Amari Watson

The rising defensive back appeared nine games for the Jumbos...Made 27 tackles with 20 unassisted as well as two pass breakups, an interception, and 0.5 sacks...Tallied six total tackles with a career-high four unassisted along with a pass breakup and 0.5 sacks in a 41-14 loss at Trinity...Collected four solo tackles and an interception in a 41-20 victory versus Williams...Posted six total tackles with three unassisted in a 33-30 overtime loss to Middlebury...Tufts finished the season with a 4-5 record The defensive back appeared in nine games for the Jumbos...Made three total tackles with a two unassisted on the season... Collected two total tackles with one unassisted in a 25-0 shutout over Amherst...Notched a solo tackle in a 45-22 victory at Bates...Tufts finished the season with a 7-2 record Letterwinner in football and baseball for the Hoyas of Harrison High School...Senior captain of the football team...2x All Region Honorable Mention...Farm Bureau Player of the Game 9/16/22 & 10/14/22...Mason Tompkins Scholarship Award Winner 12/8/23... Zachary Harrison Harden Memorial Scholarship Winner 4/23/24...1,000+ career yards...Region Champion runner-up...Language Arts Student of the Month...Angelia Zeigler Gibbs Book Scholarship Winner...Chi Gamma Gamma Scholarship Son of Katrina and Rashad Watson...Has one sibling, Aiden...Father Rashad was a DB at Alabama A&M and has coached at the NCAA D2, NCAA D1, and NFL levels...International Relations major...Chose Tufts because it "was an academic opportunity that I could not pass up along with a chance to expand my scope of reasoning beyond the American south. I was immediately drawn to the camaraderie between the players and coaches, and felt drawn towards the unique culture of Boston."...Chose Tufts over Berry, Morehouse, and Rhodes