Carlos Watkins: DT · Clemson · #94.
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Carlos Watkins
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Second year in the Clemson defensive front. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 1.5 sacks against NC State — Week 7, 2016.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 13.5 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.
TigerNet Oct 31
Heavy Oct 29
The Clemson Insider Oct 28Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 15 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 19-13@ Auburn | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 2 | W 30-24vs Troy | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 59-0vs South Carolina State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 26-7@ Georgia Tech | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-36vs No. 3 Louisville | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 56-10@ Boston College | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-17vs NC State | 6 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 37-34@ No. 12 Florida State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 54-0vs Syracuse | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 42-43vs Pittsburgh | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 35-13@ Wake Forest | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-7vs South Carolina | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 42-35vs No. 19 Virginia Tech | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 31-0vs No. 2 Ohio State | 3 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 2 | |
 Bowl | W 35-31vs No. 1 Alabama | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 30 | 13.5 | 10.5 | — | 4 |
Bowl · 2016
W 31-0
vs Ohio State · neutral site
2 sacks · 2 tackles for loss · 3 tackles
Dominant 31-point win at a neutral site against Ohio State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
27%14 TFLSack rate
21%10 sacksHurry rate
8%4 hurries50 tackles · 13.5 for loss · 10.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 28-2 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 15 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-79g | 3.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dabo Swinney
Pass share
51.8%
625 pass / 582 run
Plays / game
80.5
15 games
Team sack rate
3.1%
655 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
50 tackles in 15 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Clemson, 50 tackles — drafted at #142 overall by the Houston Texans.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dabo Swinney.
Next stop · NFL
Houston TexansEntering 10th NFL season
Houston TexansEntering 10th NFL season
