Quez Watkins

WR · Southern Miss 2019 · #16

Last confirmed: Southern Miss, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.

6′2″ · 190 lb · Athens, AL

Quez Watkins: WR · Southern Miss · #16.

Players he’s like

Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.

Siaosi WilsonUtah · 2017 · 87% season match
Tyler BoydPittsburgh · 2014 · 86% season match
Cayleb JonesArizona · 2015 · 84% season match
Mike WilliamsClemson · 2014 · 82% season match
Romeo DoubsNevada · 2020 · 78% season match

Quez Watkins

WR · Southern Miss · Jr · #16

Beats you over the top. He has spent three seasons in the Southern Miss receiving corps. One game to point at: 209 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Troy — Week 3, 2019.

How he plays

Play style

Stretches the field vertically. Every snap is a potential big play.

News and fans

No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.

Southern Miss in the news

Former WR arrested for murderSuperTalk Mississippi Media Oct 23
RB Briggs out for seasonYahoo Sports Oct 12

Where to follow him

Career stats

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Season	Team
2019	Southern Miss	64	1,178	18.4	6
2018	Southern Miss	73	896	12.3	9
2017	Southern Miss	23	337	14.7	2
Career		160	2,411	15.1	17

Season	Team
2019	Southern Miss	1	1	86	22	--
2018	Southern Miss	4	11	43	138	1
2017	Southern Miss	--	--	236	18	--
Career		5	12	365	178	1

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 38-10vs Alcorn State	—	—	—	—	—	154-yard receiving day
Wk 3	W 47-42@ Troy	7	209	29.9	2	64	Season-high 209 yds
Wk 4	L 7-49@ No. 2 Alabama	3	24	8.0	0	17
Wk 5	W 31-13vs UTEP	2	97	48.5	0	61
Wk 7	W 45-27vs North Texas	8	198	24.8	1	72	198-yard receiving day
Wk 8	L 30-45@ Louisiana Tech	6	102	17.0	0	31
Wk 9	W 20-6@ Rice	6	67	11.2	0	31
Wk 11	W 37-2vs UAB	5	87	17.4	1	37
Wk 12	W 36-17@ UTSA	7	137	19.6	1	77	137-yard receiving day
Wk 13	L 10-28vs Western Kentucky	8	90	11.3	0	28
Wk 14	L 17-34@ Florida Atlantic	3	13	4.3	0	10
Bowl	L 13-30@ Tulane	9	154	17.1	1	44
Total		64	1178	18.4	6	77

Signature game

Week 3 · 2019

W 47-42

at Troy

7 rec · 209 yds · 2 TD

Edged out Troy on the road in a shootout.

With J. Abraham — 463 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.7 · 26 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · J. Adams — 11 rec · 180 yds

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 3 · Troy · 3rd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +6.76Jack Abraham pass complete to Quez Watkins for 64 yds for a TD, (Andrew Stein KICK)
Week 12 · UTSA · 2nd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +6.41Jack Abraham pass complete to Quez Watkins for 77 yds for a TD (Andrew Stein KICK)
Week 1 · Tulane · 3rd and 17 · Q1 · EPA +6.18Abraham to Watkins: a 44-yard pass.
Week 7 · North Texas · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA +4.61Jack Abraham pass complete to Quez Watkins for 72 yds to the NoTex 3 for a
Week 5 · UTEP · 2nd and 18 · Q2 · EPA +4.61Jack Abraham pass complete to Quez Watkins for 61 yds to the UTEP 22 for a
Week 12 · UTSA · 1st and 10 · Q3 · EPA −4.10Jack Abraham pass complete to Quez Watkins for 8 yds Quez Watkins fumbled, forced by Jahmal Sam, recovered by TexSA Brandon Matterson

4 more plays

Week 13 · Western Kentucky · 2nd and 14 · Q2 · EPA −3.94Jack Abraham pass complete to Quez Watkins for 14 yds Quez Watkins fumbled, forced by Dionte Ruffin, recovered by WKent Trae Meadows , return for no gain to the SoMis 15 SOUTHERN MISS Penalty, unsportsmanlike conduct (-15 Yards) to the SoMis 38
Week 3 · Troy · 2nd and 12 · Q2 · EPA +3.93Jack Abraham pass complete to Quez Watkins for 40 yds to the Troy 34 for a
Week 7 · North Texas · 2nd and 7 · Q2 · EPA +3.88Jack Abraham pass complete to Quez Watkins for 59 yds to the NoTex 14 for a
Week 1 · Tulane · 3rd and 8 · Q4 · EPA +3.64Tate Whatley pass complete to Quez Watkins for 33 yds to the Tulan 45 for a

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Jay Hopson, all balanced offenses — 21-16 over that span.

2017Southern Miss8-5HC: Jay Hopson · Balanced

2018Southern Miss6-5HC: Jay Hopson · Balanced

2019Southern Miss7-6HC: Jay Hopson · Balanced

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Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (92nd percentile). Strength: rec yards (97th percentile). Concern: fumbles lost (9th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#57 / 728 · 92nd pct

18.0

Explosive rate#159 / 728 · 78th pct

17.5%

EPA / target#228 / 728 · 69th pct

0.66

TD rate#349 / 728 · 52nd pct

5.2%

Catch rate#501 / 728 · 31st pct

64.9%

Box-score rates (8)

Rec yards#17 / 556 · 97th pct

1178

Long catch#45 / 556 · 92nd pct

Yards / catch#47 / 556 · 91st pct

18.4

Receptions#58 / 556 · 90th pct

Rec TDs#77 / 556 · 83rd pct

Rush TDs#60 / 283 · 40th pct

Rush yards#241 / 283 · 14th pct

Fumbles lost#190 / 223 · 9th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

68th → 69th percentile

Explosive rate

57th → 78th percentile

Catch rate

54th → 31st percentile

TD rate

81st → 52nd percentile

Yards / catch

53rd → 92nd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home5g	4.6	94.4	25.5	0.4
Road6g	5.3	92.0	15.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.8	114	25.7	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	5.8	82.7	13.5	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2019 season

Head Coach

Jay Hopson

Pass share

50.6%

438 pass / 428 run

Plays / game

66.6

13 games

Team sack rate

4.9%

465 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Starter

64 catches and 1 carry in 12 games, more catches a game than most FBS receivers who play every week.

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