William Watson III

Massachusetts Minutemen · #5 · Quarterback · Senior

2025 season

YDS

tied 234th of 458

tied 251st of 458

INT

tied 206th of 458

RTG

211.7

not ranked

Section

Overview

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Oct 17

Passing

Season	Team	CMP	ATT	CMP%	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG
2023	VT	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2024	VT	34	58	58.6	481	8.3	1	2	66	15	127.1
2025	VT	2	4	50.0	77	19.3	0	0	39	2	211.7
2026	MASS	74	100	74.0	820	8.2	7	2	51	3	162.0
Career		110	163	67.5	1,378	8.5	8	4	66	20	149.8

Ranks are over the players on a 2026 FBS roster who have been read, counting only those who recorded that statistic in 2025 — how many that is. Rate statistics are shown without a rank, because ranking them without a qualifying minimum would put one long run above a whole season of them.

Stats

Passing

Season	Team	CMP	ATT	CMP%	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG
2023	VT	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2024	VT	34	58	58.6	481	8.3	1	2	66	15	127.1
2025	VT	2	4	50.0	77	19.3	0	0	39	2	211.7
2026	MASS	74	100	74.0	820	8.2	7	2	51	3	162.0
Career		110	163	67.5	1,378	8.5	8	4	66	20	149.8

Rushing

Season	Team	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
2023	VT	5	40	8.0	0	14
2024	VT	40	19	0.5	1	15
2025	VT	9	22	2.4	1	14
2026	MASS	30	167	5.6	4	33
Career		84	248	3.0	6	33

Defense

Season	Team	TOT	SOLO	AST	PD	SACK	FF	INT	YDS	TD
2024	VT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Scoring

Season	Team	PASS	RUSH	TD	PTS
2024	VT	1	1	1	8
2025	VT	0	1	1	6
2026	MASS	7	4	4	24
Career		8	6	6	38

Season rows count every game played, including bowl and playoff games. The national leaders table ranks the regular season only, so a figure there can be the smaller of the two.

Glossary

2PT: Total Two Point Convs
AST: Assist Tackles
ATT: Passing Attempts
AVG: Yards Per Pass Attempt; Yards Per Rush Attempt
CAR: Rushing Attempts
CMP: Completions
CMP%: Completion Percentage
FF: Fumbles Forced
FG: Field Goals
INT: Interceptions
LNG: Long Passing; Long Rushing
PASS: Passing Touchdowns
PAT: Kick Extra Points
PD: Passes Defended
PTS: Total Points
QBR: Adj QBR
REC: Receiving Touchdowns
RET: Return Touchdowns
RTG: QBRating
RUSH: Rushing Touchdowns
SACK: Sacks
SOLO: Solo Tackles
TD: Passing Touchdowns; Rushing Touchdowns; Interception Touchdowns; Total Touchdowns
TOT: Total Tackles
YDS: Passing Yards; Rushing Yards; Interception Yards

Bio

Team	Massachusetts Minutemen
Position	Quarterback
Class	Senior
Height / weight	6' 0" / 210 lbs
Birthplace	Springfield, MA
Jersey	#5
Status	Active

Career history

Massachusetts Minutemen 2026 · 1 season
Virginia Tech Hokies 2023–2025 · 3 seasons

Splits

Season

Season, home and away

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Season	74	100	820	74.0	8.2	7	2	51	3	162.0	30	167	5.6	4	33
Home	44	62	522	71.0	8.4	3	2	51	2	151.1	17	55	3.2	2	22
Away	30	38	298	78.9	7.8	4	0	31	1	179.2	13	112	8.6	2	33

Season, home and away

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Season	2	4	77	50.0	19.3	39	2	211.7	9	22	2.4	1	14
Home	2	4	77	50.0	19.3	39	1	211.7	8	28	3.5	1	14
Away	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0.0	1	-6	-6.0	0	0

By month

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
September	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	5	29	5.8	0	14
October	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0.0	1	-6	-6.0	0	0
November	2	3	77	66.7	25.7	39	1	282.3	3	-1	-0.3	1	6

