Continuing the series, I wanted to move to the cornerback position where Pittsburgh selected Ryan Watts of Texas in the sixth round. Today’s goal is to look at and provide stat context for the position using Sports Info Solutions (SIS).
The data in this study looks at their final college season in 2023, focusing on the players who heard their names called in the draft. Two players were excluded because SIS does not track smaller schools or the Canadian Football League. The goal is to see how Watts stacked up among his peers.
First, let’s look at opportunities with coverage snaps and targets:
On the bottom left of the chart, we see Watts was well below average in both data points.