J.J. Watt

Justin James Watt (The Milkman or J.J. Swatt)

Position: DE

6-5, 288lb (196cm, 130kg)

Team: Arizona Cardinals

Born: March 22, 1989 in Pewaukee, WI

College: Central Michigan, Wisconsin (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 107 (90th overall since 1960)

High School: Pewaukee (WI)

Draft: Houston Texans in the 1st round (11th overall) of the 2011 NFL Draft.

Twitter: @JJWatt

Relatives: Brothers Derek Watt, T.J. Watt

SUMMARY

2022

Career

146

125

6.5

108.5

Solo

435

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2022 Games

2022 Games Table
								Tackles					Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Off. Snaps		Def. Snaps		ST Snaps
Date	Week	Tm		Opp	Result	GS	Sk	Solo	Ast	Comb	TFL	QBHits	Int	Yds	TD	PD	Fmb	FL	FF	FR	Yds	TD	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Status
2022-09-18	2	ARI	@	LVR	W 29-23	*	1.0	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	42	63%	0	0%
2022-09-25	3	ARI		LAR	L 12-20	*	1.0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	30	63%	0	0%
2022-10-02	4	ARI	@	CAR	W 26-16	*	0.0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	41	79%	0	0%
2022-10-09	5	ARI		PHI	L 17-20	*	0.5	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	55	75%	0	0%
2022-10-16	6	ARI	@	SEA	L 9-19	*	0.0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	53	78%	0	0%
2022-10-20	7	ARI		NOR	W 42-34	*	0.0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	60	83%	0	0%
2022-10-30	8	ARI	@	MIN	L 26-34	*	2.0	2	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	55	77%	0	0%
2022-11-06	9	ARI		SEA	L 21-31	*	0.0	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	56	77%	0	0%
2022-11-13	10	ARI	@	LAR	W 27-17	*	1.0	2	0	2	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0%	44	73%	0	0%
2022-11-21	11	ARI		SFO	L 10-38	*	0.0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	39	67%	0	0%
2022-11-27	12	ARI		LAC	L 24-25	*	1.0	2	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	53	80%	0	0%
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2022-12-12	14	ARI		NWE	Preview · Stats for 7 games vs. Patriots · Avg. 0.0 sk, 0.0 int, 3.4 tckl (Last in 2020)
2022-12-18	15	ARI	@	DEN	Preview · Stats for 3 games vs. Broncos · Avg. 1.2 sk, 0.0 int, 3.7 tckl (Last in 2018)
2022-12-25	16	ARI		TAM	Preview · Stats for 2 games vs. Buccaneers · Avg. 0.3 sk, 0.0 int, 4.0 tckl (Last in 2015)
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Defense & Fumbles

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

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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	AV	Awards
2011	22	HOU	LDE	99	16	16	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	2	0	5.5	56	49	7	13	19		10
2012*+	23	HOU	LDE	99	16	16	0	0	0	0	16	4	0	2	7	0	20.5	81	69	12	39	43		19	AP DPoY-1, AP1, PB
2013*+	24	HOU	LDE	99	16	16	0	0	0	0	7	4	0	2	0	0	10.5	80	65	15	22	46		17	AP DPoY-6, AP1, PB
2014*+	25	HOU	LDE	99	16	16	1	80	1	80	10	4	0	5	59	1	20.5	78	59	19	29	51	1	23	AP MVP-2, AP DPoY-1, AP1, PB
2015*+	26	HOU	RDE	99	16	16	0	0	0	0	8	3	0	1	0	0	17.5	76	57	19	29	50		21	AP DPoY-1, AP1, PB
2016	27	HOU	DE	99	3	3			0			0	0	1	0	0	1.5	8	1	7	1	5		2
2017	28	HOU	LDE	99	5	5	0	0	0	0	2	0					0.0	15	11	4	3	5		2
2018*+	29	HOU	LDE	99	16	16	0	0	0	0	4	7	0	0	0	0	16.0	61	47	14	18	25		17	AP CPoY-2, AP1, PB
2019	30	HOU	LDE	99	8	8	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	4.0	24	15	9	4	21		4
2020	31	HOU	LDE	99	16	16	1	19	1	19	7	2	0	1	0	0	5.0	52	36	16	14	17		7
2021	32	ARI	RDE	99	7	7	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	16	10	6	5	10		3
2022	33	ARI	DE	99	11	11	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	6.5	21	16	5	8	16
Career					146	146	2	99	2	80	68	26	0	17	68	1	108.5	568	435	133	185	308	1	125
10 yrs		HOU			128	128	2	99	2	80	61	25	0	16	68	1	101.0	531	409	122	172	282	1	122
2 yrs		ARI			18	18	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	7.5	37	26	11	13	26		3

