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Benjamin Watson

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Benjamin Watson

Availability alertInjured Reserve
Photo: nflverse / NFL.com
General Value100No current projection, ECR, or recent production
Age41.0
Height6'3"
Weight255 lb
CollegeGeorgia
Experience18 years

Current Sleeper availability

Injury & Availability

Injured Reserve
Injured Reserve
NFL roster statusInjured Reserve
Current designationNone
Body areaNot specified
Practice participationNot reported
Designation since
Sleeper record updatedMarch 16, 2020 4:50 pm
FLIQ checkedJuly 28, 2026 7:24 pm

Current availability is supplied by Sleeper’s player directory and is not a complete medical history. Sleeper’s documented player feed supplies status and practice context, not article headlines. No active designation does not mean the player has no prior injuries.

Complete athlete profile

Evaluation Evidence

Open and authorized data, normalized by position and kept separate from league scoring.

78%profile coverage
Athletic profile76th percentileCompared only with historical TE testing records
Dynasty value effectNeutralSmall supporting adjustment from athleticism, draft capital, breakout age, and explosive history; it fades with NFL experience
Weekly outlook inputsProjection + roleLeague scoring, expected usage, availability, and matchup drive weekly value—not workout testing
Speed98thBurst82thChange of direction39thShort-area quickness96thExplosion88th81PROFILE

Athletic shape

81th percentile profile

Every axis compares Benjamin Watson with historical TE testing records—not with every NFL position.

Signature strengthsSpeed + Short-area quickness
4.50 sec97th percentile

40-yard dash

2004 TE class#1 of 12All-time TE#13 of 452
34 repsBenchmark pending

Bench press

More same-position results needed
36 in78th percentile

Vertical jump

2004 TE class#1 of 10All-time TE#88 of 388
123 in90th percentile

Broad jump

2004 TE class#1 of 11All-time TE#38 of 379
7.38 sec21th percentile

3-cone

2004 TE class#6 of 9All-time TE#245 of 308
4.11 sec96th percentile

20-yard shuttle

2004 TE class#4 of 9All-time TE#15 of 316
125.899th percentile

FLIQ speed score

2004 TE class#1 of 12All-time TE#7 of 452
47.878th percentile

FLIQ burst score

2004 TE class#1 of 10All-time TE#82 of 373
11.558th percentile

FLIQ agility time

2004 TE class#6 of 9All-time TE#127 of 302
Compared withTEs at the same position2004 draft class and all synchronized historical testing records

Workout source: nflverse. Percentiles and comparison groups are independent FantasyLeagueIQ calculations; unavailable metrics are omitted rather than estimated.

NFL Draft Capital

Draft year2,004
Draft round1
Overall pick32
Draft teamNWE
Draft Age23
Draft CollegeGeorgia

Source: nflverse. Draft capital affects dynasty only through a bounded, experience-decaying modifier.

Big-play ability + league scoring

Explosive Play Profile

This player’s play-by-play analysis has not been built yet. The section remains visible so missing evidence is never mistaken for a zero score.

NFL Explosive IndexAnalysis pending
Explosive history is not built yet

An administrator can start the complete recent-history build once in FantasyLeagueIQ → Player Data. It then populates every offensive player profile; league members do not need to sync players individually.

Selected league bonus overlayNo explicit big-play bonuses
Long gains still earn normal yardage and touchdown points.
How the explosive profile and league overlay work

The NFL Explosive Index compares a player only with the same position. Its season model blends impact per opportunity, impact per game, positional share, long-touchdown rate, and longest gain; the career index blends 50% peak season, 30% recent three-season form, and 20% career share percentile. The league overlay reads synchronized Sleeper scoring for long-play and yardage-threshold bonuses. Those rules affect league-scored projections and fantasy value without rewriting the player’s league-neutral NFL explosiveness. Source: nflverse play-by-play and Sleeper league settings.

How this affects value

No current projection, ECR, or recent production. Athletic and draft inputs are supporting evidence—not a replacement for current projections, ECR, production, availability, or the selected league’s rules.

2026 Sleeper projection

Season Projection

Projected points0.00
Dynasty ADP
Projected pass/rush yards0
Projected TDs0

Imported Player Data

Every metric retains its source and effective context.

2004
Draft Age
23
Draft College
Georgia
Draft Pick
32
Draft Round
1
Draft Team
NWE
Draft Year
2004
Workoutnflverse
2004
Agility Score
11.49
Bench
34
Broad Jump
123
Burst Score
47.8
Combine Height
6-3
Combine School
Georgia
Combine Weight
258
Cone
7.38
Forty
4.5
Shuttle
4.11
Speed Score
125.834476
Vertical
35.5