Ben Watson

Benjamin Seth Watson

Position: TE
Height: 6-3 Weight: 255 lbs.

Born: December 18, 1980 in Norfolk, VA
High School: Northwestern
College: Duke, Georgia (school history) (Watson college stats)
Drafted by the New England Patriots in the 1st round (32nd overall) of the 2004 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 37 (2560th overall since 1950)

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Receiving & Rushing

					Games		Receiving								Rushing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
2004	24	NWE		84	1	1	4	2	16	8.0	0	14	2.0	16.0								16	0	0	0
2005	25	NWE	TE	84	15	9	54	29	441	15.2	4	35	1.9	29.4								441	4	1	4
2006	26	NWE	TE	84	13	13	91	49	643	13.1	3	40	3.8	49.5								643	3	3	7
2007	27	NWE	TE	84	12	8	49	36	389	10.8	6	35	3.0	32.4	1	11	0	11	11.0	0.9	0.1	400	6	1	5
2008	28	NWE	TE	84	14	9	47	22	209	9.5	2	29	1.6	14.9								209	2	1	2
2009	29	NWE	te	84	16	7	41	29	404	13.9	5	36	1.8	25.3								404	5	0	4
2010	30	CLE	TE	82	16	16	102	68	763	11.2	3	44	4.3	47.7	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	762	3	0	6
2011	31	CLE	TE	82	13	11	70	37	410	11.1	2	34	2.8	31.5								410	2	0	3
2012	32	CLE	TE	82	16	14	82	49	501	10.2	3	27	3.1	31.3								501	3	1	4
2013	33	NOR	te/wr	82	15	7	30	19	226	11.9	2	32	1.3	15.1								226	2	0	2
2014	34	NOR	TE	82	16	8	31	20	136	6.8	2	15	1.3	8.5								136	2	0	1
2015	35	NOR	TE	82	16	16	110	74	825	11.1	6	46	4.6	51.6								825	6	1	7
Career					163	119	711	434	4963	11.4	38	46	2.7	30.4	2	10	0	11	5.0	0.1	0.0	4973	38	8	45
6 yrs		NWE			71	47	286	167	2102	12.6	20	40	2.4	29.6	1	11	0	11	11.0	0.2	0.0	2113	20	6	22
3 yrs		CLE			45	41	254	154	1674	10.9	8	44	3.4	37.2	1	-1	0	0	-1.0	0.0	0.0	1673	8	1	13
3 yrs		NOR			47	31	171	113	1187	10.5	10	46	2.4	25.3								1187	10	1	10

Playoffs Receiving & Rushing

				Games		Receiving								Rushing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
2005	25	NWE	TE	2	2	11	5	91	18.2	1	63	2.5	45.5								91	1	1
2006	26	NWE	TE	3	2	19	10	81	8.1	0	19	3.3	27.0								81	0	0
2007	27	NWE	TE	3	3	6	3	20	6.7	2	9	1.0	6.7								20	2	0
2009	29	NWE	TE	1	0	4	1	3	3.0	0	3	1.0	3.0								3	0	0
2013	33	NOR	TE	2	2	3	2	27	13.5	0	27	1.0	13.5								27	0	0
Career				11	9	43	21	222	10.6	3	63	1.9	20.2								222	3	1
4 yrs		NWE		9	7	40	19	195	10.3	3	63	2.1	21.7								195	3	1
1 yr		NOR		2	2	3	2	27	13.5	0	27	1.0	13.5								27	0	0

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Defense & Fumbles

					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Sacks & Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
2005	25	NWE	TE	84	15	9						0	1	0	0	0
2006	26	NWE	TE	84	13	13						0	3	1	0	0
2007	27	NWE	TE	84	12	8						0	1	1	0	0
2008	28	NWE	TE	84	14	9						0	1	0	0	0		2	0
2009	29	NWE	te	84	16	7						0	0	1	0	0		1	0
2012	32	CLE	TE	82	16	14						0	1	0	0	0
2015	35	NOR	TE	82	16	16						0	1	0	0	0
Career					163	119						0	8	3	0	0		9	0
6 yrs		NWE			71	47						0	6	3	0	0		3	0
3 yrs		CLE			45	41						0	1	0	0	0		4	0
3 yrs		NOR			47	31						0	1	0	0	0		2	0

Playoffs Defense & Fumbles

				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Sacks & Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
2005	25	NWE	TE	1	1						0	1	0	0	0
Career				11	9						0	1	0	0	0
4 yrs		NWE		9	7						0	1	0	0	0
1 yr		NOR		2	2

Kick & Punt Returns

					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					163	119						1	1	0	1	1.0	4974
6 yrs		NWE			71	47						1	1	0	1	1.0	2114
3 yrs		CLE			45	41											1673
3 yrs		NOR			47	31											1187

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	Pts
2005	25	NWE	TE	84	15	9	4	4	24
2006	26	NWE	TE	84	13	13	3	3	18
2007	27	NWE	TE	84	12	8	6	6	36
2008	28	NWE	TE	84	14	9	2	2	12
2009	29	NWE	te	84	16	7	5	5	30
2010	30	CLE	TE	82	16	16	3	3	18
2011	31	CLE	TE	82	13	11	2	2	12
2012	32	CLE	TE	82	16	14	3	3	18
2013	33	NOR	te/wr	82	15	7	2	2	12
2014	34	NOR	TE	82	16	8	2	2	12
2015	35	NOR	TE	82	16	16	6	6	36
Career					163	119	38	38	228
6 yrs		NWE			71	47	20	20	120
3 yrs		CLE			45	41	8	8	48
3 yrs		NOR			47	31	10	10	60

Playoffs Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	Pts
2005	25	NWE	TE	1	1	1	1	6
2007	27	NWE	TE	1	1	2	2	12
Career				11	9	3	3	18
4 yrs		NWE		9	7	3	3	18
1 yr		NOR		2	2			0

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Receptions Career 434 (177)

Receptions

Career 434 (177)

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
2004	24	1	TE	2		95
2005	25	15	TE	68		15
2006	26	13	TE	82	1	10	73
2007	27	12	TE	76		13
2008	28	14	TE	33		33
2009	29	16	TE	70		19
2010	30	16	TE	94		13
2011	31	13	TE	53		31
2012	32	16	TE	68		24
2013	33	15	TE	35		44
2014	34	16	TE	28		43
2015	35	16	TE	117	29	8	44
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