Career
5 seasons at 3 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | INT | PD | Havoc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Rice#119 · 1-6 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — |
| 2025 |  UAB#125 · 4-8 | 8 | 20% | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | UAB#115 · 3-9 | 3 | 9% | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 |  Minnesota#74 · 6-7 | 5 | 14% | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 * | Minnesota#21 · 9-4 | 1 | 6% | 2 | — | — | 0 | — | — |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Tariq Watson's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded. * Defense rebuilt from the play-by-play (ESPN's box scores that season are missing it); about 10% below official totals.
Game Log
Tariq Watson's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Defense | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Hur | PD | INT | TD |
| 1 |  Alabama State | W 52–42 | 5.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 2 | @ Navy | L 24–38 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 3 |  Akron | W 31–28 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 4 | @ Tennessee | L 24–56 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | · | · |
| 6 |  Army | L 13–31 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 7 | @ Florida Atlantic | L 33–53 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 8 |  Memphis | W 31–24 | 6.1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 10 | @ UConn | L 19–38 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 11 | @Rice | L 17–24 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 12 |  North Texas | L 24–53 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | · | · |
| 13 |  South Florida | L 18–48 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 14 | @ Tulsa | W 31–24 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 2025 · 8 games | 4.2 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
Position Room
16 DBs on the Rice roster, ordered by tkl
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | AJ Brown | S | SR | 52 | 3 | 0 | — | 2 |
| 3 | Koa Akui | S | SR | 36 | 6 | 0 | — | 4 |
| 12 | Jamir Benjamin | CB | SO | 33 | 2.5 | 0 | — | 2 |
| 10 | Kyren Condoll | CB | SO | 21 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 |
| 0 | Daveon Hook | S | SR | 8 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Ahran Ogbor | S | SO | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Bailey Fletcher | S | SO | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 5 | Jerrick Harper | CB | SR | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1 | Zach Cody | CB | SO | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 6 | Dylan Stephens | S | SO | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 27 | Michael Amey III | S | FR | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 |
| 4 | Tariq Watson | CB | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Jordan Mitchell | CB | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 32 | Seth Brown | S | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 35 | Elijah Brown | CB | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 36 | Austin Lee | S | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes —+ plays per team game. Rice depth chart →