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Jaylen Watson

Cornerback, Los Angeles Rams · #35.

Player facts

Team: Los Angeles Rams
Position: Cornerback
Number: 35
Born: Sep 17, 1998 (age 28)
Birthplace: Augusta, GA, USA
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 197 lbs
College: Washington State
Experience: 5 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Defense

	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	YDS	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	STF	STFYDS	KB
Regular Season	11	7	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	3.0	0	3	5	1	2	0
Career	189	135	54	4	0	0	0	4	128	32.0	1	14	29	6	8	0

Recent games

			Tackles				Fumbles		Interceptions
Date	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	KB
Mon, Oct 12	vs BUF	L 37-34 OT	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	3.0	0	0	2	0
Sun, Sep 27	@ DEN	L 30-26	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	2	0
Mon, Sep 21	vs NYG	W 28-6	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0
Thu, Sep 10	vs SF	L 27-7	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

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

About

Jaylen Watson (born September 17, 1998) is an American professional football cornerback for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ventura College before transferring to the Washington State Cougars. He was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the seventh round of the 2022 NFL draft.

From Wikipedia’s article on Jaylen Watson, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Watson grew up in Augusta, Georgia and attended Lucy Craft Laney High School as well as Curtis Baptist High School.

College career

Watson began his college career at Ventura College. As a sophomore, he recorded 43 tackles with 13 pass breakups, four interceptions, and one fumble recovery. Watson initially committed to transfer to USC, but did not qualify academically to enroll at the school. He did not play in 2019 and returned to Augusta, where he worked at a local Wendy's restaurant that was managed by his mother while also completing his coursework. Watson later signed to transfer to play at Washington State.

Watson became an immediate starter at cornerback for the Washington State Cougars and was named honorable mention All-Pac-12 Conference after recording 13 tackles, two passes broken up, a forced fumble and one recovered fumble in three games during the team's COVID-19-shortened 2020 season. He repeated as an honorable mention All-Pac 12 selection in his final season.

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