William Watson III
Massachusetts Minutemen
58
Depth

William Watson III

Massachusetts MinutemenRebuilding
QBOffenseDepthTRANSFER · Virginia Tech
Projected Starter

Is William Watson III starting?

William Watson III is the projected starter at QB for Massachusetts Minutemen.

Redshirt junior · #5 · 6'0", 210 lbs

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Depth at QB · Massachusetts Minutemen

  1. 1558William Watson IIIStarter
  2. 21658Logan Inagawa
  3. 3747Will Perry
  4. 41343Aedan McCarthy

Massachusetts Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Springfield Central, ranked #810 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 77 passing yards, 0 TD, 0 INT. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 58 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit3★ · #810 NatlTeam Share4%
Springfield, MA
Jersey
#5
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
6'0"
Weight
210 lbs
Transfer
Virginia Tech

Stats

SeasonPass YdsTDINT
—7700

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8714
National Rank
#810
High School
Springfield Central
Hometown
Springfield, MA

Why this rating?

On a 62-rated offense; 20th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.95 for competition level) put them -4 vs unit starters → 58.

Team offense (SP+)
62
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 20% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 52% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.95)
Depth-chart adjustment
-4 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 3LEMUYDS 210
CMP-ATT
20-27
YDS
210
TD
1
INT
1
QBR
144.2
CAR
4
YDS
13
AVG
3.3
TD
0

Final L 38-14

Sep 27WSACYDS 101
CMP-ATT
11-16
YDS
101
TD
1
INT
0
QBR
142.4
CAR
7
YDS
72
AVG
10.3
TD
2

Final W 35-6

Sep 19WSTOYDS 160
CMP-ATT
15-25
YDS
160
TD
1
INT
1
QBR
119.0
CAR
9
YDS
2
AVG
0.2
TD
1

Final W 36-14

Sep 12WSHUYDS 152
CMP-ATT
9-10
YDS
152
TD
1
INT
0
QBR
250.7
CAR
4
YDS
40
AVG
10.0
TD
1

Final W 37-10

Sep 3WRUTGYDS 197
CMP-ATT
19-22
YDS
197
TD
3
INT
0
QBR
206.6
CAR
6
YDS
40
AVG
6.7
TD
0

Final W 37-21

William Watson III's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

QB: 77 pass yds · 0 TD · 0 INT
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