Markees Watts: DE · Charlotte.
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Markees Watts
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. The five seasons at Charlotte span three head coaches: Brad Lambert, Will Healy and Peter Rossomando. All-Conference USA in 2022 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against Louisiana Tech — Week 12, 2022.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
41 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
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 13-43@ Florida Atlantic | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 24-41vs William & Mary | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 21-56vs Maryland | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-41@ Georgia State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-56@ South Carolina | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 35-41vs UTEP | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 20-34@ UAB | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 15-34vs Florida International | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 56-23@ Rice | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-59vs Western Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 14-24@ Middle Tennessee | 8 | 6 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 26-21vs Louisiana Tech | 6 | 5 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Total | 41 | 22 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
10%4 sacksTFL rate
22%9 TFLHurry rate
10%4 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
50%4 of 8 pressures41 tackles · 9 for loss · 4 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.6 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Peter Rossomando
Pass share
53.9%
429 pass / 367 run
Plays / game
66.3
12 games
Team sack rate
6.9%
461 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #75 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Charlotte, 22 sacks — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Brad Lambert, Will Healy, and Peter Rossomando. Multi-era developmental context.
