Duece Watts

Senior wide receiver for Tulane. 2022: 33 catches, 657 receiving yards, 8 TD.

WR · Tulane · Sr. · #2

6′2″ · 195 lb · Richton, MS

CFB Index 59 · #139 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceTulane 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 195 nationally · Joined Tulane

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Tulane. 2022: 33 catches, 657 receiving yards, 8 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Tulane in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Tulane, 1,500 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — put up 134 yds vs UCF.UCF · W 45-282022

20209 games

Signed with Tulane3-star out of Jones College

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#195 national

CFB

College

Tulane

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

1 coach

2020–2022

Willie Fritz

Tulane

Played his entire career under Willie Fritz.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Willie Fritz — 20-18 over that span.

2020Tulane6-6HC: Willie Fritz · Run-heavy

2021Tulane2-10HC: Willie Fritz · Run-leaning

2022Tulane12-2HC: Willie Fritz · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

59Quality starter #139 of 488?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (98th percentile). Strength: explosive rate (94th percentile). Concern: catch rate (11th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#15 / 636 · 98th pct

19.6

Explosive rate#38 / 636 · 94th pct

26.0%

TD rate#44 / 636 · 93rd pct

14.0%

EPA / target#213 / 636 · 67th pct

0.81

Catch rate#563 / 636 · 11th pct

64.0%

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / catch#18 / 550 · 97th pct

19.9

Rec TDs#34 / 550 · 93rd pct

Long catch#71 / 550 · 87th pct

Rec yards#124 / 550 · 78th pct

657

Receptions#250 / 550 · 54th pct

Rush TDs#48 / 275 · 41st pct

Rush yards#215 / 275 · 21st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

64th → 67th percentile

Explosive rate

89th → 94th percentile

Catch rate

10th → 11th percentile

TD rate

75th → 93rd percentile

Yards / catch

84th → 98th percentile

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.0	57.3	21.2	0.8
Road6g	2.5	52.2	23.5	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.6	54.0	22.5	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	55.8	22.1	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Will Hall

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

59 · #139 of 488 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #139 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Tulane	33	657	19.9	8	--
2021	Tulane	21	331	15.8	3	--
2020	Tulane	31	512	16.5	6	--
Career		85	1,500	17.6	17	--

Season	Team
2022	Tulane	1	1	--	--	--
2021	Tulane	--	--	--	--	--
2020	Tulane	1	2	--	--	--
Career		2	3	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2022

W 17–10

at Kansas State

1 rush yds (1 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With C. Glover — 41 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 61 LONG · M. Pratt — 176 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 60.9 · 87 rush yds (13 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · UCF · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +5.93Michael Pratt pass complete to Duece Watts for 73 yds for a TD (Valentino Ambrosio KICK)
Week 14 · UCF · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +4.01Michael Pratt pass complete to Duece Watts for 54 yds to the UCF 8 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · South Florida · 4&11 · Q2 · EPA +3.64Michael Pratt pass complete to Duece Watts for 11 yds for a TD, (Valentino Ambrosio KICK)
Week 6 · East Carolina · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +3.44Michael Pratt pass complete to Duece Watts for 35 yds to the ECaro 44 for a 1ST down
Week 6 · East Carolina · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.41Michael Pratt pass complete to Duece Watts for 44 yds for a TD, (Valentino Ambrosio KICK)
Week 1 · USC · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.36Michael Pratt pass complete to Duece Watts for 59 yds to the USC 4 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Massachusetts · 2&8 · Q3 · EPA +3.24M.Pratt pass complete to UMASS 31. Catch made by D.Watts at UMASS 31. Gain of 31 yards. D.Watts for 31 yards, TOUCHDOWN.
Week 10 · Tulsa · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.24Michael Pratt pass complete to Duece Watts for 29 yds to the Tulsa 46 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Cincinnati · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.81Duece Watts 30 Yd pass from Michael Pratt (Valentino Ambrosio Kick)
Week 5 · Houston · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +2.67Kai Horton pass complete to Duece Watts for 13 yds for a TD, (Kriston Esnard KICK)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 42-10vs Massachusetts	1	31	31.0	1	31
Wk 3	W 17-10@ Kansas State	3	60	20.0	0	23
Wk 4	L 24-27vs Southern Miss	1	13	13.0	0	13
Wk 5	W 27-24@ Houston	3	50	16.7	1	23
Wk 6	W 24-9vs East Carolina	4	93	23.3	1	44
Wk 7	W 45-31@ South Florida	4	48	12.0	1	20
Wk 8	W 38-28vs Memphis	3	17	5.7	1	8
Wk 10	W 27-13@ Tulsa	2	42	21.0	0	29
Wk 11	L 31-38vs UCF	6	56	9.3	1	29
Wk 13	W 27-24@ Cincinnati	1	30	30.0	1	30
Wk 14	W 45-28vs UCF	3	134	44.7	1	73	Season-high 134 yds
Bowl	W 46-45@ USC	2	83	41.5	0	59
Total		33	657	22.3	8	73

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Duece Watts

20209 games

2022 snapshot

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Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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