Sammy Watkins Biography
Sammy Watkins (Samuel Benjamin Watkins IV) is an American football wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Clemson and was drafted fourth overall in the 2014 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills. He has also played for the Los Angeles Rams.
Sammy Watkins Age
Watkins is 25 years old as of 2019 born on June 14, 1993 in Fort Myers, Florida.
Sammy Watkins Height
He stands at a height of 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Sammy Watkins Weight
He weighs 211 lb (96 kg).
Sammy Watkins Contract | Sammy Watkins Salary
Watkins signed a 3 year, $48,000,000 contract with the Kansas City Chiefs, including a $21,000,000 signing bonus, $30,000,000 guaranteed and an average annual salary of $16,000,000. In 2019, Watkins will earn a base salary of $11,950,000 and a workout bonus of $250,000, while carrying a cap hit of $19,200,000 and a dead cap value of $22,460,000.
Sammy Watkins Injury
In 2015 Watkins (who played in only three of the games because of a calf injury) had just seven catches for 99 yards through the first five games of the 2015 season. Frustrated with his social media followers for leaving angry comments about him missing three games due to injury on October 27, 2015, Watkins took to his Instagram and lashed out at critical fans. In a comment which he later deleted, Watkin told the fans to “get a life and go to work” and “continue working y’all little jobs for the rest of y’all lives”.
This caused an uproar with many Bills fans. He followed up, with a clarification posted on Twitter stating, “Message wasn’t for fans (but) for whomever have a problem with athletes being injured.” Watkins later posted another Instagram photo addressing the situation, saying his comments were “inappropriate” and acknowledged that a majority of the negative comments were from other fans and not Bills fans.
Sammy Watkins Career
Early Years
Watkins went to South Fort Myers High School in Fort Myers, Florida, where he was a letterman in football, basketball and track & field. During his career, he became the all-time leading receiver in the history of Lee County with 133 catches for 2,997 yards and 36 touchdowns. He was a first-team all-state selection. As a sophomore, in his junior and senior years, he had 33 receptions for 537 yards and 10 scores.
In his junior year, Watkins added 46 catches for 1,192 yards and 14 touchdowns. Watkins had eight 100-yard receiving games on the season, as a senior, accumulating totals of 54 catches for 1,268 yards and 12 touchdowns. Watkins led an undefeated South Fort Myers team into the 3A state semifinals, where they lost 44–28 to a Duke Johnson-led Miami Norland team. He played in the 2011 U.S. Army All-American Bowl.
In addition to football, he ran track & field for the Wolfpack, where he was one of the state’s top performers in the sprinting events. As a junior, Watkins finished fifth in the 100 meters and sixth in the 200 meters at the state meet. He captured the AA state title in the 200 meters as a senior, with a PR of 21.11 seconds. Watkins also won the 100 meters at the 2011 Tarpon Invitational, recording a personal-best time of 10.45 seconds.
Before the 2011 college football season, Watkins was a highly touted recruit. Rivals.com regarded him as a five-star recruit and was rated the third-best wide receiver prospect in the nation, behind only George Farmer and Trey Metoyer. Scout.com ranked fifth best. In November 2010, Watkins committed to Clemson University. Recruited by dozens of schools, he chose Clemson over offers from Florida, Florida State, Miami (FL), Michigan, and Tennessee.
Collegee Career
Despite not taking part in spring practice, during his freshman season in 2011, Watkins made an immediate impact for Clemson. In his first collegial season, he caught 82 passes for 1219 yards and 12 touchdowns, including 10 catches, 155 yards and two touchdowns against defending national champions Auburn. Watkins led the nation in reception yards per game, all-purpose yards and touchdowns.
Watkins also broke 11 school freshman records seven games into the season, including total all-purpose yards previously held by C. J. Spiller. He was an AP first-team All-American, becoming only the fourth ever true freshman to do so, joining Herschel Walker, Marshall Faulk and Adrian Peterson. Football Writers Association of America named him a Freshman All-American.
He had 57 receptions for 708 yards and three touchdowns as a sophomore in 2012. He had 101 receptions for 1,464 yards and 12 touchdowns as a junior. Watkins was the MVP of the 2014 Orange Bowl after setting an Orange Bowl record with 16 receptions for 227 yards. He also set the school record for career receptions in the game finishing with 240. Watkins announced that he would forgo his senior season and enter the 2014 NFL Draft in January 2014.
College Stats
Year |
Team |
GP |
Rec |
Rec Yds |
Avg |
Rec TD |
Rush |
Rush Yds |
Avg |
TD |
2011 |
Clemson |
13 |
82 |
1219 |
14.9 |
12 |
32 |
231 |
7.2 |
0 |
2012 |
Clemson |
10 |
57 |
708 |
12.4 |
3 |
14 |
97 |
6.9 |
1 |
2013 |
Clemson |
13 |
101 |
1464 |
14.5 |
12 |
6 |
11 |
1.8 |
0 |
Career |
33 |
240 |
3391 |
14.1 |
27 |
52 |
339 |
6.5 |
1 |
Sammy Watkins Proffesional career
Buffalo Bills
Buffalo Bills drafted Watkins in the first round as the fourth overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft. Cleveland traded this selection to Buffalo in exchange for Buffalo’s 2014 first round selection (the 9th pick, later traded by Cleveland to Minnesota, who used it to select UCLA linebacker Anthony Barr) and their first and fourth round selections in 2015 (19th Cameron Erving C & 115th Ibraheim Campbell S) Watkins was the first wide receiver selected by the Bills in the first round since Lee Evans in 2004 and the earliest wide receiver selected in the draft since A. J. Green in 2011.