By quarter

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
1st	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	-6	-6.0	0	0
4th	2	4	77	50.0	19.3	0	0	39	1	211.7	8	28	3.5	1	14

By half

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
1st	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	-6	-6.0	0	0
2nd	2	4	77	50.0	19.3	0	0	39	1	211.7	8	28	3.5	1	14

Against ranked teams

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
vs AP Top 25	2	3	77	66.7	25.7	0	0	39	2	282.3	4	-7	-1.8	1	6
vs USA ranked teams	2	3	77	66.7	25.7	0	0	39	2	282.3	4	-7	-1.8	1	6

By final margin

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
15+	2	4	77	50.0	19.3	0	0	39	2	211.7	9	22	2.4	1	14

In wins, by margin

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
22+	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	25	8.3	0	14

In losses, by margin

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
8-14	1	2	38	50.0	19.0	38	2	209.6	4	-7	-1.8	1	6
15-21	1	1	39	100.0	39.0	39	0	427.6	0	0	0.0	0	0
22+	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	2	4	2.0	0	6

By field position

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Own 1-19	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	2	18	9.0	0	14
Own 20-39	1	2	38	50.0	19.0	38	2	209.6	4	-3	-0.8	0	7
Between 40's	1	1	39	100.0	39.0	39	0	427.6	2	4	2.0	0	6
Opp 39-20	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Opp 19-Goal	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	3	3.0	1	3
Opp 9-Goal	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	3	3.0	1	3

Goal to go

Split	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
1st & Goal	1	3	3.0	1	3
2nd & Goal	0	0	0.0	0	0
3rd & Goal	0	0	0.0	0	0
4th & Goal	0	0	0.0	0	0

By down

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
1st	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0.0	6	15	2.5	1	14
2nd	1	2	38	50.0	19.0	38	0	209.6	1	6	6.0	0	6
3rd	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0.0	2	1	0.5	0	7
4th	1	1	39	100.0	39.0	39	0	427.6	0	0	0.0	0	0

By down and distance

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
4th & 6+	1	1	39	100.0	39.0	39	0	427.6	0	0	0.0	0	0
4th & 11+	1	1	39	100.0	39.0	39	0	427.6	0	0	0.0	0	0
3rd & 6+	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0.0	2	1	0.5	0	7
3rd & 11+	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0.0	2	1	0.5	0	7
2nd & 6+	1	2	38	50.0	19.0	38	0	209.6	1	6	6.0	0	6
2nd & 11+	1	2	38	50.0	19.0	38	0	209.6	1	6	6.0	0	6
1st & 6+	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0.0	5	12	2.4	0	14
1st & 11+	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	2	18	9.0	0	14
1st & 8-10	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0.0	3	-6	-2.0	0	6
1st & 3-7	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	3	3.0	1	3
3rd (or 4th) and 9+	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0.0	2	1	0.5	0	7
1st and 10	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0.0	3	-6	-2.0	0	6

Season, home and away

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Season	26	46	400	56.5	8.7	1	1	66	10	132.4	31	50	1.6	1	15
Home	14	21	254	66.7	12.1	1	0	66	2	184.0	11	48	4.4	1	15
Away	12	25	146	48.0	5.8	0	1	27	8	89.1	20	2	0.1	0	15

By month

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
September	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	6	2.0	0	4
November	26	46	400	56.5	8.7	1	1	66	10	132.4	28	44	1.6	1	15

By quarter

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
1st	5	6	73	83.3	12.2	0	0	42	0	185.5	4	34	8.5	0	15
2nd	10	16	177	62.5	11.1	1	0	66	4	176.1	9	-14	-1.6	0	13
3rd	7	12	101	58.3	8.4	0	1	40	2	112.4	5	19	3.8	1	15
4th	4	12	49	33.3	4.1	0	0	21	4	67.6	13	11	0.8	0	8

By half

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
1st	15	22	250	68.2	11.4	1	0	66	4	178.6	13	20	1.5	0	15
2nd	11	24	150	45.8	6.3	0	1	40	6	90.0	18	30	1.7	1	15

