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81 Kyle Watkins

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 175
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Myrtle Beach, S.C.
  • High School Carolina Forest

Biography

CAREER: Played in 37 games with 17 starts at wide receiver ... Had 74 receptions for 1,053 yards and two touchdowns ... Holds single season record for receiving yards with 814 in 2024.

2024: Started all 12 games ... Led the team in receiving with 49 catches for 814 yards ... Set a school single season record for receiving yards (814) and is second in school history in receptions in a season (49) ...  Had five 100+ receiving yard games ... Named All-Southern Conference second team ... Among SoCon leaders was second in receiving yards, second in receiving yards per game (67.8), and eighth in receptions per game (4.1) ... In the NCAA rankings was 48th in receiving yards ... In the season opener at Gardner-Webb (8/29) had seven receptions for 109 yards, including a 17-yard touchdown in the first quarter ... At Richmond (9/7) had seven catches for 133 yards ... Against William & Mary (9/14) had five receptions for 71 yards ... Against VMI (10/12) had five catches for 64 yards ... In the win at Samford (11/2) had five catches for 112 yards ... Added five catches for 106 yards at Furman (11/9) ... At South Carolina (11/23) had a career-long 63-yard reception on the opening play of the game and ended with six catches for 133 yards ... Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... 2023: Played in five games with four starts at wide receiver ... Had nine catches for 65 yards ... In the season opener at Pitt (9/2) had two catches for 14 yards ... At William & Mary (9/9) had two catches for 12 yards ... Against Presbyterian (9/16) had four catches for 30 yards, along with an interception of a fake punt ... At VMI (9/23) had one catch ... Injured in the Chattanooga game (9/30) and missed the rest of the season ...  Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... 2022: Played in all eleven games ... Had 11 catches for 130 yards and a touchdown, along with one rush for four yards ... At Chattanooga (9/3) had one catch for 22 yards ... Against Mercer (10/1) had three receptions for 28 yards ... Added one catch each in games at Samford (10/8) and against The Citadel (10/15) ... Against East Tennessee State (10/29) had four catches for 44 yards, including an 11-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter ... At Furman (11/19) had one reception for 13 yards ... 2021: Played in nine games with one start ... Had seven catches for 44 yards ... In the season opener at Elon (9/4) had one catch for five yards ... Added one catch for four yards against Kennesaw State (9/18) ... At VMI (9/25) had one reception for 21 yards ... At Mercer (10/23) had three catches for four yards ... Had one reception for ten yards against Western Carolina (10/30) ...

HIGH SCHOOL: A three-year starter at wide receiver and quarterback at Carolina Forest, earning All-Region honors twice ... As a senior had 1,324 rushing yards and 22 touchdowns, along with 792 passing yards and 11 touchdowns at quarterback ... During his junior season had 47 catches for 615 yards and nine touchdowns ... Caught 27 passes for 391 yards and three touchdowns as a sophomore ... Also a four-year starter at point guard on the basketball team, earning All-Region honors twice ... Set a pair of school records in track ...

PERSONAL: Son of Steve and Linette Watkins ... Majoring in business economics  ... Sister, Kayla, ran track at Coastal Carolina.

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Historical Player Information

  • 81

    2021Freshman

    Wide Receiver
    6'0" 170 lbs
    81
  • 81

    2022Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    6'0" 170 lbs
    81
  • 81

    2023Junior

    Wide Receiver
    6'0" 170 lbs
    81
  • 81

    2024Senior

    Wide Receiver
    6'0" 175 lbs
    81