Middle Tennesee State University Athletics
2015 Football Roster
Roster
Watt, Quay
Jersey Number 22
Quay Watt
- Position:
- S
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 204
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Abbeville, SC
- High School:
- Abbeville HS/Holmes CC
Bio
Honors: 2015 – Named team’s most improved safety following spring drills.
2015: Played in all 13 games and earned seven starts … Finished year with a career-best 71 tackles to rank third on the team … Also had a TFL, three pass breakups and a fumble recovery … Made move from linebacker to safety in the spring … Credited with four tackles in win over Jackson State … Collected six tackles and a pass breakup at Alabama … Had four tackles and a fumble recovery in his first career start against Charlotte … Turned in five stops at Illinois … Led team with eight tackles against Vanderbilt … Paced the Raiders with 10 tackles at WKU … Had seven stops in win over FIU … Added nine tackles and two pass breakups in win over Marshall.
2014: Played in all 12 games … Finished with 36 total tackles, including a TFL and a pass breakup … Was in on 458 total snaps, including a season-high 63 against UAB … Led the Blue Raiders with seven tackles and a TFL against Savannah State … Turned in three solo stops in win over WKU … Had five tackles at Marshall … Added seven solo stops in win over UAB … Had three tackles against BYU … Credited with four stops and a pass breakup at UTEP.
Holmes CC: Enrolled at Middle Tennessee in January 2014 … Collected 68 tackles in nine games at Holmes Community College in 2013 … Had three games of double digit tackles … Was the MACJC Player of the Week on Oct. 17 following a 13-tackle performance against Hinds … Played nine games in 2012 and had 70 stops and an interception.
High School: Lettered in football and basketball at Abbeville High School … Played in the 2010 Shrine Bowl … Earned all-state, all-region and player of the year honors.
Personal: La’Quavas Montez Watt ... Parents: Ben Williams and Connie Coleman ... Born: 7/24/93 … Major: Liberal Studies (earned degree in Fall 2015).
2015: Played in all 13 games and earned seven starts … Finished year with a career-best 71 tackles to rank third on the team … Also had a TFL, three pass breakups and a fumble recovery … Made move from linebacker to safety in the spring … Credited with four tackles in win over Jackson State … Collected six tackles and a pass breakup at Alabama … Had four tackles and a fumble recovery in his first career start against Charlotte … Turned in five stops at Illinois … Led team with eight tackles against Vanderbilt … Paced the Raiders with 10 tackles at WKU … Had seven stops in win over FIU … Added nine tackles and two pass breakups in win over Marshall.
2014: Played in all 12 games … Finished with 36 total tackles, including a TFL and a pass breakup … Was in on 458 total snaps, including a season-high 63 against UAB … Led the Blue Raiders with seven tackles and a TFL against Savannah State … Turned in three solo stops in win over WKU … Had five tackles at Marshall … Added seven solo stops in win over UAB … Had three tackles against BYU … Credited with four stops and a pass breakup at UTEP.
Holmes CC: Enrolled at Middle Tennessee in January 2014 … Collected 68 tackles in nine games at Holmes Community College in 2013 … Had three games of double digit tackles … Was the MACJC Player of the Week on Oct. 17 following a 13-tackle performance against Hinds … Played nine games in 2012 and had 70 stops and an interception.
High School: Lettered in football and basketball at Abbeville High School … Played in the 2010 Shrine Bowl … Earned all-state, all-region and player of the year honors.
Personal: La’Quavas Montez Watt ... Parents: Ben Williams and Connie Coleman ... Born: 7/24/93 … Major: Liberal Studies (earned degree in Fall 2015).
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