Desmond Watson: DL · Florida · #21.
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Desmond Watson
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Played for two head coaches at Florida: Dan Mullen and Billy Napier. One game to point at: 4 tackles against LSU — Week 12, 2024.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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
2024 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-41vs No. 19 Miami | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-7vs Samford | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-33vs Texas A&M | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-28@ Mississippi State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-23@ No. 8 Tennessee | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 48-20vs Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-34vs No. 2 Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 27-16vs No. 21 LSU | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 24-17vs No. 9 Ole Miss | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 31-11@ Florida State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 33-8vs Tulane | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
0%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
5%1 hurry20 tackles.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Billy Napier
Pass share
42.7%
336 pass / 450 run
Plays / game
60.5
13 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
366 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Four seasons at Florida, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dan Mullen → Billy Napier. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