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
2011	22	HOU	DE	2	2	1	29	1	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	14	11	3	4	4
2012*+	23	HOU	DE	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	9	6	3	3	3
2015*+	26	HOU	RDE	1	1			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	1	0	0
2018*+	29	HOU	DE	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	1	1
2019	30	HOU	DE	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	1	2
2021	32	ARI	DE	1	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	1	2	1	0
Career				9	6	1	29	1	29	6					0	6.0	31	21	10	10	10
5 yrs		HOU		8	6	1	29	1	29	6					0	6.0	28	20	8	9	10
1 yr		ARI		1	0			0							0	0.0	3	1	2	1	0

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					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
2014*+	25	HOU	LDE	99	16	16	3	3	4	1.3	3	3	2	0.2	0.3	100.0%	1.3			0						3	1.3	4	3	0
2015*+	26	HOU	RDE	99	16	16	1	0	0		0		0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0			0									0	0
Career					146	146	4	3	4	1.3	3	3	2	0.0	0.0	75.0%	1.0			0						3	1.3	4	3
10 yrs		HOU			128	128	4	3	4	1.3	3	3	2	0.0	0.0	75.0%	1.0			0						3	1.3	4	3
2 yrs		ARI			18	18					0									0									0

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
2015*+	26	HOU	RDE	1	1					0							1	-1	0	0	-1	-1.0	-1.0	1.0	1	-1.0	-1	0	0
Career				9	6					0							1	-1	0	0	0	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	1	-1.0	-1	0
5 yrs		HOU		8	6					0							1	-1	0	0	0	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	1	-1.0	-1	0
1 yr		ARI		1	0					0									0									0

Scoring Summary

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Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RecTD	FblTD	IntTD	AllTD	D2P	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
2014*+	25	HOU	LDE	99	16	16	3	1	1	5		1	32	2.0
2020	31	HOU	LDE	99	16	16			1	1			6	0.4
Career					146	146	3	1	2	6	0	1	38	.3
10 yrs		HOU			128	128	3	1	2	6	0	1	38	.3
2 yrs		ARI			18	18					0		0	0.0

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	IntTD	AllTD	Pts	Pts/G
2011	22	HOU	DE	2	2	1	1	6	3.0
Career				9	6	1	1	6	.7
5 yrs		HOU		8	6	1	1	6	.8
1 yr		ARI		1	0			0	0.0

Snap Counts

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Snap Counts Table
					Games		Off. Snaps		Def. Snaps		ST Snaps
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2012*+	23	HOU	LDE	99	16	16	0	0%	937	88%	66	13%
2013*+	24	HOU	LDE	99	16	16	0	0%	960	94%	87	18%
2014*+	25	HOU	LDE	99	16	16	9	1%	1049	93%	74	16%
2015*+	26	HOU	RDE	99	16	16	4	0%	1004	96%	70	15%
2016	27	HOU	DE	99	3	3	0	0%	157	86%	13	15%
2017	28	HOU	LDE	99	5	5	0	0%	217	70%	12	8%
2018*+	29	HOU	LDE	99	16	16	0	0%	963	90%	62	13%
2019	30	HOU	LDE	99	8	8	0	0%	469	89%	14	6%
2020	31	HOU	LDE	99	16	16	0	0%	1013	91%	3	1%
2021	32	ARI	RDE	99	7	7	1	0%	341	77%	24	13%
2022	33	ARI	DE	99	11	11	0	0%	528	75%	0	0%
Career							14		7638		425
9 yrs		HOU			112	112	13		6769		401
2 yrs		ARI			18	18	1		869		24

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