#16

Quez Watkins

Former wide receiver at Southern Miss. 2019: 64 catches, 1,178 receiving yards, 6 TD.

WR · Southern Miss · Jr. · #16

6′2″ · 190 lb · Athens, AL

Philadelphia — drafted 2020, Rd 6, Pick 21, #200 overall

The story

Former wide receiver at Southern Miss. 2019: 64 catches, 1,178 receiving yards, 6 TD.

Drafted round 6 by the Philadelphia in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Southern Miss, 2,411 receiving yards — drafted at #200 overall by Philadelphia.

His career

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

The week the volume broke through — put up 209 yds at Troy.Troy · W 47-422019

2020

Drafted by Philadelphiaround 6, pick 200

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Southern Miss

2017–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #200

Philadelphia · 2020

Coaching lineage · 2017–2019

1 coach

2017–2019

Jay Hopson

Southern Miss

Played his entire career under Jay Hopson.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

PhiladelphiaEntering 7th NFL season

#200Rd 6 · Pick 21

PhiladelphiaEntering 7th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Jay Hopson, all balanced offenses — 21-16 over that span.

2017Southern Miss8-5HC: Jay Hopson · Balanced

2018Southern Miss6-5HC: Jay Hopson · Balanced

2019Southern Miss7-6HC: Jay Hopson · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (97th percentile). Strength: long catch (92nd percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (9th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#17 / 556 · 97th pct

1178

Long catch#45 / 556 · 92nd pct

Yards / catch#47 / 556 · 91st pct

18.4

Receptions#58 / 556 · 90th pct

Rec TDs#77 / 556 · 83rd pct

Rush TDs#60 / 283 · 40th pct

Rush yards#241 / 283 · 14th pct

Fumbles lost#190 / 223 · 9th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	4.6	94.4	25.5	0.4
Road7g	5.9	101	15.3	0.6

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.8	114	25.7	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	5.8	82.7	13.5	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Anderson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Southern Miss	64	1,178	18.4	6	--
2018	Southern Miss	73	896	12.3	9	--
2017	Southern Miss	23	337	14.7	2	--
Career		160	2,411	15.1	17	--

Season	Team
2019	Southern Miss	1	1	86	22	--
2018	Southern Miss	4	11	43	138	1
2017	Southern Miss	--	--	236	18	--
Career		5	12	365	178	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019

W 38–10

vs Alcorn State

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

Dominant 28-point win at home against Alcorn State.

With J. Adams — 3 rec · 21 yds · J. Abraham — 293 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 91.1 · 7 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-10vs Alcorn State	—	—	—	—	—	154-yard receiving day
Wk 3	W 47-42@ Troy	7	209	29.9	2	64	Season-high 209 yds
Wk 4	L 7-49@ Alabama	3	24	8.0	0	17
Wk 5	W 31-13vs UTEP	2	97	48.5	0	61
Wk 7	W 45-27vs North Texas	8	198	24.8	1	72	198-yard receiving day
Wk 8	L 30-45@ Louisiana Tech	6	102	17.0	0	31
Wk 9	W 20-6@ Rice	6	67	11.2	0	31
Wk 11	W 37-2vs UAB	5	87	17.4	1	37
Wk 12	W 36-17@ UTSA	7	137	19.6	1	77	137-yard receiving day
Wk 13	L 10-28vs Western Kentucky	8	90	11.3	0	28
Wk 14	L 17-34@ Florida Atlantic	3	13	4.3	0	10
Bowl	L 13-30@ Tulane	9	154	17.1	1	44
Total		64	1178	19.0	6	77

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