As a senior: Wrapped up one of the best defensive careers in program history in 2016 ... Earned First Team All-NEC honors ... Served as one of four team captains ... Made a position change in the offseason and started all 11 games at nose tackle ... Made 53 tackles and six tackles for a loss ... Posted the most tackles by a defensive linemen in the NEC ... Broke the program record for career tackles against Robert Morris ... Finished his career with 256 tackles ... Made seven tackles in the first game of the year vs. Merrimack ... Posted 6+ tackles on six different occassions ... Made seven stops against Wagner ... Posted a season-high 10 tackles at Duquesne ... Finished his career tied for eighth with 28.5 tackles for a loss.
As a junior: Appeared in and started 10 games at middle linebacker for the Bulldogs in 2015 ... Missed the first game of his career due to injury ... Finished second on the team with 71 tackles, 3.5 sacks adn seven tackles for a loss ... Forced two fumbles ... Became the ninth player in program history to post 200 career tackles ... Returned from injury to make 10 tackles and 1.5 sacks vs. Duquesne ... Posted nine tackles, seven solo, and a sack at Holy Cross ... Collected a season-high 11 tackles and forced a fumble vs. Sacred Heart ... Closed the season with 10 tackles at Robert Morris ... Enters his senior season with 203 career tackles.
As a sophomore: Main cog in Bryant's outstanding linebacking corps in 2014 ... Appeared in and started all 11 games for the Bulldogs ... Led the Bulldogs with 80 tackles ... Posted 43 solo tackles and added 37 assisted tackles ... Registered two sacks and 10 tackles for a loss ... Collected 10 tackles in opener against Stony Brook ... Nine tackles in win over Maine ... Nine tackles and 1.5 tackles for a loss on the road at Liberty ... 10 tackles at Saint Francis U. ... Registered seven tackles, a sack and two tackles for a loss on the road at Duquesne ... Nine tackles and two tackles for a loss in final game of the season against Wagner.
As a freshman: Stepped right in and played a huge role for the Bulldogs as a true freshman in 2013 ... Appeared in all 12 games at linebacker ... Finished the season fourth on the team with 52 tackles ... Posted 5.5 tackles for a loss and forced a fumble ... Collected his only sack of the season against Assumption (Sept. 7) ... Posted 10 tackles and two tackles for a loss at Maine (Sept. 14) ... Recorded six tackles at Stony Brook (Oct. 5) ... Made five tackles and forced a fumble against Brown (Oct. 12) ... Collected a season-high 11 tackles against Monmouth (Nov. 16).
Before Bryant: Three-year varisty letterwinner and a three-year starter at Paramus Catholic ... Helped the Paladins to three-straight state titles ... Named first team all-state each of the three years and was named the MVP of the North-South game as a senior ... Also competed in basketball.
Personal: The son of Rayba and Markeem Watson, Marquise Watson was born on April 22, 1995.