2014 season: Rookie year
Watkins signed his rookie contract on May 28, 2014, a fully guaranteed four-year deal worth $19.94 million, with a $12.8 million signing bonus. He caught his first career touchdown reception from EJ Manuel in a Week 2 29-10 victory over the Miami Dolphins. In Week 7 against the Minnesota Vikings, he caught nine passes for 122 yards for two touchdowns.
Watkins’ second touchdown was the game winner coming with one second remaining in the game. He finished his season setting a new Bills rookie record in both receptions (65) and receiving yards (982). In addition to his rookie records, Watkins caught six touchdown passes.
2015 Season
Watkins (who played in only three of the games because of a calf injury) had just seven catches for 99 yards through the first five games of the 2015 season. He voiced his frustration before game 6, and said “You came up to draft me and I’m not getting targets — that’s a problem. You’re making me look bad and you’re making yourself look bad. Why not make both of us look good?”
Frustrated with his social media followers for leaving angry comments about him missing three games due to injury on October 27, 2015, Watkins took to his Instagram and lashed out at critical fans. In a comment which he later deleted, Watkin told the fans to “get a life and go to work” and “continue working y’all little jobs for the rest of y’all lives”. This caused an uproar with many Bills fans. He followed up, with a clarification posted on Twitter stating, “Message wasn’t for fans (but) for whomever have a problem with athletes being injured.”
Watkins later posted another Instagram photo addressing the situation, saying his comments were “inappropriate” and acknowledged that a majority of the negative comments were from other fans and not Bills fans. Playing on an injured ankle that had kept him out of a Friday practice, he had a career-high 168 receiving yards on eight catches with one touchdown in a Week 9 33–17 victory over the Miami Dolphins.
In his first seven games of the season, Watkins caught only 25 passes for 314 yards and three touchdowns, while only having one 100-yard receiving game. However, In his final six games, Watkins had 679 receiving yards on 35 catches (19.4 yards per catch), six touchdowns, and four 100-yard receiving games. He also had at least 80 yards receiving in all six games.
Watkins finished the season with 60 catches for 1,047 yards and nine touchdowns receptions, with his late season push. Watkins recorded five 100-yard receiving games and set his career-high in receiving yards and touchdowns. However, the Bills finished the season 8-8 and did not make the playoffs. He was ranked 96th on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2016 by his fellow players.
2016 season
It was reported that Watkins had broken a small bone in his foot on May 16, 2016. Watkins had a screw inserted in his foot and the Buffalo Bills medical staff was hopeful that would be ready for training camp. He was placed on injured reserve on September 30, 2016. On November 26, 2016, he was activated off injured reserve prior to Week 12. The Buffalo Bills declined Watkins’ fifth-year option on May 2, 2017, essentially making him a free agent after the 2017 season.
Los Angeles Rams
Watkins, along with a 2018 sixth-round draft pick on August 11, 2017, was traded from the Buffalo Bills to the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for E. J. Gaines and a 2018 second round draft pick. In the season opener against the Indianapolis Colts on September 10, 2017, Watkins had five receptions for 58 yards in his Rams debut in the 46–9 victory.
He recorded his first touchdown of the season with 106 yards against the San Francisco 49ers in Week 3 with a stunning catch for the Rams 41–39 victory. In Week 9, he caught a season-long 67-yard reception from Jared Goff that resulted in a touchdown as part of the 51–17 blowout win by the Rams over the New York Giants.
Kansas City Chiefs
Watkins signed a three-year on March 15, 2018, $48 million contract with the Kansas City Chiefs. He recorded three receptions for 21 yards in his Chiefs debut in the 2018 season opener. Watkins recorded six receptions for 100 yards in the following game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. He had eight receptions for 107 yards and two touchdowns, in Week 8, against the Denver Broncos.
Sammy Watkins Stats
Regular Season
Year |
Team |
G |
GS |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
Lng |
TD |
FUM |
2014 |
BUF |
16 |
16 |
65 |
982 |
15.1 |
84 |
6 |
1 |
2015 |
BUF |
13 |
13 |
60 |
1,047 |
17.5 |
63 |
9 |
0 |
2016 |
BUF |
8 |
8 |
28 |
430 |
15.4 |
62 |
2 |
0 |
2017 |
LAR |
15 |
14 |
39 |
593 |
15.2 |
67T |
8 |
0 |
2018 |
KC |
10 |
9 |
40 |
519 |
13.0 |
50 |
3 |
1 |
Total |
62 |
60 |
232 |
3,571 |
15.4 |
84 |
28 |
2 |
Post Season
Year |
Team |
G |
GS |
Rec |
Yds |
Avg |
Lng |
TD |
FUM |
2017 |
LA |
1 |
1 |
1 |
23 |
23.0 |
23 |
0 |
0 |
Total |
1 |
1 |
1 |
23 |
23.0 |
23 |
0 |
0 |
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