Quickly:
Lone senior for Head Coach Mike Anderson and brings solid Big 12 experience after opening his career at Texas A&M under his father, Melvin Watkins, who is the Tigers' Associate Head Coach ... Athletic forward that makes up for his size with outstanding leaping ability and good strength ... Offensive strength is taking the ball to the rim and is a capable finisher thanks to that leaping ability.
2005-06 Vitals:
Played valuable minutes for Mizzou, both as a reserve and as a starter ... Tigers went 5-1 with Watkins in the starting line-up ... Ranked sixth on the club with those six starts ... Led all reserves with 12 steals and 18 assists ... One of the team's top slashers and shot 48.9 percent from inside the arc despite his 6-foot-4 frame.
2005-06 Season:
Scored a career high 11 points in 13 minutes against Nebraska in the regular-season finale ... Hit 4-of-4 field goals and 3-of-4 free throws in the second half to buoy the Tigers while leading scorer Thomas Gardner was on the bench and the team was trailing by eight points ... Scored 11 of Mizzou's 13 points over a span of 4:46 in the second half ... Earned the first start of his collegiate career Dec. 28 against Eastern Illinois and played 18 minutes ... Played a career high 27 minutes in the win over NCAA participant Northwestern State ... Scored nine points and grabbed four boards in his Mizzou debut vs. Sam Houston State in the NIT Season Tip-Off ... Hit 4-of-5 shots at the free throw line ... Hit 4-of-8 field goals in his hometown return to Charlotte, N.C. vs. Davidson ... Scored four points on 2-of-2 shooting vs. No. 6 Illinois in St. Louis ... Recorded a career high three steals in a start and win at No. 22 Oklahoma ... Played seven minutes against Iowa State, recording a pair of offensive rebounds and an assist ... Saw six minutes of action at Texas Tech and scored two points on a baseline jam ... Scored a bucket and grabbed two boards in 10 minutes against his former teammates at Texas A&M.
2003-04 Season (at Texas A&M):
Played his freshman and sophomore seasons at Texas A&M ... Played in 55 of the Aggies' 56 games during his two years at College Station, Texas ... Averaged 2.4 points and 1.9 rebounds per game as a sophomore, knocking down 49.1 percent of his shots from the field ... Also handed out 20 assists (and only 12 turnovers) on the season and scored a career-high 13 points in 16 minutes against Alabama A&M ... Reached double figures again five games later, scoring 10 points while grabbing six boards against Grambling.
2002-03 Season (at Texas A&M):
Played in 27 games, averaging 2.6 points ... Scored a then-career-high 12 points against Louisiana Monroe ... Scored nine points with four rebounds in his college debut against Texas Southern ... Connected on 72.0 percent of his free throw attempts (18-of-25) ... Scored six points against Miami (Fla.) ... Had a career-best four rebounds against Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern ... Scored nine points against Mississippi Valley State ... Made his first career three-pointer against Texas in Austin ... Had a spectacular slam dunk on alley-oop pass from Kevin Turner against Baylor.
High School:
Rated the No. 64 rising senior in the country by CNN/SI ... First-team Class 5A all-state selection by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches and Texas Sports Writers Association ... One of the top scorers in the state of Texas, averaging 31.1 points and 8.3 rebounds a game as a senior ... Made a blazing 64.0 percent from the field and a solid 71.0 percent from the free throw line ... Posted two 50-point games ... Scored a career-high 51 points against Houston Wheatley ... Set school records for single-season points with 1,119 and also for career points ... First-team All-Brazos Valley as a senior after earning second-team honors as a junior ... Led his team to an upset of top-ranked Cedar Hill in playoffs ... Named the district's co-Most Valuable Player ... All-Greater Houston selection ... All-region pick by the TABC ... Led team to a 28-8 record ... Scored 18 points in TABC All-Star Game in San Antonio ... Four-year starter.
Personal:
Son of Melvin and Burrell Watkins ... Born in Charlotte, N.C. ... Father is current Tiger Associate Head Coach and former head coach at Charlotte and Texas A&M ... Father played collegiately at North Carolina-Charlotte, where he led the 49ers to the NCAA Final Four in 1977 and the NIT finals in 1976 ... Later became a fourth round draft pick of the Buffalo Braves in 1977 after starting two seasons in the backcourt for UNC-Charlotte ... Sister, Keia, was a standout track athlete at Rice and is currently enrolled in medical school at Missouri ... Lists pizza as his favorite food and enjoys listening to Jay-Z and playing Madden 2005.
