Kyron Watson

Position:
Inside Linebacker
Class:
Senior
Height:
6-0
Weight:
219
Hometown:
East St. Louis, Ill.
High School:
East St. Louis

2016 (JUNIOR)

Played in 10 games and started three at linebacker ... Made 37 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss and a sack ... Season-high 11 tackles at Missouri State ... Seven tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss, a sack and a forced fumble vs. South Dakota State.

PRIOR TO SIU

Played in 15 games over two seasons at Kansas...Made 10 tackles, 1.0 TFL and recovered a fumble...Rated a four-star prospect out of high school by ESPN.com...ESPN rated him the ninth-best outside linebacker, fifth-best player in the state of Illinois and the 13th-best player in the Midlands region in the class of 2014...Selected to play in the Semper Fidelis All-American game...A two-time all-state, all-metro and all-conference performer...Set a school record for single-season tackles with 165 stops in 2013...Recorded 21 tackles in a game as senior, setting the school single-game tackling mark...Also had 9.0 sacks and three interceptions in 2013...Tallied 142 tackles, 5.0 sacks and three interceptions as a junior...Played for head coach Darren Sunkett at East St. Louis HS... Also lettered in baseball, basketball, tennis and track and field.

PERSONAL

Son of Renita Denzmore and Edward Watson.