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2021 Football

5 B.J. Watson

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 187
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Baltimore, Md.
  • High School Calvert Hall College High School
  • Position WR
  • Concentration Economics
  • House Affiliation Adams

Biography

At Harvard:

2021:
Phil Steele Preseason All-Ivy League Second Team...NFF Hampshire Honor Society ... Played in 9 games ... Caught four passes for 19 yards in win over Brown ... Hauled in four passes for 17 yards in a win over Holy Cross ... Led the team in receiving with three catches for 87 yards, including a 75-yard game winning touchdown in a win over Cornell... Caught three passes in win over Lafayette...Grabbed team high five passes for 16 yards at Princeton...Caught three passes for a team-high 52 yards including a 43-yard reception against Dartmouth...Caught three passes for 20 yards and had one carry for 14 yards at Columbia...Caught five passes for a game-high 68 yards against Penn...Caught three passes for 52 yards including a 43-yard reception and rushed the ball twice for 9 yards in the win over Yale. On the season, caught 33 passes for 332 yards and a touchdown, averaging 10 yards per catch and 36.9 yards per game.

2019: Appeared in eight matchups... Finished second on the team with 31 receptions and fourth in receiving yards with 293... Also handled kickoff duties during the season, leading the team with seven returns for 129 yards... Recorded four receptions for 56 yards against Brown while adding one rush for one yard... Also had one kickoff return for 21 yards vs. the Bears... Caught two passes for 18 yards, while adding one kickoff return for 12 yards at San Diego... Had one catch for eight yards against Howard... Added one kickoff return for season-high 26 yards... Led the way for the Crimson receiving corps against Cornell with six catches for 48 yards... Added a pair of carries for three yards and a touchdown against the Big Red... Led the Crimson in receptions with six against Dartmouth for 41 yards... Also picked up 21 yards on a kickoff return and had one carry for two yards against the Big Green... Had one carry that picked up three yards against Columbia... Led the Crimson with eight catches for 87 yards and a touchdown against Penn, while adding one rush attepmt, picking up five yards... Also handled kickoff return duties against Penn, recording two returns for 36 yards... For a second consecutive game led the Crimson in receptions in 136th playing of The Game against Yale with six... Had 47 yards and a touchdown against the Bulldogs.

2018: Saw action in nine games ... Rushed for 78 yards and one touchdown against Brown ... Rushed for 73 yards and one touchdown against Brown ... Had five carries for 32 rush yards at Cornell ... Caught two passes and returned two kickoffs for 40 yards against 18/23 Princeton ... Had two carries for six yards, two receptions for 16 yards, and one kick-off return for 33 yards against No. 20/ARV Dartmouth ... Had two carries for four yards at Penn.

Before Harvard
Four year letterwinnner at Calvert Hall, captaining his senior season ... Named to the All-conference team twice ... Recipient of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Scholar Athlete Award ... Named to the All-MIAA team ... Dubbed a Blue-Grey All-American ... All-Star at the Maryland Crab Bowl ... Earned Under Elite 100 post season honors ... Member of the National Honors society, the Latin National Honors Society ... Recipient of the Academic Achievement award at Calvert Hall ... Also lettered for four years in track ... Two-time junior Olympic gold medalist in the 100 meter dash, while earning a silver medal in the other two years ... Earned a personal best, 10.6 100-meter dash time ... Named to the all-conference team for track ... Served as a tutor and mentor for students at Stars of God Foundation. 

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2018Sophomore

    RB
    5'10" 185 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2019Junior

    RB
    5'10" 185 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2020Senior

    RB
    5'10" 185 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2021Senior

    WR
    5'10" 187 lbs
    5