Amari Watson

2025 (Sophomore): 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 2024 (First Year): 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 PRIOR TO TUFTS: 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 PERSONAL: 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