Hunter Watson is a quarterback who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Sam Houston.
Watson operates within the system without forcing anything. Played for two head coaches at Sam Houston: K.C. Keeler and Phil Longo. The first one came in 2024: Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week. On tape: 222 passing yards and 16 rushing yards against New Mexico State, Week 6, 2025.
Play style
Balanced passer who operates within the system, without one standout number carrying the profile.
Checkdown vs gunslinger · 3rd-and-long
Where the completions actually land
39.4% completion on 3rd-and-8+, but only 14.3% conversion-per-dropback — 61.5% of completions land short of the sticks.
Where completions land is fact — whether incompletions were aimed deep is intent, not recorded here, so this card counts completions only. checkdown by design
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sam Houston | 104 | 182 | 57.1% | 1,108 | 6.1 | 5 | 4 | 113.0 | 38 |
| 2024 | Sam Houston | 175 | 281 | 62.3% | 1,811 | 6.4 | 12 | 8 | 124.8 | 22 |
| Career | 279 | 463 | 60.3% | 2,919 | 6.3 | 17 | 12 | 120.2 | 27 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sam Houston | 74 | 276 | 3.7 | 2 | 55 |
| 2024 | Sam Houston | 168 | 647 | 3.9 | 9 | 46 |
| Career | 242 | 923 | 3.8 | 11 | 55 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
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| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-41@ Western Kentucky | 19/30 | 209 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 41.3 | |
| Wk 1 | L 21-38vs UNLV | 11/22 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 | 47.7 | |
| Wk 4 | L 0-55@ No. 8 Texas | 13/25 | 86 | 0 | 1 | 3.4 | 20.6 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-37@ New Mexico State | 22/34 | 222 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 22.8 | Season-high 222 yds |
| Wk 7 | L 27-29vs Jacksonville State | 12/19 | 136 | 3 | 0 | 7.2 | 44.5 | 3 TD passes |
| Wk 8 | L 17-35vs UTEP | 13/19 | 161 | 1 | 0 | 8.5 | 58.7 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-55@ Louisiana Tech | 14/33 | 193 | 0 | 1 | 5.8 | 21.9 | |
| Total | 104/182 | 1108 | 5 | 4 | 6.1 | — |
| Best by our grade | at Western Kentucky | L 24-41 · Graded solid · Passing grade only · Steady all game · 209 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT · Rush 14 for 91, 1 TD · Sacked 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest by our grade | UNLV | L 21-38 · Graded shaky · 101 yds, 0 TD, 0 INT · Rush 10 for 17, 1 TD · Sacked 1 |
| Biggest game | at Texas | No. 8 at kickoff · L 0-55 · 86 yds, 0 TD, 1 INT · Rush 15 for 32 · Sacked 2 |
| Best play | Jacksonville State | Completion, touchdown, Q4 0:52 · Win chance 32% to 66% |
Pass Profile · True throw depth (charted plays)
Adjusted ANY/A, sack rate, and where the yards came from
Totals here are the box score's. Play-by-play lists 160 passing plays (87 completions) against the box score's 182 attempts (104 completions), and the depth buckets use play-by-play.
Adjusted ANY/A
4.80166 of 206 QBsSack rate
8.1%177 of 206 QBsSacked on 8.1% of dropbacks (177 of 206) and Adjusted ANY/A trails the field (166 of 206).
Adjusted ANY/A uses full-season box-score totals (attempts, yards, TDs, INTs); sack rate is play-by-play-derived.
Behind LOS · Negative air yds
Short · 0–9 air yds
Middle · 10–19 air yds
Deep · 20+ air yds
Overall 57.1% completion on 182 attempts · 53% of attempts thrown 0–9 air yds.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road4g | 178 | 0.2 | 5.7 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 151 | 0.8 | 5.7 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 177 | 0.5 | 7.2 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Phil Longo
Pass share
51.3%
388 pass / 368 run
Plays / game
63.0
12 games
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
About as many passes and runs a game as a typical FBS quarterback who plays every week.
Honored in a first season.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: K.C. Keeler → Phil Longo. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
In the portal · 2026
In transfer portal
