# Duke Watson

RB · UCF (BIG-12) · #26 · 5'11" · 185 lbs · JR

Transferred from LOU · RB depth chart rank 2 · 20 career games (1 starts)

## Career statistics

### Rushing

| Season | Team | GP | Carries | Yards | Avg | TD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025 | LOU | 7 | 49 | 158 | 3.2 | 1 |
| 2024 | LOU | 13 | 67 | 597 | 8.9 | 7 |

### Receiving

| Season | Team | GP | Targets | Rec | Yards | Avg | TD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025 | LOU | 7 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 1 |
| 2024 | LOU | 13 | 7 | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 1 |

### Defense

| Season | Team | GP | Tackles | Sacks | TFL | INT | PD |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2024 | LOU | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## 2025 game log

| Week | Opponent | Carries | Targets | Rec | Scrimmage yds | TD | Team touch share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | vs ? | 2 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 4.2% |
| 2 | vs JMU | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13.0% |
| 5 | at PITT | 14 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 0 | 17.0% |
| 6 | vs UVA | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2.6% |
| 11 | vs CAL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 11.1% |
| 12 | vs CLEM | 11 | 4 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 21.3% |
| 13 | at SMU | 6 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 14.0% |

## Recruiting

4-star recruit in the 2024 class · #382 national · RB #27 · from Mary Persons (Forsyth, GA)

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Source: SharpData OS – https://www.sharpdataos.com/cfb/players/b01c9520-b8a2-11ee-afed-87ba9f4d73a0
Odds shown are point-in-time snapshots.