Cameron Watkins: DB · Vanderbilt · #31.
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Cameron Watkins
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches at two programs in four seasons: Lovie Smith and Derek Mason. On tape: 5 tackles against Kentucky, Week 12, 2019.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Vanderbilt | 23 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | Illinois | 38 | 29 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2017 | Illinois | 39 | 24 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2016 | Illinois | 21 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| Career | 121 | 80 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 11 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 6-30vs No. 3 Georgia | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 38-66vs No. 4 LSU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-18vs Northern Illinois | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 6-31@ Ole Miss | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-34vs UNLV | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 21-14vs No. 22 Missouri | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-24@ South Carolina | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 0-56@ No. 10 Florida | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-38vs Kentucky | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 38-0vs East Tennessee State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
9%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
23tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%1 TFL23 tackles · 1 for loss · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 2.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Derek Mason
Pass share
51.6%
381 pass / 357 run
Plays / game
61.5
12 games
Team sack rate
6.5%
417 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2019
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Illinois and Vanderbilt, 121 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 37 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2019
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Bill Cubit, Lovie Smith and Derek Mason.