By final margin

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
0-7	12	25	146	48.0	5.8	0	1	27	8	89.1	17	-4	-0.2	0	15
15+	14	21	254	66.7	12.1	1	0	66	2	184.0	14	54	3.9	1	15

In wins, by margin

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
22+	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	1	5	5.0	1	5
15-21	4	7	80	57.1	11.4	0	40	1	153.1	5	3	0.6	0	7
8-14	5	8	101	62.5	12.6	1	66	1	209.8	4	12	3.0	0	9
1-7	1	2	10	50.0	5.0	0	10	0	92.0	2	20	10.0	0	15

In losses, by margin

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
1-7	7	14	105	50.0	7.5	0	0	27	5	113.0	8	-26	-3.3	0	13
8-14	4	9	35	44.4	3.9	0	1	21	3	54.9	8	18	2.3	0	15

By field position

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Own 1-19	2	6	28	33.3	4.7	0	0	21	0	72.5	4	26	6.5	0	9
Own 20-39	9	13	171	69.2	13.2	1	0	66	3	205.1	11	33	3.0	0	15
Between 40's	9	13	163	69.2	12.5	0	0	42	4	174.6	7	2	0.3	0	15
Opp 39-20	4	9	24	44.4	2.7	0	1	15	2	44.6	5	-9	-1.8	0	4
Opp 19-Goal	2	5	14	40.0	2.8	0	0	8	1	63.5	4	-2	-0.5	1	5
Opp 9-Goal	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	5	5.0	1	5

Goal to go

Split	ATT	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
1st & Goal	0	1	5	5.0	1	5
2nd & Goal	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
3rd & Goal	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
4th & Goal	0	0	0	0.0	0	0

By down

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
1st	14	22	212	63.6	9.6	0	0	42	3	144.6	10	10	1.0	1	15
2nd	5	10	114	50.0	11.4	1	0	66	4	178.8	11	20	1.8	0	13
3rd	6	12	68	50.0	5.7	0	0	21	3	97.6	9	16	1.8	0	15
4th	1	2	6	50.0	3.0	0	1	6	0	-24.8	1	4	4.0	0	4

By down and distance

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
4th & 6+	1	1	6	100.0	6.0	0	0	6	0	150.4	0	0	0.0	0	0
4th & 11+	1	1	6	100.0	6.0	0	0	6	0	150.4	0	0	0.0	0	0
4th & 1-2	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0	0	-200.0	1	4	4.0	0	4
3rd & 6+	4	8	60	50.0	7.5	0	0	21	2	113.0	5	16	3.2	0	15
3rd & 11+	4	5	60	80.0	12.0	0	0	21	1	180.8	1	-13	-13.0	0	0
3rd & 8-10	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0.0	2	6	3.0	0	9
3rd & 3-7	2	6	8	33.3	1.3	0	0	6	1	44.5	3	13	4.3	0	15
3rd & 1-2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	10	3.3	0	5
2nd & 6+	3	7	44	42.9	6.3	0	0	27	4	95.7	10	15	1.5	0	13
2nd & 11+	1	3	7	33.3	2.3	0	0	7	2	52.9	3	-6	-2.0	0	5
2nd & 8-10	2	4	37	50.0	9.3	0	0	27	2	127.7	6	15	2.5	0	13
2nd & 3-7	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	11	5.5	0	6
2nd & 1-2	2	3	70	66.7	23.3	1	0	66	0	372.7	0	0	0.0	0	0
1st & 6+	14	22	212	63.6	9.6	0	0	42	3	144.6	9	5	0.6	0	15
1st & 11+	1	1	11	100.0	11.0	0	0	11	0	192.4	0	0	0.0	0	0
1st & 8-10	13	21	201	61.9	9.6	0	0	42	3	142.3	9	5	0.6	0	15
1st & 3-7	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	5	5.0	1	5
3rd (or 4th) and 9+	4	6	60	66.7	10.0	0	0	21	2	150.7	3	-7	-2.3	0	9
3rd (or 4th) and 3-8	2	6	8	33.3	1.3	0	0	6	1	44.5	3	13	4.3	0	15
3rd (or 4th) and 1-2	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	10	3.3	0	5
1st and 10	13	21	201	61.9	9.6	0	0	42	3	142.3	9	5	0.6	0	15

