Tre Watson

Senior running back for Texas. 2018: 777 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 22 catches.

RB · Texas · Sr. · #5

5′11″ · 195 lb · Corona, CA

Texas 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

RB recruit

No. 596 nationally · Signed with California

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 running back for Texas. 2018: 777 rushing yards, 3 rushing TD, 22 catches.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to California in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Texas, 2,167 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20147 games

Signed with California3-star out of Centennial

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#596 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2014–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2018

2 coaches

2014–2016

Charlie Strong

Texas

2017–2018

Tom Herman

Texas

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Charlie Strong → Tom Herman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014California5-7HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2015California8-5HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2016California5-7HC: Sonny Dykes · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

2017California5-7HC: Justin Wilcox · Balanced

2018Texas10-4HC: Tom Herman · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: carries (86th percentile). Strength: receptions (84th percentile). Concern: yards / carry (15th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Carries#49 / 339 · 86th pct

184

Receptions#47 / 326 · 84th pct

Rush yards#93 / 339 · 73rd pct

777

Rec yards#92 / 326 · 72nd pct

143

Fumbles lost#56 / 217 · 48th pct

Long run#216 / 339 · 36th pct

Rush TDs#213 / 339 · 32nd pct

Yards / carry#284 / 339 · 15th pct

4.2

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home6g	68.2	4.6	0.3
Road8g	46.0	3.6	0.1

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	53.9	3.9	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	57.7	4.2	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Steve Sarkisian

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Texas	184	777	4.2	3	--
2017	California	17	83	4.9	0	--
2016	California	143	709	5.0	4	--
2015	California	89	504	5.7	3	--
2014	California	25	94	3.8	1	--
Career		458	2,167	4.7	11	--

Season	Team
2018	Texas	22	143	6.5	3	--
2017	California	5	31	6.2	0	--
2016	California	21	241	11.5	4	--
2015	California	10	106	10.6	1	--
2014	California	1	1	1.0	0	--
Career		59	522	8.8	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2018

W 28–21

at Georgia

91 rush yds (18 car)

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With R. Bujcevski — 41 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 52 LONG · S. Ehlinger — 169 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · 64 rush yds (21 car) · 3 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 29-34@ Maryland	12	52	4.3	0	10	Season-high 91 yds
Wk 2	W 28-21vs Tulsa	18	74	4.1	0	16
Wk 3	W 37-14vs USC	18	72	4.0	0	9
Wk 4	W 31-16vs TCU	15	58	3.9	1	14
Wk 5	W 19-14@ Kansas State	7	24	3.4	0	11
Wk 6	W 48-45@ Oklahoma	6	19	3.2	0	6
Wk 7	W 23-17vs Baylor	13	41	3.2	0	9
Wk 9	L 35-38@ Oklahoma State	5	6	1.2	1	3
Wk 10	L 41-42vs West Virginia	14	80	5.7	1	14
Wk 11	W 41-34@ Texas Tech	18	58	3.2	0	10
Wk 12	W 24-10vs Iowa State	13	84	6.5	0	39
Wk 13	W 24-17@ Kansas	14	79	5.6	0	31
Wk 14	L 27-39@ Oklahoma	13	39	3.0	0	9
Bowl	W 28-21@ Georgia	18	91	5.1	0	20
Total		184	777	4.0	3	39

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