five went over 50 yards … His longest punt of 59 yards came against Warner (Oct. 31) … Had a season-high 10 punts at Robert Morris with three of those landing inside the 20 … Recorded one kickoff for 37 yards vs. Warner … Named Bowman Jewelers Special Teams Player of the Week vs. Gardner-Webb (Nov. 14).
High School: A two-sport athlete at Marvin Ridge High School, where he participated in football and track … Was an all-state, all-county, all-conference and Greater Charlotte Area selection … Was named area punter of the year … Set school record for punting average … Averaged 49.9 yards per punt on the year and was 13 of 19 on field goals … His longest field goal of the 2014 season was 48 yards, and his longest punt netted 85 yards.
Personal: Son of Mark and Jewel Watson … Born March 4, 1997 … Majoring in management with a concentration in general management and also minoring in marketing … Played for high school coach Brad Hoover.
