2022 Football Roster
Jersey Number 65
Naasir Watkins
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- OT
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 320
- Prev School:
- Our Lady of Good Counsel (Kentucky)
- Hometown:
- Bowie, Md.
Previous School:
- Transferred to Liberty from Kentucky
- Saw playing time in 25 games during five seasons
- Finished the 2019 season with 12 knockdowns and helped Kentucky set a single-season school record with 3,624 rushing yards, 36 rushing touchdowns and averaging 6.3 yards per carry
- Helped All-America running back Benny Snell, Jr., finish his time at Kentucky as the program’s all-time leading rusher
Prep:
- Graduated from Our Lady of Good Counsel
- Three-star recruit as ranked by 247Sports.com out of high school
- Three-star recruit as ranked by Rivals.com
- Played both tackle and tight end in high school
- Ranked as the No. 19 recruit in the state of Maryland and the No. 92 overall offensive tackle in his class according to 247Sports.com
- Ranked No. 94 best offensive tackle in the nation by ESPN.com
- All-Sentinel by The Sentinel Newspapers second-team honoree
- Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) All-Conference second team
Personal:
- Son of Michelle Owens and Kevin Watkins
- Father, Kevin, played football at Norfolk State
- Uncle, Bryan Watkins, played at Pitt
- Uncle, Randal Henry, played at Navy
- Graduated from Kentucky with a bachelor's degree in pre-economics
- Currently pursuing his MBA
- Birthday is March 14
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