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20 Fitz Wattley

  • Position S
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 210
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown / HS / Last School Powder Springs, Ga.

Biography

2018 (Senior): Played in and started 11 games for the Chants at safety … Missed the ULM (Oct. 13) game due to injury … Led the team with 68 tackles on the season, including a team-best 48 solo tackles … Also had 2.5 tackles-for-loss, 1.0 sack, four pass breakups, one fumble recovery and one forced fumble on the season … Totaled seven tackles, including six solo, in the season opener at South Carolina (Sept. 1) … Had eight tackles in the home win over UAB (Sept. 8) … Recorded four tackles, 0.5 tackles-for-loss and one pass breakup in the win over Campbell (Sept. 12) … Tallied four tackles on the road at Louisiana (Sept. 22) and five at Troy (Sept. 29) … Registered five tackles, four of which were solo stops, 1.0 sack and three pass breakups in the road win at UMass (Oct. 20) … Followed with eight tackles in the road win at Georgia State (Oct. 27) … Picked up six tackles in back-to-back home games versus Appalachian State (Nov. 3) and Arkansas State (Nov. 10) … Also had 1.0 tackle-for-loss versus the Red Wolves … Recorded five stops on Senior Day versus Georgia Southern (Nov. 17) … Finished his career out with 10 tackles, including eight solo tackles, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in the regular-season finale at South Alabama (Nov. 23).

2017 (Junior): Made the move from linebacker to safety, starting all 12 games in the secondary … Second on the team in tackles (82) while leading the team in interceptions (3) … Posted a team-best eight tackles on kickoff coverage … Was the team’s defensive MVP versus Western Illinois as he tied his career high with 11 tackles (also tops on the team for the game), including a 0.5 tackle-for-loss … Set his career high for tackles, getting 11 (tops on the team) in the season-opening win over UMass … Added 10 tackles versus Texas State … Interceptions came versus Georgia State (37 yard return), versus Texas State (five yard return) and at Idaho (40 yards return).

2016 (Sophomore): Played in all 12 games, earning two starts (Charleston Southern and Presbyterian) at linebacker … In his first collegiate start, recorded a career-high six tackles versus Charleston Southern … Credited with three tackles each versus Florida A&M, Furman and Central Connecticut State.

2015 (Freshman): Played in all 12 games as a true freshman … Ended the year with a season-best four tackles versus The Citadel in the NCAA playoffs … Came through with two tackles each versus Alabama A&M, Charleston Southern and Kennesaw State.

High School: Selected to play in the Cobb All-Star Senior Bowl … Named first-team All-Cobb County … Credited with 89 tackles, including 52 solo stops, with 10.0 sacks … McEachern was the top-ranked 6A team in the state in the 2014 preseason poll … Tallied 62 tackles, two sacks and an interception as a junior.

 



 

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Historical Player Information

  • 34

    2015Freshman

    LB
    5'11" 200 lbs
    34
  • 34

    2016Sophomore

    LB
    5'11" 210 lbs
    34
  • 20

    2017Junior

    LB
    5'11" 210 lbs
    20
  • 20

    2018Senior

    S
    5'11" 210 lbs
    20