Ben Watson

Benjamin Seth Watson

Position: TE

6-3, 255lb (190cm, 115kg)

Born: December 18, 1980 in Norfolk, VA

College: Duke, Georgia (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 40 (2518th overall since 1960)

High School: Northwestern (SC)

Draft: New England Patriots in the 1st round (32nd overall) of the 2004 NFL Draft.

1x SB Champ

SUMMARY

Career

205

Rec

547

Yds

6058

Y/R

11.1

FantPt

860.8

Receiving & Rushing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Receiving & Rushing Table
					Games		Receiving											Rushing								Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
2004	24	NWE	te	84	1	1	4	2	16	8.0	0	1	14	2.0	16.0	50.0%	4.0									2	8.0	16	0	0	0
2005	25	NWE	TE	84	15	9	54	29	441	15.2	4	22	35	1.9	29.4	53.7%	8.2									29	15.2	441	4	1	4
2006	26	NWE	TE	84	13	13	91	49	643	13.1	3	32	40	3.8	49.5	53.8%	7.1									49	13.1	643	3	3	7
2007	27	NWE	TE	84	12	8	49	36	389	10.8	6	21	35	3.0	32.4	73.5%	7.9	1	11	0	1	11	11.0	0.9	0.1	37	10.8	400	6	1	5
2008	28	NWE	TE	84	14	9	47	22	209	9.5	2	12	29	1.6	14.9	46.8%	4.4									22	9.5	209	2	1	2
2009	29	NWE	TE	84	16	7	41	29	404	13.9	5	20	36	1.8	25.3	70.7%	9.9									29	13.9	404	5	0	4
2010	30	CLE	TE	82	16	16	102	68	763	11.2	3	39	44	4.3	47.7	66.7%	7.5	1	-1	0	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	69	11.0	762	3	0	5
2011	31	CLE	TE	82	13	11	70	37	410	11.1	2	21	34	2.8	31.5	52.9%	5.9									37	11.1	410	2	0	2
2012	32	CLE	TE	82	16	14	82	49	501	10.2	3	27	27	3.1	31.3	59.8%	6.1									49	10.2	501	3	1	3
2013	33	NOR	te	82	15	7	30	19	226	11.9	2	14	32	1.3	15.1	63.3%	7.5									19	11.9	226	2	0	2
2014	34	NOR	TE	82	16	8	31	20	136	6.8	2	9	15	1.3	8.5	64.5%	4.4									20	6.8	136	2	0	1
2015	35	NOR	TE	82	16	16	110	74	825	11.1	6	42	46	4.6	51.6	67.3%	7.5									74	11.1	825	6	1	7
2017	37	BAL	TE	82	16	12	79	61	522	8.6	4	30	33	3.8	32.6	77.2%	6.6									61	8.6	522	4	1	5
2018	38	NOR	te	82	16	4	46	35	400	11.4	2	22	32	2.2	25.0	76.1%	8.7									35	11.4	400	2	0	4
2019	39	NWE	te	82	10	8	24	17	173	10.2	0	9	26	1.7	17.3	70.8%	7.2									17	10.2	173	0	0	1
Career					205	143	860	547	6058	11.1	44	321	46	2.7	29.6	63.6%	7.0	2	10	0	1	11	5.0	0.0	0.0	549	11.1	6068	44	9	52
7 yrs		NWE			81	55	310	184	2275	12.4	20	117	40	2.3	28.1	59.4%	7.3	1	11	0	1	11	11.0	0.1	0.0	185	12.4	2286	20	6	23
4 yrs		NOR			63	35	217	148	1587	10.7	12	87	46	2.3	25.2	68.2%	7.3									148	10.7	1587	12	1	14
3 yrs		CLE			45	41	254	154	1674	10.9	8	87	44	3.4	37.2	60.6%	6.6	1	-1	0	0	0	-1.0	0.0	0.0	155	10.8	1673	8	1	10
1 yr		BAL			16	12	79	61	522	8.6	4	30	33	3.8	32.6	77.2%	6.6									61	8.6	522	4	1	5

