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Quez Watkins Indianapolis Colts · #86

Wide Receiver · 6' 0", 193 lbs · Athens, AL · Age 28

Quez Watkins is a Wide Receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles, drafted 200th overall, 2020. In 2023 he caught 15 passes for 142 yards and 1 touchdowns.

Wide ReceiverDrafted 200th overall4-yr veteran
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Indianapolis Colts · #86 · Wide Receiver
Quez Watkins
Season avg15 rec · 142 yds · 1 td
Career avg98 rec · 1,249 yds · 6 td
Live win probabilitySeason
No scheduled game — showing season pace. Illustrative.
Tonight's projectionmodel
15rec
142yds
1td
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Scouting report

Quez Watkins — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

C+
Wide Receiver · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Quez Watkins is a Wide Receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles, drafted 200th overall, 2020. In 2023 he caught 15 passes for 142 yards and 1 touchdowns.
C+
Receiving
C-
Big-play
B-
Scoring
C
Receiving yards
Solid · offense
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C+
Volume
Strong · offense
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C-
Big-play
Solid · offense
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B-
Scoring
Strong · offense
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C+
Target share
Solid · offense
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Act II

Where Quez Watkins stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
1
Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬
29%
2
Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬
23%
3
Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬
22%
4
Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬
11%
5
Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬
9%
✦ Balladex Consensus: Rotation piece tier — a blend of Impact, production and résumé.
Futures & chases
—MVP odds
50Impact index
132Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file0
Stat explorer

Quez Watkins — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

A+
Receiving
142 YDS
drill in ↓
A+
Volume
15 REC
drill in ↓
C-
Big-play
9.5 Y/R
drill in ↓
A+
Scoring
1 TD
drill in ↓
The engine

How the model sees Quez Watkins

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2024  modeled
25
rec
14–36
288
rec yds
86–490
2
td
1–2
37
targets
20–53
13
games
10–16
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 4-season history below.
What moves the rec line vs last season
Last season 15 → projected 25 rec
Baseline (recency-weighted)
+10.7
Age curve
-0.8
Net vs last season+9.9 rec
Everything it reads
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4 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
auto
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Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
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Position aging curve
age 28 — applied to the projection
curve
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Role & usage context
target / carry share and snaps fold in
+ctx
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Availability signal
games last 3: 17 / 17 / 9
health
The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Quez Watkins career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGRecYdsTDTgtY/R
20206710611315.1
2021174364716215.0
2022173335435110.7
20239151421219.5
Career49981,2496147
Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Context

Are the Indianapolis Colts built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

10–7proj record
62off index
99def index
+27net
75%playoff odds
65roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades C (62), defense A+ (99) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 38, pass rush 99, coverage 99.
How his role moves
Projected 10–7 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Rated
Collectible tier.
Résumé
0 accolades
Career honors on file.
Act IV

The Ballad of Quez Watkins

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

1998-06-09

The beginning

Quez Watkins is a Wide Receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles, in his 5th NFL season.

Indianapolis Colts

Turning pro

Drafted 200th overall, 2020 as a Wide Receiver.

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Quez Watkins is a Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver, drafted 200th overall, 2020.

Chapter

Across 4 seasons (2020–2023) he has caught 98 passes for 1,249 yards and 6 touchdowns.

Chapter

Most recently he caught 15 passes for 142 yards and 1 touchdown in 2023.

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Watkins's story
The documentary, narrated
Highlights
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Off the field

Measurables
Active
Height
6' 0"
Weight
193 lbs
Draft
200th overall, 2020
Born
Athens, AL
Age
28
Jersey
#86
Background

Quez Watkins is from Athens, AL and is 28 years old. He was drafted 200th overall, 2020 and plays wide receiver at 6' 0", 193 lbs.

Over 4 seasons (2020–2023) he has caught 98 passes for 1,249 yards and 6 touchdowns. Watkins is currently on the Philadelphia Eagles roster.

The person

Quez Watkins is a rotational receiver who has caught 98 passes for 1,249 yards and 6 touchdowns across 4 seasons (2020–2023).

Receiving98 career catches, 1,249 yards, 6 touchdowns.
Best season43 catches for 647 yards in 2021.
Yards per catch12.7 yards per reception over his career.
Draft pedigree200th overall, 2020.
Durability49 career games played.
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FAQ

Quez Watkins — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Quez Watkins, answered.

What position does Quez Watkins play?
Quez Watkins is a Wide Receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles.
When was Quez Watkins drafted?
Quez Watkins was drafted 200th overall, 2020.
How many seasons has Quez Watkins played?
4 (2020–2023).
What are Quez Watkins's career stats?
He has caught 98 passes for 1,249 yards and 6 touchdowns.
Quez Watkins career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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Current role & opportunity

Usage last season · depth chart current · nflverse
Depth chart
WR8
behind the starter

This role & opportunity data feeds the model's competition-aware projection — snap and target share from last season, depth-chart rank from the current roster.

Weekly matchups

Fantasy points allowed by position · 2026 schedule · Balladex
Next matchup
vs BAL
Week 1 · Plus
Season outlook
60
avg matchup score (0–100)
Smash / Tough
3 / 4
weeks favorable / tough
Playoff weeks
57
Wk 15–17 outlook
W1 vs BALW2 @ KCW3 vs HOUW4 @ WASW5 @ PITW6 vs TENW7 @ MINW8 @ JAXW9 vs DALW10 vs MIAW11 @ HOUW12 vs NYGW13 · BYEW14 @ PHIW15 @ TENW16 vs CINW17 @ CLEW18 vs JAX

Each week grades Quez Watkins's opponent by the fantasy points that defense allowed to his position (2025), tiered Smash → Avoid. A transparent Balladex model estimate; see the full weekly matchups grid.

Injury history

Weekly injury reports · nflverse
Injury episodes
6
since 2020
Games missed
4
listed Out
Lower-body
2
ankle / knee / soft-tissue
Concussions
0
head, reported
Most recent reports
2023 Wk12 · Hamstring (Questionable)2023 Wk6 · Hamstring (Out)2023 Wk5 · Hamstring2023 Wk4 · Hamstring (Out)2023 Wk3 · Hamstring (Out)2022 Wk15 · Shoulder

Home surface: fieldturf (artificial turf). Artificial turf is associated with higher rates of non-contact lower-body injuries — ankle, foot and knee — in NFL studies. It is not linked to concussion risk, which is contact-driven.

Real weekly injury-report history (game-status designations, most recent 4 seasons). Rest days and load-management designations are excluded.

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Quez Watkins head-to-head

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