Senior wide receiver for UAB. 2020: 26 catches, 411 receiving yards, 2 TD.
6′3″ · 210 lb · Fort Myers, FL
The story
4 wide receiver for UAB. 2020: 26 catches, 411 receiving yards, 2 TD.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearAustin Watkins
This is his third year in the same receiving corps at UAB. One game to point at: 183 rec yds, 7 receptions against South Alabama — Week 4, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at UAB, 1,580 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Bill Clark.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Bill Clark — 26-11 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles
Elite: epa / target (95th percentile).
Real play-by-play efficiency
Season trend
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 3.3 | 33.7 | 10.3 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 5.3 | 103 | 17.5 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 4.5 | 74.8 | 14.8 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 4.0 | 56.0 | 12.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Alex Mortensen
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2020
W 45–35
7 rec · 72 yds
Edged out Central Arkansas at home in a shootout.
With M. Mitchell — 9 rush yds (1 car) · S. Brown — 127 rush yds (24 car) · 1 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-35vs Central Arkansas | 7 | 72 | 10.3 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-31@ Miami | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-10@ South Alabama | 7 | 183 | 26.1 | 1 | 56 | Season-high 183 yds |
| Wk 5 | W 21-13vs UTSA | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-24vs Louisiana | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 12 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-37@ Louisiana Tech | 6 | 95 | 15.8 | 0 | 27 | |
| Total | 26 | 411 | 13.9 | 2 | 56 |
Player DNA
Final Heisman position · 2020
Austin Watkins finished 80th in our Heisman model, with a 0% chance of a finalist trip.