Receiving & Rushing Table
				Games		Receiving											Rushing								Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
2005	25	NWE	TE	2	2	11	5	91	18.2	1	4	63	2.5	45.5	45.5%	8.3									5	18.2	91	1	1
2006	26	NWE	TE	3	2	19	10	81	8.1	0	3	19	3.3	27.0	52.6%	4.3									10	8.1	81	0	0
2007	27	NWE	TE	3	3	6	3	20	6.7	2	2	9	1.0	6.7	50.0%	3.3									3	6.7	20	2	0
2009	29	NWE	TE	1	0	4	1	3	3.0	0	0	3	1.0	3.0	25.0%	0.8									1	3.0	3	0	0
2013	33	NOR	TE	2	2	3	2	27	13.5	0	1	27	1.0	13.5	66.7%	9.0									2	13.5	27	0	0
2018	38	NOR	TE	1	0	1	1	12	12.0	0	1	12	1.0	12.0	100.0%	12.0									1	12.0	12	0	0
2019	39	NWE	TE	1	0	4	3	38	12.7	0	3	21	3.0	38.0	75.0%	9.5									3	12.7	38	0	0
Career				13	9	48	25	272	10.9	3	14	63	1.9	20.9	52.1%	5.7									25	10.9	272	3	1
5 yrs		NWE		10	7	44	22	233	10.6	3	12	63	2.2	23.3	50.0%	5.3									22	10.6	233	3	1
2 yrs		NOR		3	2	4	3	39	13.0	0	2	27	1.0	13.0	75.0%	9.8									3	13.0	39	0	0

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Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
2005	25	NWE	TE	84	15	9						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
2006	26	NWE	TE	84	13	13						0	3	1	0	0	0.0
2007	27	NWE	TE	84	12	8						0	1	1	0	0	0.0
2008	28	NWE	TE	84	14	9						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
2009	29	NWE	TE	84	16	7						0	0	1	0	0	0.0
2012	32	CLE	TE	82	16	14						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
2014	34	NOR	TE	82	16	8											0.0	1	1	0	0	0
2015	35	NOR	TE	82	16	16						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
2017	37	BAL	TE	82	16	12						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career					205	143						0	9	3	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
7 yrs		NWE			81	55						0	6	3	0	0	0.0
4 yrs		NOR			63	35						0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
3 yrs		CLE			45	41						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
1 yr		BAL			16	12						0	1	0	0	0	0.0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
2005	25	NWE	TE	2	2						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
Career				13	9						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
5 yrs		NWE		10	7						0	1	0	0	0	0.0
2 yrs		NOR		3	2											0.0

Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
2005	25	NWE	TE	84	15	9						1	1	0	1	1.0	442
Career					205	143						1	1	0	1	1.0	6069
7 yrs		NWE			81	55						1	1	0	1	1.0	2287
4 yrs		NOR			63	35											1587
3 yrs		CLE			45	41											1673
1 yr		BAL			16	12											522

Scoring Summary

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Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
2005	25	NWE	TE	84	15	9	4	4		24	1.6
2006	26	NWE	TE	84	13	13	3	3		18	1.4
2007	27	NWE	TE	84	12	8	6	6		36	3.0
2008	28	NWE	TE	84	14	9	2	2		12	0.9
2009	29	NWE	TE	84	16	7	5	5		30	1.9
2010	30	CLE	TE	82	16	16	3	3		18	1.1
2011	31	CLE	TE	82	13	11	2	2		12	0.9
2012	32	CLE	TE	82	16	14	3	3		18	1.1
2013	33	NOR	te	82	15	7	2	2		12	0.8
2014	34	NOR	TE	82	16	8	2	2		12	0.8
2015	35	NOR	TE	82	16	16	6	6		36	2.3
2017	37	BAL	TE	82	16	12	4	4		24	1.5
2018	38	NOR	te	82	16	4	2	2		12	0.8
Career					205	143	44	44	0	264	1.3
7 yrs		NWE			81	55	20	20	0	120	1.5
4 yrs		NOR			63	35	12	12	0	72	1.1
3 yrs		CLE			45	41	8	8	0	48	1.1
1 yr		BAL			16	12	4	4	0	24	1.5

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
2005	25	NWE	TE	2	2	1	1	6	3.0
2007	27	NWE	TE	3	3	2	2	12	4.0
Career				13	9	3	3	18	1.4
5 yrs		NWE		10	7	3	3	18	1.8
2 yrs		NOR		3	2			0	0.0

Snap Counts

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Snap Counts Table
					Games		Off.		Def.		ST
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2012	32	CLE	TE	82	16	14	853	83%	0	0%	61	13%
2013	33	NOR	te	82	15	7	497	47%	0	0%	78	18%
2014	34	NOR	TE	82	16	8	571	50%	0	0%	76	17%
2015	35	NOR	TE	82	16	16	984	85%	0	0%	78	17%
2017	37	BAL	TE	82	16	12	700	65%	0	0%	1	0%
2018	38	NOR	te	82	16	4	507	48%	0	0%	16	4%
2019	39	NWE	te	82	10	8	467	66%	0	0%	0	0%
Career							4579		0		310
4 yrs		NOR			63	35	2559		0		248
1 yr		BAL			16	12	700		0		1
1 yr		CLE			16	14	853		0		61
1 yr		NWE			10	8	467		0		0

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