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Eric Watts

Defensive End, Miami Dolphins.

Player facts

Team: Miami Dolphins
Position: Defensive End
Born: Oct 1, 2000 (age 26)
Birthplace: Sumter, SC, USA
Height: 6' 5"
Weight: 277 lbs
College: UConn
Experience: 2 seasons
Status: Practice Squad

Stats

2025 Defense

	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	YDS	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	STF	STFYDS	KB
Regular Season	10	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Career	23	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	1.5	0	0

Recent games

			Tackles				Fumbles		Interceptions
Date	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	KB
Sun, Jan 4	@ BUF	L 35-8	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Dec 28	vs NE	L 42-10	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Dec 14	@ JAX	L 48-20	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Nov 30	vs ATL	W 27-24	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 4 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Eric Watts (born October 1, 2000) is an American professional football defensive end for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UConn Huskies.

From Wikipedia’s article on Eric Watts, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

From Sumter, South Carolina, Watts attended Sumter High School where he played football and basketball, being selected to the Offense–Defense All-American Bowl in football while helping the team win county and region championships. As a senior, he had 8 1/2 sacks while helping Sumter win ten straight games. He committed to play college football for the UConn Huskies.

College career

Watts began seeing extended action at UConn as a true freshman in 2019. He appeared in all 12 games that year and totaled 30 tackles. The team's 2020 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in 2021, Watts played 10 games while accumulating 39 tackles. He appeared in 13 games in the 2022 season and posted 49 tackles while leading the team in both tackles-for-loss (10) and sacks (7.0), additionally blocking two kicks and having two forced fumbles. He had 34 tackles and two sacks as a senior in 2023 and was invited to participate at the 2024 Senior Bowl and the NFL Scouting Combine.

From Wikipedia’s article on Eric Watts, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.¹