Season, home and away

Split	ATT	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
Season	1	5	40	8.0	14
Home	0	1	1	1.0	1
Away	1	4	39	9.8	14

By month

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
October	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	1.0	0	1
November	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	39	9.8	0	14

By quarter

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
4th	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	40	8.0	0	14

By half

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
2nd	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	40	8.0	0	14

By final margin

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
15+	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	40	8.0	0	14

In wins, by margin

Split	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	AVG	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
22+	0	1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	5	40	8.0	0	14

By field position

Split	ATT	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
Own 1-19	0	1	8	8.0	8
Own 20-39	0	3	22	7.3	14
Between 40's	1	1	10	10.0	10
Opp 39-20	0	0	0	0.0	0
Opp 19-Goal	0	0	0	0.0	0
Opp 9-Goal	0	0	0	0.0	0

By down

Split	ATT	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
1st	1	2	9	4.5	8
2nd	0	2	21	10.5	14
3rd	0	1	10	10.0	10

By down and distance

Split	ATT	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
3rd & 6+	0	1	10	10.0	10
3rd & 11+	0	1	10	10.0	10
2nd & 3-7	0	1	14	14.0	14
2nd & 1-2	0	1	7	7.0	7
1st & 6+	1	2	9	4.5	8
1st & 11+	1	0	0	0.0	0
1st & 8-10	0	2	9	4.5	8
3rd (or 4th) and 9+	0	1	10	10.0	10
1st and 10	0	2	9	4.5	8

Game log

Season

Date	Opp	Result	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	QBR	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
9/3	@ RUTG	W 37-21	19	22	197	86.4	3	0	31	0	206.6	86.3	6	40	6.7	0	15
9/12	vs SHU	W 37-10	9	10	152	90.0	1	0	49	0	250.7	93.7	4	40	10.0	1	22
9/19	vs STO	W 36-14	15	25	160	60.0	1	1	51	2	119.0	4.7	9	2	0.2	1	7
9/26	@ SAC	W 35-6	11	16	101	68.8	1	0	26	1	142.4	89.6	7	72	10.3	2	33
10/3	vs EMU	L 38-14	20	27	210	74.1	1	1	34	0	144.2	33.2	4	13	3.3	0	7
Total			74	100	820	74.0	7	2	51	3	162.0	54.2	30	167	5.6	4	33

Date	Opp	Result	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	LNG	SACK	RTG	QBR	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
9/6	vs VAN	L 44-20	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.6	2	4	2.0	0	6
9/20	vs WOF	W 38-6	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	15.1	3	25	8.3	0	14
10/11	@ GT	L 35-20	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	0.1	1	-6	-6.0	0	0
11/22	vs MIA	L 34-17	2	3	77	66.7	39	1	282.3	72.0	3	-1	-0.3	1	6
Total			2	4	77	50.0	39	2	211.7	-	9	22	2.4	1	14

Date	Opp	Result	CMP	ATT	YDS	CMP%	TD	INT	LNG	SACK	RTG	QBR	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
9/14	@ ODU	W 37-17	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0.0	18.3	3	6	2.0	0	4
11/23	@ DUKE	L 31-28	12	25	146	48.0	0	1	27	8	89.1	58.3	17	-4	-0.2	0	15
11/30	vs UVA	W 37-17	14	21	254	66.7	1	0	66	2	184.0	85.0	11	48	4.4	1	15
1/3	vs MINN	L 24-10	8	12	81	66.7	0	1	22	5	106.7	15.4	9	-31	-3.4	0	6
Duke's Mayo Bowl
Total			34	58	481	58.6	1	2	66	15	127.1	55.8	40	19	0.5	1	15

Date	Opp	Result	ATT	QBR	CAR	YDS	AVG	LNG
10/26	vs SYR	W 38-10	0	5.2	1	1	1.0	1
11/11	@ BC	W 48-22	1	2.4	4	39	9.8	14
Total			1	-	5	40	8.0	14