Amir Watts: DL · Pittsburgh · #34.
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Amir Watts
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Fourth year in the Pittsburgh defensive front. On tape: 5 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against Delaware, Week 5, 2019.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Oct 24Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| 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 · Week-by-week
2019 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-30vs Virginia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-10vs Ohio | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-17@ No. 13 Penn State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 17-14vs Delaware | 5 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 33-30@ Duke | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-20@ Syracuse | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 12-16vs Miami | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 20-10@ Georgia Tech | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-27vs North Carolina | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 0-28@ No. 25 Virginia Tech | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 34-30vs Eastern Michigan | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 11 | 7.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Week 5 · 2019
W 17-14
vs Delaware
0.5 sacks · 2.5 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
A close one, won by 3 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
28%7 TFLSack rate
8%2 sacksHurry rate
16%4 hurries25 tackles · 7 for loss · 2 sacks.
4 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 28-24 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 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
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
54.6%
513 pass / 426 run
Plays / game
72.2
13 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
546 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Pittsburgh, 4 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Pat Narduzzi.
