Maraad Watson
Texas Longhorns
86
Great

Maraad Watson

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Projected Starter

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Maraad Watson is the projected starter at NT for Texas Longhorns.

Junior · #88 · 6'3", 333 lbs

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Depth at NT · Texas Longhorns

  1. 18886Maraad WatsonStarter
  2. 29584Ian Geffrard
  3. 33365Myron Charles

Texas Starting Lineup

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Top defensive linemen in the SEC

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Up next for Texas

Texas plays Missouri away on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Irvington, ranked #1,220 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 24 tackles, 2 TFL, 2 sacks. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot and 80th-percentile production nationally — good for a 86 overall (Great tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,220 NatlTeam Share3%Percentile80th
Irvington, NJ
Jersey
#88
Class
JR/TR
Height
6'3"
Weight
333 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20252422

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8600
National Rank
#1220
High School
Irvington
Hometown
Irvington, NJ

Why this rating?

On a 99-rated defense; 80th-percentile production (×0.99 for competition level) put them -7 vs unit starters → 86.

Team defense (SP+)
99
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 80% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.99)
Depth-chart adjustment
-7 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31WMSSTTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-3

Oct 17LFLATKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 27-24

Oct 10LOUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 27-24

Sep 26WTENNTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
2
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 20-17

Sep 20WUTSATKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 30-6

Sep 5WTXSTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 59-7

Maraad Watson's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

24 tkl · 2 TFL · 2 sacks
Usage / Involvement23%
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