WEEK 12 STATS: 7 total tackles, 3.5 TFL, FF, QBH
Watkins put forth a breakout performance in the final game of his rookie campaign. Recording more than two tackles in a agme for the first time, the redshirt freshman lineman logged seven stops in a 13-7 setback at NEC co-champion Sacred Heart. Helping limit the Pioneers to 223 yards of offense, Watkins recorded 3.5 hits for a loss, including 1.0 sack, and a quarterback hurry. Watkins' first tackle of the game stopped SHU running back Jordan Meachum in the backfield late in the first quarter and it forced a fumble that was recovered by SFU's Ben Bruni at the Sacred heart 13-yard line. He nearly single-handedly derailed a SHU second-quarter possession. Watkins dropped the ball carrier for a two-yard loss on first down and followed by sacking the quarterback on 3rd-and-12.