Old Dominion University Athletics

2022: Sun Belt Conference Honorable Mention ... Phil Steele fourth-team All-Sun-Belt ... Started all 11 games at running back he played in ... Rushed 159 times for 921 yards and five touchdowns ... Finished fifth in the Sun Belt with 83.4 rush yards per game ... Caught a single-season ODU running back record 37 passes for 314 yards and two touchdowns ... Had 19 carries for 60-yards and the game-winning score in the win over Virginia Tech ... Rushed 21 times for 70 yards at Virginia ... Had 15 carries for 80 yards against Liberty ... Rushed 19 times for a school record 259 yards and three touchdowns in the win at Coastal ... Rushed 16 times for 108 yards and a TD against Georgia Southern ... Carried 18 times for 110 yards and caught a touchdown pass at South Alabama.

2021: Conference USA Honorable Mention at running back ... Played in 11 games, making 10 starts at running back ... Led the team with 215 carries for 1,112 yards and eight touchdowns ... 215 carries was an ODU single-season record ... Caught 10 passes for 55 yards and a touchdown ... Set the ODU single-season record for carries with 215 ... Finished fifth in Conference USA with 1,112 yards and 101.1 yards per game ... Finished 22nd in the country with 101.1 yards per game and 36th in the country with 1,112. yards ... The second player in school history (Ray Lawry) to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a season ... Had six 100-yard rushing games ... Set a school record with five-straight 100-yard rushing games ... Had 15 carries for 55 yards in the season-opener at Wake Forest ... Missed the next two games due to injury ... Had 13 carries for 81 yards and a touchdown against Buffalo ... Rushed 13 times for 35 yards against UTEP ... Registered first career 100-yard game, rushing 26 times for 168 yards at Marshall ... Had 22 attempts for 104 yards and a TD against WKU ... Rushed 25 times for 108 yards in the win over Louisiana Tech ... Notched a career-high 28 carries for 158 yards and his first career two touchdown game at FIU ... Recorded 23 carries for 163 yards and a touchdown in the win over FAU ... Had his streak of five-straight 100-yard games snapped at MTSU, rushing 18 times for 57 yards ... Had 18 carries for 106 yards and two touchdowns in the win over Charlotte ... Carried 14 times for 77 yards and a touchdown in the Myrtle Beach Bowl against Tulsa.   

2019: Conference USA Honorable Mention kick returner ... Conference USA All-Freshman Team kick returner ... Appeared in 11 games, making three starts ... Led ODU with 828 all purpose yards and 75.3 all purpose yards per game ... Led Conference USA with 26.4 yards per kick return ... Caught 13 passes for 79 yards ... Rushed 25 times for 119 yards and one touchdown ... Caught four passes, the first of his career, at Virginia Tech ... Had six rushes for 13 yards and caught one pass for 25 yards at UVA ... At Marshall, returned kickoffs of 75 and 64 yards to set up a pair of ODU scores ... Returned kickoff 41 yards to set up a field goal at end of first half at UAB ... Had six carries for 40 yards at Middle Tennessee ... Carried eight times for a career best 47 yards and first career touchdown against Charlotte.

2018: Redshirted ... Played in three games at wide receiver and on special teams ... Returned one kick for 18 yards.

HIGH SCHOOL: A two-star recruit by 247 sports … Had 106 receptions for 1,885 yards and 25 touchdowns in his career at Green Hope … Two-time Tri-6 All-Conference honors … Helped Green Hope to a 10-3 record, Tri-6 Championship and advance to the state quarterfinals ... Earned All-American honors in track and field.

PERSONAL: Son of Carlton and Alexis Watson ... One brother, Brad ... Brad played football at Wake Forest and is a member of the Los Angeles Chargers ... Majoring in sport management.

BLAKE WATSON CAREER RUSHING STATS