Southern Arkansas University Athletics

Career
Debut: September 1, 2016 against Southwestern Oklahoma State
First start: September 10, 2016 versus Northwestern Oklahoma State
Stats: 31 games, 22 starts; 87 total tackles (61 solo, 26 assist); 2.0 tackles for loss for three yards; six interceptions, eight return yards; 17 pass breakups; one forced fumble, one fumble recovery

Career Awards
2018 Don Hanson Super Region Three – Third Team
2018 All-GAC Second Team
 
2018
Played in 12 games, making 11 starts…47 total tackles (31 solo, 16 assist)…1.0 tackles for loss for two yards…one forced fumble…four interceptions, one return yard…eight pass breakups…career-high 10 tackles (six solo, four assist) against Oklahoma Baptist (9/29)…four games of five or more tackles…forced fumble and interception against Southwestern Oklahoma (9/15)…two interceptions versus Henderson State (10/27)…recorded two pass breakups versus Arkansas Tech (8/30) and Southern Nazarene (10/6)
 
2017
Played in nine games, making five starts…21 total tackles (17 solo, 4 assist)…1.0 tackles for loss for one yard…one fumble recovery…four pass breakups…season-high five tackles against East Central (10/14)…five games of three or more tackles…recovered a fumble and broke up a pass versus Harding (9/9)
 
2016
Played in 10 games, making six starts…19 total tackles (13 solo, 6 assist)…two interceptions, seven return yards…five pass breakups…season-high six tackles versus Northwestern Oklahoma State (9/10)…recorded three or more tackles four times…interceptions against Southwestern Oklahoma (9/1) and Southeastern Oklahoma (10/29)…recorded two pass breakups versus Northwestern Oklahoma (9/10) and Arkansas-Monticello (11/12)
 
Previous School
Watkins is a 2016 graduate of Hamburg HS in Hamburg, Arkansas