Senior linebacker for Kentucky. 2020: 40 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 5 sacks.
6′3″ · 244 lb · Forestville, MD
The story
4 linebacker for Kentucky. 2020: 40 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 5 sacks.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJamar Watson
Fourth year in the Kentucky linebacker corps, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 8 tackles, 2.5 TFL against South Carolina, Week 14, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Kentucky, 107 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mark Stoops.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Mark Stoops — 30-20 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: tackles for loss (97th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (97th percentile). Concern: passes defended (21st percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 4.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 4.0 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Will Stein
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2020
W 34–7
at Tennessee
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 13-29@ Auburn | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 41-42vs Ole Miss | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 24-2vs Mississippi State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-7@ Tennessee | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-20@ Missouri | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-35vs Vanderbilt | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 3-63@ Alabama | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-34@ Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 41-18vs South Carolina | 8 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Total | 36 | 24 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
36 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 9 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.