Duke Watson
UCF Knights
80
Good

Duke Watson

UCF KnightsAverage
RBOffenseGoodTRANSFER · Louisville
Projected Starter

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Duke Watson is the projected starter at RB for UCF Knights.

Junior · #26 · 5'11", 185 lbs

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Depth at RB · UCF Knights

  1. 12680Duke WatsonStarter
  2. 21179Landen Chambers
  3. 3473Taevion Swint

UCF Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Mary Persons, ranked #382 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 158 rushing yards, 1 rush TD. That's 8% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 80 overall (Good tier).

Recruit4★ · #382 NatlTeam Share8%
Forsyth, GA
Jersey
#26
Class
JR/TR
Height
5'11"
Weight
185 lbs
Transfer
Louisville

Stats

SeasonRush YdsRush TD
—1581

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.8983
National Rank
#382
High School
Mary Persons
Hometown
Forsyth, GA

Why this rating?

On a 79-rated offense; 47th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.94 for competition level) put them +1 vs unit starters → 80.

Team offense (SP+)
79
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 47% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 18% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.94)
Depth-chart adjustment
+1 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10LOKSTYDS 79
CAR
21
YDS
79
AVG
3.8
TD
0
REC
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0

Final L 42-28

Oct 3LHOUYDS 50
CAR
9
YDS
50
AVG
5.6
TD
0
REC
1
YDS
-1
AVG
-1.0
TD
0

Final L 27-17

Sep 26WTCUYDS 57
CAR
13
YDS
57
AVG
4.4
TD
0
REC
1
YDS
2
AVG
2.0
TD
0

Final W 21-13

Sep 19WGASTYDS 177
CAR
14
YDS
177
AVG
12.6
TD
2
REC
1
YDS
-1
AVG
-1.0
TD
0

Final W 44-30

Sep 12LPITTYDS 10
CAR
6
YDS
10
AVG
1.7
TD
0
REC
3
YDS
7
AVG
2.3
TD
0

Final L 12-7

Sep 3WBCUYDS 110
CAR
7
YDS
110
AVG
15.7
TD
1
REC
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0

Final W 73-6

Duke Watson's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

158 rush yds · 1 TD · 13% of carries
Usage / Involvement12%
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Overall ratings blend team strength (SP+), on-field production, and recruiting. Higher = more impactful.