Eagles cornerback Jaylen Watkins and his half-brother Sammy, the talented wide receiver for the Buffalo Bills, have spent the majority of their lives playing football. Growing up in Cape Coral, Florida, the Watkins brothers starting playing football around the age of five, but never played on the same team because of their one-year age difference. Although they started young, Jaylen and Sammy didn’t face each other until ages 10-11 in Pop Warner.
The few times that Jaylen and Sammy played against each other, the competition was fierce. At first, the Watkins brothers both played quarterback, but when Jaylen started playing defense their competition progressed.