2018 Football Roster
Jersey Number 31
Cameron Watkins
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 200
- Position:
- DB
- Hometown:
- Nashville, Tenn.
- High School:
- Pearl-Cohn
Career Highs
Tackles: 10 vs. Kent State, 9/1/18
Solos: 8 vs. Kent State, 9/1/18
TFLs: 1.0, three times (last vs. Kent State, 9/1/18)
Fumbles Forced: 1 vs. Nebraska, 9/29/17
PBUs: 1, six times (last vs. Indiana, 11/11/17)
Interception: 1 at Minnesota, 10/21/17
2018 Junior
- Played 10 games with seven starts at defensive back
- Played both nickel and cornerback
- 38 tackles, 1.0 TFLs, and three PBUs
- PBUs against Rutgers, Purdue, and Iowa
- Career-high 10 tackles against Kent State 9/1/18
- Ejected for targeting in the second half of Western Illinois game, sat the first half against South Florida
- Announced intentions to transfer on Jan. 15, 2019
2017 Sophomore
- Played in all 12 games with seven starts at defensive back
- 39 tackles (24 solo), 3.5 TFLs, one interception, three pass breakups, one forced fumble
- Tied for third on the team in pass breakups (3)
- Eighth on the team in tackles (39)
- First career interception at Minnesota
- First career forced fumble against Nebraska
- Voted a captain by his teammates for the Iowa game
2016 Redshirt Freshman
- Nine games played with two starts at defensive back
- 21 tackles (11 solo), 1.0 TFL, three PBUs on the season
- PBU in three straight games against Michigan State, Wisconsin and Iowa
- First career TFL against Michigan State
- Career-high seven tackles at Wisconsin
- Academic All-Big Ten
2015 Freshman
- Redshirted the 2015 season
High School
- All-State and All-Metro in 2014 after racking up 74 tackles, five TFLs and two interceptions in 2014
- Played in 2014 Toyota East vs. West Tennessee All-Star Classic
- High school teammate of fellow Illini signee Ke'Shawn Vaughn
- Earned four letters in football and three in track and field
- Runs 10.7 100m dash and also competes in decathlon, high jump, long jump and pole vault
Personal
- Born Dec. 3, 1996
- Son of Keith Watkins and Rita Watkins-Matlock
- Has one sister
- Enrolled in the general curriculum
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