#84

Tre Watson

Former tight end at Texas A&M. 2024: 21 catches, 280 receiving yards, 1 TD.

TE · Texas A&M · Sr. · #84

6′5″ · 250 lb · Rio Rancho, NM

CFB Index 45 · #74 of 135 TEsMedium-low confidenceTexas A&M 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former tight end at Texas A&M. 2024: 21 catches, 280 receiving yards, 1 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Texas A&M, 862 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

The week the volume broke through — stacked 2 td at Utah State.Utah State · W 37-322023

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

2 teams

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

3 coaches

2021–2022

Jimbo Fisher

Texas A&M

2023

Elijah Robinson

Texas A&M

era →

2024

Mike Elko

Texas A&M

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Jimbo Fisher, Elijah Robinson, and Mike Elko. Multi-era developmental context.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Fresno State10-3HC: Lee Marks · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Fresno State10-4HC: Jeff Tedford · Balanced

2023Fresno State9-4HC: Jeff Tedford · Pass-leaning

2024Texas A&M8-5HC: Mike Elko · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

45Rotational starter #74 of 135?

Medium-low confidence10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (82nd percentile). Concern: catch rate (26th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#197 / 610 · 68th pct

13.3

EPA / target#255 / 610 · 58th pct

0.94

Explosive rate#390 / 610 · 36th pct

12.0%

TD rate#403 / 610 · 34th pct

4.0%

Catch rate#452 / 610 · 26th pct

84.0%

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#31 / 168 · 82nd pct

13.3

Rec yards#67 / 168 · 60th pct

280

Receptions#87 / 168 · 47th pct

Long catch#89 / 168 · 45th pct

Rec TDs#110 / 168 · 25th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

60th → 58th percentile

Explosive rate

26th → 36th percentile

Catch rate

95th → 26th percentile

TD rate

73rd → 34th percentile

Yards / catch

24th → 68th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.0	26.5	12.2	0.2
Road5g	1.8	24.2	15.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	1.5	18.5	12.2	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	2.4	33.8	15.5	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Mike Elko

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

45 · #74 of 135 TEs

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Texas A&M	21	280	13.3	1	--
2023	Fresno State	38	366	9.6	4	--
2022	Fresno State	9	82	9.1	0	--
2021	Fresno State	10	134	13.4	0	--
Career		78	862	11.1	5	--

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Mississippi State · 3&23 · Q3 · EPA +3.60Conner Weigman pass complete to Tre Watson for 26 yds to the MSST 10 for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Bowling Green · 3&8 · Q1 · EPA +3.00Marcel Reed pass complete to Tre Watson for 15 yds to the BGSU 46 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · South Carolina · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +2.00Marcel Reed pass complete to Tre Watson for 14 yds to the SC 38 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · New Mexico State · 2&7 · Q2 · EPA +1.90Marcel Reed pass complete to Tre Watson for 14 yds to the NMSU 45 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Arkansas · 1&5 · Q4 · EPA +1.88Marcel Reed pass complete to Tre Watson for 5 yds for a TD (Randy Bond KICK)
Week 12 · New Mexico State · 2&6 · Q1 · EPA +1.68Marcel Reed pass complete to Tre Watson for 33 yds to the NMSU 16 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Florida · 3&12 · Q1 · EPA +1.57Marcel Reed pass complete to Tre Watson for 15 yds to the FLA 12 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Texas · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.34Marcel Reed pass complete to Tre Watson for 16 yds to the TEX 44 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Texas · 2&12 · Q4 · EPA +1.25Marcel Reed pass complete to Tre Watson for 16 yds to the TEX 5 for a 1ST down
Week 12 · New Mexico State · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +1.22Marcel Reed pass complete to Tre Watson for 15 yds to the NMSU 5 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 13-23vs Notre Dame	1	18	18.0	0	18
Wk 2	W 52-10vs McNeese	1	11	11.0	0	11
Wk 3	W 33-20@ Florida	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 4	W 26-20vs Bowling Green	2	20	10.0	0	15
Wk 5	W 21-17vs Arkansas	1	5	5.0	1	5
Wk 8	W 34-24@ Mississippi State	1	26	26.0	0	26
Wk 10	L 20-44@ South Carolina	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 12	W 38-3vs New Mexico State	4	67	16.8	0	33	Season-high 67 yds
Wk 13	L 41-43@ Auburn	3	24	8.0	0	11
Wk 14	L 7-17vs Texas	3	38	12.7	0	16
Bowl	L 31-35@ USC	3	42	14.0	0	21
Total		21	280	13.7	1	33

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

Tre Watson

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

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