Jamar Watson: LB · Kentucky · #31.
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Jamar Watson
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Fourth year in the Kentucky linebacker corps. On tape: 8 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against South Carolina, Week 14, 2020.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
36 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interception. 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 13-29@ No. 8 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@ No. 18 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@ No. 1 Alabama | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-34@ No. 6 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 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
40tackles this seasonTFL rate
25%10 TFLSack rate
12%5 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups40 tackles · 10 for loss · 5 sacks · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Mark Stoops — 30-20 over that span.
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
Mark Stoops
Pass share
36.0%
241 pass / 428 run
Plays / game
66.9
10 games
Team sack rate
6.4%
267 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2020
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Kentucky, 107 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mark Stoops.
