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Pro Career:
The Cardinals fourth round pick (107th overall) in the 2006 NFL Draft, Watson appeared in 12 games with five starts during his rookie campaign. Made his first career start in week six against the Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football and recorded his first career sack the following week at Oakland.
2006: Inactive for the first four games of the season saw his first NFL action on the defensive line but did not record any statistics vs. KC (10/8) made his first NFL start for the injured Kendrick Clancy on Monday Night Football, recording two tackles vs. Chi (10/16) brought down Andrew Walter for his first career sack in only his second start while also collecting three tackles and two QB pressures @ Oak (10/22) starting for the third consecutive week, recorded one tackle @ GB (10/29) returned to the starting lineup and had three tackles @ StL (12/3) recovered the first fumble of his career in the first quarter vs. Sea (12/10) recorded one tackle in each of the final three games.
College:
A talented run-stuffer at Michigan, never allowed an opponent rushing touchdown over him in goal line situations finished his college career with 92 tackles, 14.5 stops behind the line of scrimmage and five sacks a consensus All-Big Ten Conference first-team choice and on the Lombardi Award Watch List as a senior played in every game, starting seven contests at nose guard recorded a career-high 40 tackles (24 solos) with three sacks for minus 17 yards and 6.5 stops for losses of 25 yards All-Big Ten Conference first-team choice by the league’s coaches as a junior played in every game, starting the final 11 contests at nose guard registered 37 tackles (25 solos) with two sacks.
Personal:
Full name Gabriel Pierre Kim Watson attended Southfield (MI) High School earned All-State honors at both offensive and defensive tackle selected second-team All-USA as an offensive lineman by USA Today and named first-team All-State offense by the Detroit Free Press started and lettered four years on the varsity squad was also the team’s place-kicker for two seasons recorded 78 tackles and 10 sacks as a senior and the team ran 85 percent of their running plays behind him on offense also participated in track and wrestling. | 