#34

Amir Watts

Senior defensive lineman for Pittsburgh. 2019: 2 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 25 tackles.

DL · Pittsburgh · Sr. · #34

6′3″ · 295 lb · Chicago, IL

Pittsburgh 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 364 nationally · Signed with Pittsburgh

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Pittsburgh. 2019: 2 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 25 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Pittsburgh in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Pittsburgh, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2016

Signed with Pittsburgh3-star out of Phillips Academy

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#364 national

CFB

College

Pittsburgh

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Pat Narduzzi

Pittsburgh

Played his entire career under Pat Narduzzi.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 28-24 over that span.

2016Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-heavy

2017Pittsburgh5-7HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-leaning

2018Pittsburgh7-7HC: Pat Narduzzi · Run-heavy

2019Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (91st percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (86th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#192 / 2688 · 91st pct

Tackles for loss#361 / 2688 · 86th pct

7.0

Sacks#514 / 2688 · 77th pct

2.0

Tackles#1620 / 2688 · 39th pct

Solo tackles#1867 / 2688 · 28th pct

Passes defended#1690 / 2688 · 19th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.0	0.7	0.1	0.0
Road6g	2.5	0.6	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.3	0.7	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.2	0.6	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pat Narduzzi

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Pittsburgh	25	11	7.0	2.0	--	--	--
2018	Pittsburgh	14	6	2.5	1.0	--	1	--
2017	Pittsburgh	16	10	5.0	1.0	1	--	--
2016	Pittsburgh	3	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		58	29	14.5	4.0	1	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week