Armani Watts: DB · Texas A&M · #23.
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Armani Watts
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Four seasons in the Texas A&M secondary to date. The first career honor came in 2017: All-SEC. One game to point at: 13 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against UCLA — Week 1, 2017.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
87 tackles. 5 passes defended. 4 interceptions. 10 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.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 44-45@ UCLA | 13 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 24-14vs Nicholls | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-21vs Louisiana | 8 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 50-43vs Arkansas | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-17vs South Carolina | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 19-27vs No. 1 Alabama | 7 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 19-17@ Florida | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-35vs Mississippi State | 11 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-42vs No. 16 Auburn | 10 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 55-14vs New Mexico | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-24@ Ole Miss | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-45@ No. 19 LSU | 11 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 87 | 58 | 10.0 | 0.5 | 4 | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
6%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
4interceptionsTackle volume
87tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%10 TFL87 tackles · 10 for loss · 0.5 sacks · 5 pass breakups · 4 interceptions.
4 seasons under Kevin Sumlin — 31-21 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road4g | 8.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 7.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 7.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kevin Sumlin
Pass share
47.6%
449 pass / 495 run
Plays / game
72.6
13 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
488 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Texas A&M, 143 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2017) — drafted at #124 overall by the Kansas City Chiefs.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM
All-SEC 1st team (2017)
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Kevin Sumlin.
Next stop · NFL
Kansas City ChiefsEntering 9th NFL season
Kansas City ChiefsEntering 9th NFL season
