Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 16-42@ Auburn | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Total | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#22
Shi'heem Watkins
Senior safety on Coastal Carolina's 2021 roster.
6′0″ · 195 lb · Columbia, SC
Coastal Carolina 2021 alumnus
The story
4 safety on Coastal Carolina's roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearShi'heem Watkins
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. This is his third year in the same secondary at Coastal Carolina. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles against Auburn, Week 1, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Coastal Carolina, 40 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Coastal Carolina
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2019–2021
1 coach2019–2021
Coastal Carolina
Played his entire career under Jamey Chadwell.
2022 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Jamey Chadwell, all run-heavy offenses — 27-10 over that span.
2019Coastal Carolina5-7HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy
2020Coastal Carolina11-1HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy
2021Coastal Carolina11-2HC: Jamey Chadwell · Run-heavy
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 3.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ryan Beard
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2021
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Coastal Carolina | 32 | 14 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Coastal Carolina | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Coastal Carolina | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 40 | 20 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
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His 2021 production profile sits closest to Josh Thompson’s 2021 season.
Matches Josh on
Class year
PD rate
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Xavion Alford's junior season at USC (2021).
Matches Xavion on
Class year
PD rate
Tackle volume
Player DNA
Players who play like Shi'heem Watkins
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology